It is surprisingly hard to go out for lunch or a coffee and get good service these days.
In many restaurants and cafés where you have been served by friendly people who were interested in what they sell and happy to see customers, you are now served by people who are completely out of touch with what they do. Disinterested, and sometimes even outright grumpy towards customers.
Here is something I noticed in Germany:
It is surprisingly hard to go out for lunch or a coffee and get good service these days.
In many restaurants and cafés where you have been served by friendly people who were interested in what they sell and happy to see customers, you are now served by people who are completely out of touch with what they do. Disinterested, and sometimes even outright grumpy towards customers.