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Yep that's right, the smiles and the good service is all fake, from people being paid a minimum or below minimum wage and no incentive to excel at service. In
by Annatar 11y ago
Yep that's right, the smiles and the good service is all fake, from people being paid a minimum or below minimum wage and no incentive to excel at service.
In contrast, my experiences while I was in central England as far as politeness and service have been very positive, and are a credit to your nation.
However, that all utterly pales in comparison to Japan: I didn't know what service really is until I visited there. Nowhere else did I feel like I was on top of the world as a customer; I will never look at quality of service with the same eyes again.
- GordonS 11y agoTotally agree with you about Japan! I'm from the UK, and find the massive smiles and "y'all have a nive day" in the US to be... just so over-exaggerated that it almost becomes ridiculous. In Japan everyone is so incredibly polite (e.g. train conductor bowing to passengers as he moves through the train, cleaning staff waving off the train as it leaves etc), but it feels very natural and genuine.
- tudorw 11y agoI'm from the UK and often find the default dismissive, critical and judgemental attitude that prevails as insincere as my experience of overly nice Americans, I'd rather live among the latter, or ideally, a mix of all from everywhere!