Did a trip through a bunch of East Asian countries once, the level of attentiveness and speed from service workers there is light and day compared to the US. Wa

Did a trip through a bunch of East Asian countries once, the level of attentiveness and speed from service workers there is light and day compared to the US. Waiting for a cashier to finish chit chatting before spinning up their brain cells over a few minutes trying to work the cash register buttons just doesn't happen. The implications are disturbing though. Either East Asian service workers just have so much pride and drive in their minimum wage jobs that they're willing to work at 100% focus when they're on the clock, or there are so many warm bodies ready to take their jobs that only people who can work at 100% stay hired. I bet that's a big driving factor in why so many people in Asia want to emigrate to the US. When you grow up in a sea of competition like that, a place where you can work at 70% instead of 120% and still be considered a top worker probably looks like paradise.