Could you extrapolate on your experiences?  From what I saw (in Germany, Poland, and Italy), it is that people aren&#x27;t paid to give a shit about the customer outside of the context of their service. No &quot;how is everybody doing today?&quot; No &quot;have a nice day.&quot;  You are there to be served and that&#x27;s it.<p>Then again, these kinds of attitudes can change dramatically across national boundaries; the perspective I have often heard about France is that &quot;the customer is always wrong.&quot;