also, choosing an university is not like a super big deal in europe. people usually just choose the one closer to where they live and where they offer the course they want to study and that’s it!
I am from Puerto Rico, part of the USA but we have some differences. Here you tipically go to the closest college that have the major thet you want to study. The closest college I have is 3 minutes away and the farthest 3 and a half hours away.
I don’t know what it’s like for the rest of Europe but it definitely doesn’t apply to France. We have a handful of very prestigious universities and/or "prépas" (a specific french type of post high-school studies that’s basically the hardest and most demanding one in the country and gets you the best jobs if you survive to it) that everybody fights for. Also, going to uni is very normalized here. Only a small minority of people start looking for a job immediately after high school (and it’s a shame imo, we should take inspiration from the german system). We also have historic universities that are renowned for various reasons and getting accepted in one of them is already a kind of social success. It’s even more true if you live in Paris, since there are schools literally everywhere so people can afford to be picky.
@@user-ru6ht3vs4gunless you can’t get accepted to a public school so you have to attend the same course at a private university instead, I know Europeans that have had significant student-debt because of this
in Italy there are a lot of highschools you can attend and then find job right away, because they are already job-oriented. But a lot of others need a higher degree. but not going to university is pretty normal
Perché io faccio il liceo scientifico ma ci sono i professionali e gli alberghieri che ti permettono di andare a lavorare appena finito Io penso di andare all'università ma capisco che magari non è per tutti
As a European this just seems normal to me another thing is in France it’s illegal for your boss to contact you on sundays, generally most things are closed on Sundays
As they should be… I think it’s really screwed up that corporations want to maximize profits so they work employees around the clock. No one needs a 24/7 grocery stores, coffee shops, or midnight malls, the only thing I can let slide are 24/7 gas stations. Let people go home. Countless studies prove a correlation between irregular sleeping patterns including those of night workers and negative health issues.
Can totally relate to the ticket for meals. In Brazil, companies are obligated to pay for your meals while working, so they choose or to give you basically a care package with the basic foods to have at home, or a ticket (more like a debit card tho) to eat or at restaurants or to buy stuff at markets.
Na verdade, eles não são obrigados, não. Não há na CLT lei que preveja o vale-refeição. O que é obrigatório é o horário de almoço (1 hora para jornada de 8h ou 15 min para jornada de 6h). O que pode acontecer é um acordo coletivo entre empresas e sindicatos preverem o vale-refeição.. mas na lei, não.
@@vanessap4493 costumava ser, mas tiveram várias mini reformas trabalhistas ao longo dos anos, uma delas retirou a obrigatoriedade da auxilio alimentação com a prerrogativa que o salário mínimo deveria cobrir as necessidades de alimentação dos funcionários, mas as empresas ainda costumam pagar por que tem estudos que mostram que ajudam na moral e na produtividade.
In a few restaurants, you are even given a slip of paper stating your arrival time and leaving time because the restaurant rule is 45 min max for your eating time. you have to leave after 45min.
In Italy even asian restaurants are chill, happened more than once that I entered when they opened and got out when there were no one anymore (about 12.30pm to 2.30pm)
That would be consistent extremely rude up here. You need to get in, get out so the next people can sit, and eat. If you aren't bringing in new customers how are you making money?
@@TakenByFea idk if u are from the US but in brazil we don't have the "obligation" to give tips, so bringing more people doesn't mean necessarily that you will get more money (unless it is for the owner of the establishment). Also, it's a cultural thing for us to go to restaurants and keep chatting, so it's no problem either!
@@TakenByFeaRude is not pay a living wage. The 10% we pay for the service is optional. If we stay, normally we keep consuming beverages and appetizers
When I visited NYC a few years ago I found it so rude when the server would practically throw a check at us the second we finished eating. It felt like we were being kicked out to make room for the next people. I also noticed that the servers were always super friendly until you paid them (I always tipped 20%). It was like their required friendliness was over because they'd been paid and they would suddenly become cold and rude towards us.
