I’m not denying we get twice as much as everyone else in the world. I’m denying that Americans actually ask for two plates. I think that’s some kind of German joke because of surprised looks when we see half as much food on a plate than what our eyes are accustomed to seeing.
I suppose it depends on where you’re eating but you’re right, there’s never a shortage of nasty-ass junk food in this country.
Chinese are getting fat, too. Probably from being locked up.
That point about the Chinese is incredibly important. I can see their decline coming even before they reach the peak. They will almost certainly become the most powerful nation in the world over the next few decades but then they will become fat, lazy, useless, and eventually irrelevant.
You mean like the U.S.?
Do you have some crystal ball? How do you know that?
Yes.
I’m guessing. It’s what we do here.
Funny. I don’t get to do it here.
You do it more than anyone else here. Almost everything you post is a wild guess with no evidence.
I deal with facts and logic but I wont hold it against you if you can’t distinguish between logic and a guess.
ok that made me giggle 
Jesus Christ. I thought I post something funny without having had any negative thoughts about the US in mind. I simply laughed about how this American guy views German habits and stereotypes, positive as well as negative. I laughed the most about his description of German waiters. Calm down, Michele, it was not meant as an attack at all.
I know, it was a joke at the expense of Americans and I am calm. There is really no need to imply that I’m not.
Lucky you. It makes me cry.
5. Service culture shock: In Germany waiters don’t work for tips. This means that when you say to the waiter, “check please” when you’re done with the meal, …he’ll often understand this as a perfect opportunity to go on his break or quit his job forever and emigrate to New Zealand.
(In my calmest tone, Dahling)
In America, when a person walks into an establishment, they are a paying guest until they walk out. Americans didn’t create that atmosphere. The restaurant owners created that atmosphere when they advertised this type of service as part of the mealtime experience they offer and everyone should get a little taste of it. We tip waiters because upon leaving we want those who worked so hard, to demonstrate prompt service and the kindest hospitality, to know their efforts to measure up to that restaurants standards never went unnoticed. Because we are spending our hard-earned money here, not only do we judge the hospitality, we judge the way our food tastes, the cleanliness of the waiter and the establishment and the length of time it takes to get our food. From that experience, our tip is determined, from 10 to 20% or higher if the experience was made special. That usually requires a drink or 3 and I imagine a smile always plays a part in how we evaluate their performance but mostly, it’s how fast they deliver the food lol.
This is a lot of crap from beginning to end. That may have been the original intention, but these days tips are expected EVERYWHERE. You go get a sandwich at Subway and the machine prompts you for a 20% tip. You ask for a bottle of coke zero, the disinterested looking tattooed and pierced freak reaches over to the fridge and hands it to you, and the machine prompts you for an 18% tip. You go to a place for lunch, the waitress brings it to you and generally ignores you, and the machine prompts you for a 23% tip.
This is also used to justify not paying servers a living wage. The entire system is stupid. Pay the servers a living wage, raise your prices if necessary, and get rid of this stupid practice of tipping.
I agree. Everything you posted about tips is misleading crap.
It’s optional, Freaky Tipper.
Perhaps you should stop eating at Subway.
That does sound cheap, doesn’t it. In fairness, having to serve you a coke would be worth more than that, you tight wad.
Consider it a compliment. You’re worthy.
Technically, it became a living wage in 1981, when the government passed a stupid law to tax tips, whether you tip or not.
Untrue. It was totally accurate. All those instances nowadays have a default to tip when you put your credit card in.
Somebody saved my hot tub when a pump froze. The water was about 30F and almost froze. I was ready to drain my hot tub so it wasn’t destroyed. He replaced my pump without even talking to me. I wasn’t home. He just drove over and did it. He sat in a 30 degree hot tub in a 35 degree day. He saved my hot tub. He charged $100, but I assume the company got it. So I asked if he had venmo to tip. The smoothie shop near me defaults to a tip.
I thought NYC was trying to raise the price of everything and get rid of tips a few years ago.
Any type of service that is not mandatory at this point, a tip seems expected.
Not only is a tip expected, it has creeped from 10% 30 years ago to 15% 20 years ago to 18-25% now.
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