Originally Posted by
mjh0
It's more that the countries you list tend to have an altogether different culture when it comes to service, where people actually take pride in their work and a job well done, where working in service is considered a career rather than just a job.
I pretty much agree with that, although I am not necessarily sure about the 'career' bit.
I think it has more to do with attitude. For instance, there are quite a few people in some countries who are graduates but work as waitresses because there are simply too many graduates for the number of jobs that require someone to be graduates.
Now, some are happy to be doing that because they take the view that regardless of what they do, they want to do it to the best of their ability, even though they do not feel it is their career. Some begrudge it and feel it's below them because they have a degree and they do not perform well.