@@joannaj.2787 I mean I guess it's part of their job? To appear friendly and welcoming. Other than that Americans smile to others/are more friendly than other people in other countries. Not meaning this in a bad way just that we do small talk a lot lol
@@Oniguy_05 no i get that, but to us Europeans it's kinda disturbing lol, we're just not used to our servers being so overly fake polite 🤣 and yeah I noticed Americans are very friendly
Dude I get like 6 weeks unpaid for maternity leave, I can even imagine getting 2 weeks paid vacation for a honeymoon 😭😭 I'm about to talk to my husband on whether he wants to reverse the choice his great grandpa made when he moved here from Italy 🤣
@@jagodaduda2976 that is the norm over in the US. I believe federal law states you cannot fire someone for being pregnant and they have to keep your job secured but there is 0 guarantee of pay or even leave at all. Sometimes they want you to pop the baby out and come back the next week :( pre, during, and post natal care in America is abysmal
I will never get over how cruel this is to a woman who’s just given birth. In Ireland now you get 26 weeks paid maternity leave (this is a standard amount but employers can tip it up to your full wage), and a further 16 weeks unpaid leave if you want. There’s also 7 weeks paid parent leave that each parent can take in the first 2 years of the child’s life (7 weeks for each parent, and an additional 2 weeks paternity leave, which definitely could be improved). And that still feels like the bare minimum. I can’t imagine how tough it is for American mothers to go back to work when they’ve not even physically recovered.
As a European person, one cultural shock I had when moving on the American continent is that waiters constant fill your glass. One time the waitress even apologized when she saw me filling my glass myself... Oh yeah and I always have to ask them to not put lemons in the water And whenever I order a cold drink and ask for no ice they're always like "You're European aren't you"
Fwiw as an American I've never understood the ice thing. Like, we don't normally put ice in our drinks at home afaik so why do it at restaurants? It waters down the beverage and hurts the teeth. Absolutely baffling.
@@sabrinusglaucomysmost fridges come with an ice maker. most americans put ice in their drinks at home! it just keeps it cold for longer and adds to the flavor (see: sweet tea)
If you live in the south having ice in your drink is a must. It’s not that the drinks don’t come cold it’s just it’s so hot that an ice cold drink always hits the spot. I’ve lived in Florida for about 15 years and when I worked at an outside museum I had so many foreigners ask for ice in their drinks. They always said “ I use to question you Americans but after 15 minutes outside I see why you put ice in your drink”.
Ikr she looks like someone I saw on a TV show my dad used to watch I forgot what it's called Edit: I just remembered it's called Keeping Up Appearances its a bunch of old British people visiting each other's houses and stuff lol
Agree, I love how naturally beautiful she looks, she has a very light makeup compared to what you would usually see nowdays wich, I think, makes her features shine
In Korea, we just have to go to the front desk and pay there and leave instead of waiting around for a cheque. I miss it so much 😢 I’ve spent so long just sitting around waiting for a waiter lolol
in italy its either that or asking for the check! i’ve actually never asked for the check at the table, but its probably because of the area im in. its easier to go to the front desk lol
In Canada I've found we have so many ways of paying the cheque 😬 it's a bit awkward when you've been sitting around for 20 minutes waiting and you and your party start to whisper to each other about whether they're bringing the cheque if we need to ask for it or if we need to go to the front to pay. For the most part they bring the bill but it isn't uncommon for fancier restaurants or very slow quiet restaurants to wait on you to decide to pay.
I'm Italian. Considering how they force you into life-long debts for college, I would have assumed the majority of people in the US would look for a job right after highschool...
why? it sucks to wait around for the check. they need to bring it to you for when youre ready to pay. in america you eat and then leave, these workers are earning 5 dollars an hour, the more people they serve the more tips they get so they can pay their bills. because you wanna loiter around talking to your friends means that the server is earning less money, taking money straight from them. its not a great system but its the one we got. you are the one who sounds rude to me.
@@emilyyvetteWell in Europe they generally get decent pay and the tipping is more of an extra on top. The cusomers aren't expected to pay their salaries, their employers do that. So their livelihood doesn't depend on tips to the same degree. If people go out to dine in a restaurant, a pleasant non-rushed atmosphere is part of the expected experience.
In America we like to get our check right away. If we're done eating we usually want to get out. The server will drop off the check and then you can pay when you're ready.
the idea of the check being brought to you does sound so rude to me, it’s like you’re being kicked out edit because Attention: feel the need to clarify that where i live ‘the check’ isn’t a thing, it’s almost exclusively paying at counters. so i never am brought or have to ask for a check. edit 2: yes, i don’t just mean fast food ‘restaurants’. you have to get _very_ fancy in order to have a check involved.
yeah. in america they will usually ask if you are finished or you will ask them so idk what’s she was talking about maybe we just had different experiences
In my experience it is normal for the waiter to give you the check before you have asked for it. Only at a really expensive restaurant did they wait for me to ask for the check.
