So you don't have someone looking around and refilling water glasses? Huh. At least it's consistent then. Here, sometimes you'll get refills without asking, and sometimes you won't be bothered for anything unless you flag them down. The latter group still wants their 30% tip though.
While I do like having someone ask "Do you want another <drink>?" or "Do you want more water?", I'd quite happily go without if it also meant not having to tip at all. I couldn't care less about smiling or small-talk.
In fact, there's no such thing as free water. You pay for that. I was quite surprised when I was outside of Europe and you just get a glass of water without being asked.
So you don't have someone looking around and refilling water glasses? Huh. At least it's consistent then. Here, sometimes you'll get refills without asking, and sometimes you won't be bothered for anything unless you flag them down. The latter group still wants their 30% tip though.
While I do like having someone ask "Do you want another <drink>?" or "Do you want more water?", I'd quite happily go without if it also meant not having to tip at all. I couldn't care less about smiling or small-talk.
In fact, there's no such thing as free water. You pay for that. I was quite surprised when I was outside of Europe and you just get a glass of water without being asked.