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you ever been to a restaurant in Europe? Good luck trying to get the same type of service over there that you get here. The difference in the service is due to the tipping. If a waiter knows that he or she is going to get paid more if he or she provides better service, that improves the service for everybody, including the people who tip poorly. In Europe, there is no tipping and, hence, no incentive to work harder when you are dealing with patrons. As a result, the waiters get pissed if you try to get them to do any kind of extra thing. I had this happen to me at a restaurant in Berlin where the waitress got snotty when I asked for a couple of extras (like a couple of beers beyond the initial one that I was served with). I still tipped her well when the meal was over. When she saw the tip, she apparently began to suffer pangs of conscience because she ended up serving us an extra round on the house.