I'm Italian and I've worked as a waitress as a part-time job, we've had clients who rested in the restaurant even one hour or more after they finished their dinner, we didn't bring them the check until they asked for, and even when we brought them they didn't leave immediately, also the clients can stay as long as they want after paying the check
It's normal not to go to university because the higschool system is a lot different from the US. We choose a specifical school when we finish middle school, there are about 20 kinds of highschools that are different from eachother basing on subjects, of course everyone studies basic subjects like english, italian, maths, philosophy etc but there are other that are mainly made for the address you chose, so for the way you want to take in life. Also the study charge (amount of stuff to study) is immensely higher and the expectations are way more difficult to reach than the us. For example the maths programme you in the US complete in 4 years, we do in 1 year only. While in the US the highschool degree knowledge level is def not enough to have basic life skills, to be able to do an average not specific job or at least to be considered a person that is cultured and empowered, in italy we are already ready for that after 5 years of highschool. Also the costs are way more cheap, like 3.500 per year if you go to the università and in the highscool or inferior grades everything is free, you have to pay abt 70€ per year as taxes with insurance, and the books cost is payed by the instituition until middle school. Ps. Im from italy ofc.
And you can also do university when you're fourty without getting look bad at, so many people find a job, work for some years to afford an house and then go to university
Well, I lived there for 11 years and then moved to Europe and insist on ice in my drinks. They used to put ONE ice cube in before but now have started being a bit more generous. 😂
i’m italian and i can confirm everything! ahahaha it’s such a beautiful thing that we all have different cultures (also for these little particulars), i love it
@@AB_Evans no actually in Italy they never serve you water with ice. but when you request a bottle of water they ask you if you want a bottle from the fridge (di frigo) or warm (a temperatura ambiente). ahaha it’s strange for me to receive a glass of water with ice ahah
i miss italy so much. i was born there, the last time we visited back home i was 8 and we stayed for a year; i’m now 17. i miss everything about that place especially now that im almost done with high school. i don’t remember all that much but i remember coming back to america and it was like a slap in the face culture wise.
Thanks for sharing. I understand you as much as I can: I am a U.S. American, but have ties to Spain. When I was 16, I spent a long period of time there, and just fell madly in love with the country. After studying at university, I tried to move to Spain using a graduate degree; those plans all changed and it didn't happen. 10+ years later, I visit Spain nearly every year and yearn to live there instead of the States. But with every year that passes, I become more tied to my career in the States. And, currently, the Russian invasion; energy crisis; and water crisis caused by global warming don't make it so appealing to relocate to Europe, even as much as culturally I would be so much happier there. The problem is that I am a born citizen here, and seeing how badly immigrants are treated the world over, I am not keen on being in that precarious situation. Sigh. All the best to you ☮️
@@blackeyedsusan727 Sadly the only immigrants that are treated badly are the poor ones, the ones who flee from war or famine or persecution or economic crisis. Not the rich ones coming from "developed" countries. So don't worry about that.
@@blackeyedsusan727Just wondering if you’ve done more research and learned all the ways you can immigrate to Spain. It’s not that hard, and no, no one will treat you badly for being born in America.
What’s so wrong with wanting an iced beverage 😭 I don’t understand it. Especially ice water, it’s relaxing and nice on a hot summer day. Do you understand why? Just generally asking cause you’re the only other person I found talking about it 😅
@maddogmadison6379 It's because most restaurants in Italy keep all beverages in a fridge, so when it arrives at your table it's already fresh, not at room temperature.
I love hanging out with my Asian friends. When they get me a glass of water they're always like "Sorry, did you want ice? I forgot and we don't have any." And I respond "No I'm good, I don't like ice."
In Italy there are like a dozen different highschools to choose. You can go to the classic one (best one for most) where you learn ancient greek and Latin or a professional school like the biologic-sanitary one like I do where I study pathology and anatomy. There are also highschools for cooks, weitering, mechanics etc
That's so young to specialize though...most high schoolers that I knew had no idea what they wanted to do! Back then, I thought I wanted to do graphic design, but then it ended up changing! what happens when people change their minds after graduating in such a specialized field?
I’ve been living in the US for the past four years, and I actually only once had experience where they bring me the check - it was when the restaurant was closing. Otherwise, usually I have to catch the staff😂
You look exactly like how i imagined a character does in a book i was reading. It was a beautiful book but i got distracted and abandoned it midway. Every time your shorts pop up, i have this urge to go pick it up again.
