I really dislike savvy servers. In my regular trips to the US they leave me feeling quite unsettled. The best wait staff are the ones in Europe. They really hat

I really dislike savvy servers. In my regular trips to the US they leave me feeling quite unsettled. The best wait staff are the ones in Europe. They really hate you for being a customer. I respect that. The best system I've lived with is NZ: table service is less common, you often go up to the counter to order, you always go up to pay. There's less interaction which is fine by me, I'm there to have a nice meal, not have a relationship with the staff. Americans have a different attitude to the whole experience of eating out, I'm not convinced it's a healthy one.