13-01-2004, 09:31 AM
Quote:Originally posted by sterretjie
this is rather interesting. in germany people have to go to a training for 3 years to work as a qualified waiter. ok, they work in the hotels and then 2x a year have to go to school. so, here, being a waiter does not have a bad reputation.
I think in most places on the Continent it's seen as a career and something worthwhile doing..
However the message is slow to reach these parts across the puddle - sometimes it's seen as "beneath them".. which is a great shame really