Yes we read about asking for the check before we went to Italy. If you leave right after you eat they think you did not like the food. They want you to linger and talk and relax… not just to kick you out and hurry to fill the table. They also seem insulted when you leave a tip. And their food prices are the same as they are in the US. So why am I leaving a 20% tip in the US?
But why? If the food prices are more or less the same and they serve so many people by constantly rushing everyone, how the restaurants can't afford to pay their waitresses a normal wage? Why should the customers do that by tipping that enourmous 20%?
So weird bc ppl in the us literally ask about college constantly, had ppl telling me to decide my college in 7th grade or at least to start thinking about it
This is because Italy has a sort of “food culture”. I will try to explain it better, when you go to a restaurant it’s not just to only eat but also an important moment to socialize. This is the reason a meal will always keep going for hours until it’s even late. A dinner at a restaurant could last until 12-1 a.m. All restaurant know clients should feel themselves like they are at home that’s why it would be very rude to bring the bill after clients finished to eat
Agree, same in Spain. Getting together for lunch or dinner means to eat at your peace, and to take your time afterwards while talking and having drinks (called "sobremesa" in spanish)
I felt so pressured to go to college after high school. And I honestly regret it. And ice in our water is normal mainly since I live in the south now and having iced water or any drink is amazing. Especially with it being so hot and drinks not staying cold
The thing is they give you a bottle of water already cold from the fridge if you want it so it's weird to ask with ice!😆 But for other drinks yes you can have them directly with the ice :)
I was pressured heavily, too, and I wasn't ready to go yet. I did go, floundered for 4 years, dropped out a couple of times, and ended up going back when I was 26 and actually ready for it. My 18 yo son has decided to wait and I'm totally fine with it. I refuse to pressure him when he knows it's not the right choice for him right now. He should only go if he really wants to and he's ready because it's such a huge expense, it's just not worth going into massive debt if you don't have a plan and a goal in mind. He was 1 when I graduated and I'm still paying off my loans. The balance has barely budged in all that time.
American here, I’m actually curious if you’re being serious? There is nothing from stopping you from continuing to chat after receiving the check. But also, in America you would probably never keep chatting on a restaurant for 3-4 hours after your done eating regardless of when the check arrives, that would be very rude as there are probably other customers who want to sit down, or if it’s near the end of the day, the servers are gonna be waiting on you to leave before they can go home. Even if it wasn’t busy and not at the end of the day I still find it odd that anyone would want to remain seated at the restaurant for that long to keep chatting rather than go elsewhere, I think only at a coffee shop would that be normal.
@@juliannathefirequeen Maybe not three hours, but an hour more is possible, there is not a law against it. We like enjoying our food slowly, and enjoy our company. However, if the restaurant is full or if it's closing you should leave soon after paying
@@juliannathefirequeen usually you'll take a dessert and then coffee and then leave, that's why. We don't go to a different place. It's also not rude, if there's not place people go elsewhere 🤷
in Canada, government workers get a week off for honeymoon (now just called one-time leave so anyone can take it). but apparently if you go on disability leave, they have to use all other vacation leave up first. so... I lost mine. I had been saving it for a rainy day, and I regret it so much. 😢 I felt cheated when I was already going through so much at the time.
i really do wish it was normal to not go to university here. i don't want to go but everyone is trying to push me to go. it's such common small talk to ask a highschooler what college they're going to or what they want to get a degree in and i never have an answer
It’s not for everyone. Some careers require it. I went for three years and ended up starting my own business doing massage therapy. Never feel pressured especially to get into debt when your not sure. Good luck! And whatever you choose, try to pay as you go and stay out of debt. :)
Don't go into that debt until you're sure you want to pursue a career that requires a degree! If your family is really insistent, you could take classes at a vo-tech and learn some practical skills while you're still figuring out what you want to do. :)
I’m a teacher and the kids that tell me “I don’t wanna go to college” always expect me to get upset. I just tell them they don’t have to, there’s options but whatever you do, you better do it right and well. If you know college isn’t for you don’t go. It’s a great experience and some careers require it, but there’s many other paths that don’t require it. Best advice I can give you is to sit down and think what you want to do. Remember you’re young and won’t know exactly what you want. Consider you options and take a look at what is required to do it successfully. I went to college and changed my major 2 times before finding what I wanted to do. I was lucky enough to get a scholarship which meant not paying for most things. What the scholarship didn’t pay, I payed myself by working. My other 3 siblings didn’t go to college and they’re all doing pretty well. Heck they make more money than me! So remember you have options. Sorry for the rant! Hope this encourages you
I mostly hate it when they ask what you wanna study, cause like how is a teenager supposed to know what they’re gonna want to be doing when they’re 40? I think if someone does go to college after high school, they shouldnt feel pressured into picking a major right away. All of my friends who go to college have switched their majors at least once, most of them have switched it twice. Its ok to explore and try out different things but i know it costs money to take those classes and if you dont stick with that major then it was kind of a waste
In the U.S. graduating from the 4-yr undergraduate degree is basically equivalent to high school these days. Without a graduate degree you cannot get a job that will lead to high earning potential, because no company will touch you. The only avenue then is to start your own company. But most companies fail within the first year or two, and the U.S. has no social safety net. So basically, it's all about luck 🤷🏻♀️
@@blackeyedsusan727 Disagree, depends on major of your undergrad. Many STEM majors can make 6 figures with just a college degree. But yes if you're in the humanities, getting a grad. degree might be needed.
