This is something that surprised me when I went to Spain and ate almost every meal in tiny family-owned restaurants. Rather than appreciate the closeness betwe

This is something that surprised me when I went to Spain and ate almost every meal in tiny family-owned restaurants. Rather than appreciate the closeness between owner and customer, I ended up just feeling awkward a lot (the owner/host would sometimes scold me for not ordering enough food) and I missed my old faceless American conglomerates, with their multiple layers of indirection between the shareholders and me.