@@tq6396 increasingly even with stem. The T and E in STEM is just about the only ones making 6 figures right out college. My fellow relatively new grads who are biology or chemistry majors are do not have 6 figs made out of college. Or even several years after college. Tech and engineering tho, definitely. But in a country of hundreds of millions of people in the U.S, it’s wild that saddling most people with deep debt is justifiable because a handful of viable career paths “technically” still exist. So It’s not just humanities, more like every degree that’s not tech or engineering related. Even tho the debt to salary ratio is unjustifiable, many employers still require a degree sometimes just for you to be a viable candidate even if that degree isn’t that relevant to the job at all. So yea, I’d say college (for most people) is becoming the new high school if you even want to scratch six figures. At a steep cost too. Student loan debt is crippling.
@@jessica3218 I recommend you research such topics, it'd be the easiest to just ask a doctor I honestly never heard that and can't imagine it making any difference for 99.99% of people Ice is just water below its freezing point, it'll dissolve in pretty much any drink, even cold, because of the temperature of the room it's in It'll dilute your drink and can change its taste a bit because of it but that should be all
*The vacation thing was a culture shock for myself as well as an American. When I was able to take vacation for a week, went to Mexico and met a ton of guys from England and Scotland who were all there for 2.5- 3 weeks to enjoy their... "all inclusive experience"* 🤣
Most mid to high schieving students do actually go to uni here, but it's totally fine not to go because since high schools are already job oriented you already have the necessary skills to start working a normal position in your field that doesn't require too much depth in expertise
As an Italian: honestly nowadays it's very hard someone doesn't go to a uni UNLESS they did professional highschools and such. In those cases I can see that happening 😅 Usually who does classic highschool (Liceo) does NOT get a gob with the hs degree and has to choose a uni faculty to specialize into else they won't be able to easily fin a job (talking from experience but that is not always the case.
Ma ormai se esci da qualsiasi liceo devi fare l' università. Ultimamente solo gli indirizzi nuovi come : socio-sanitario, ITIS o robotica , sono i migliori anche per non continuare con l' università. Questo è l' unico punto su cui nn concordo del video, poichè le differenze tra nord e sud sono anche forti su questo lato. Io sono del sud e qui in molti vanno all' università. C'è un cambiamento di tendenza da poco
These are so entertaining and very interesting! I have learned quite a bit from these videos. Thanks for making them. I have never been to Europe, but it's on my bucket list!
As an Italian, in my experience I can say that in restaurants it is not rude to ask for the bill. You can ask the waiter to bring it to the table or you can go directly to the counter to pay 🥰
She meant it would be rude if the waiter brought it without being asked.In the US they'll bring u the check as soon as you're done eating but if they did that in Italy it would be considered rude
I'm a server at a nice high end restaurant. Yes, we do drop the check after you are done your meal but I try to read my guests and only do so when completely finished. Even so, I never rush a table to pay. Yes, I like to turn my tables bc I make tips but I'm appalled that servers would be so a** holish to guests after paying. If this has happened to anyone, my sincerest apologies..m
In Brazil, after you're done eating, the waiter will come to the table and ask if you want anything else. If you don't ask for the check, they'll eventually ask you if they can bring it
Well I'm Colombian leaving in the States for 20 years. I always ask for my water without ice, servers would normally offer lemon instead, but I just like my plain, room temperature water.
To anyone who's felt slighted by being handed the check as soon as they're done eating: In the US, people just don't sit around and chat after they're finished eating at a restaurant, it's just not done here. I promise the waitstaff aren't trying to be rude or 'kick you out,' they hand you the check under the assumption that now that you have eaten the food, you'll be on your way. They might even say 'take your time' but ultimately they have more people to seat. The same way you leave a store once you've paid or leave the doctor's office once your appointment is over. But obviously at McDonalds, Starbucks, Chipotle, or any other place where you order at a counter, you can spend the whole day there if you want.
fiscal pressure, still a lot of discrimination in the workplace, meritocracy doesn't exist, bureaucracy drives you mad and good ideas do not materialise as easily as you wish. Oh...and the church interferes with everything despite being a laic country by constitution, so a bit behind with a lot of things in terms of research, science and some human rights
And let's not forget about corruption, workplace nepotism, the huge development differences between South, Central and North and crime organization being involved in pretty much anything. Sigh
Is not only normal not to go to uni, we have different type highschools, the "liceo" Usually the harder,bprepares you to go to uni, "Tecnico" still pretty hard but more focused on starting you on a corporate job, "professionale" only 3 years of practical skills, they usually teach you how to be a plumber, electrician, hairdresser ecc
@@amburn-left I would say that you can earn A LOT of money without going to Uni in Germany, especially when you earn a "Meister" title. For example: you are 16 years old and decide you hate school and don't want to finish high school, so you leave and search for "Ausbildungen" where you work and study a specific job, for example a mechanic, an IT specialist, a plumber, an electrician etc. You get the work experience and study this stuff for 3 years. If you want you can earn a Meister (master) title in some of these jobs with experience, so you have a stable and very well paying job starting at age 19. If you start your own business you will be richer than any employed engineer ever will.
Unfortunately,his thing it's not true. If you go to the north there' re more possibilities, but in the south the situation is tragic and most of the guys get paid badly, and without contributions. That' s why you need a degree if you live here. I live in the south
Nah man here in Italy realistically if you want a good job that will make you money you have to go to university cause with just high school education you are going to be working as a cashier for the rest of your life There are schools that are job oriented called professionali but you can't go you uni after that, too much you didn't do before that is impossible to recuperate
@@mercifulchickens actually working Blue collars Jobs make more Money than speding 4 years doing nothing learning "humanities"...you sound like a cornuto
took a trip to Ireland and asked for ice water and the waitress looked at us sideways. first brought a sparkling water, then brought a glass of water and a side bowl of ice 🤣
It depends. Sometimes I have to ask because we finished and want to leave the waiter/waitress hasn't been by yo notice we finished. Sometimes they'll see that we're nearing the end of our food and preemptively bring the check and some to go containers. It honestly depends on multiple factors like each servers preference, how busy the restaurant is to be able to notice you finishing up and what you ordered. Like how Olive Garden has unlimited Soup Salad and Bread sticks so being out of food could mean another round or the check depending on the person.
@@simpfordolores3236 It doesn't necessarily have to be this way thoigh. We need to evolve as a society, which has been stuck in many ways into the unreasonable times.
@@bdotashu and we have a long way to go for it happen cuz I ain't seeing that anytime soon. We don't have it easy here unlike these countries, the competition is so tough here that even being a uni graduate won't automatically land u a job
In America there’s a time limit for restaurants. The manager will have to come and *politely* ask you to leave after 2 hours max. And it’s considered rude to stay long anyway because you come to eat, and other people are waiting sometimes hours for a table to be open so they can eat. There are other places designated for hanging out. Plus, when you factor tips into it, waiters needs as many people as possible to cycle through to get more tips. And if a group is at one of their tables for too long, they get in trouble.
Well our high school system is so much different from yours tho ahah, one of the many different things is that there are some type of high schools where you learn a job for example (but where you study subjects that are mandatory, like italian, English, math etc as well), plus we have an year more of high school and our programs are really dense. But there are other reasons too
If you ask for water, people will understand "room temperature water". If you want cold water, bars usually store some bottles in a fridge, but you'll have to ask for it explicitly. Ice water is really not a thing.
I wish it was normal to don't go to uni here... I really really hate having to still take part in the education system even if it's not my obligation anymore:')
As an American waitress, I hate giving people their checks and constantly have to be hovering around them. Like I don't want to bother them unless they need me
I hate that establishments and managers require that. As a customer it makes me uncomfortable, as a server or retail worker it makes them uncomfortable, like it’s not that hard for me to ask when I’m ready. I know that some boomer customers expect to be waited on hand an foot though.
