Just a warning, but the term “services industry” is very loosely interpreted here. Because most salespeople and wait staff work on a real wage, and tipping and commissions are minimal, customers are left to fend for themselves if they have the gall to want to purchase something at a service-oriented establishment.
Before moving to Switzerland, take one last shopping trip to Barney’s, Macy’s, Bergdorf’s, Nolita, Soho, Chelsea, or wherever it is that you buy your clothes. Revel in the prices, variety, and selection. Enjoy the assistance of the attendants who are always willing to find you something different or stay past the end of their shift to get a smaller size. Welcome to the land of “one style suits all,” “find your own damn size,” and “please leave, we’re closing in ten minutes.” What if you go to a chain store, and they are out of the size you want. Can they call the other branches, and check to see who has the one you want? Hahahaha… what a silly question. Maybe they will be helpful enough to tell you where the other stores are. If you’re lucky. And if you’re very, very nice.
Walk up to the post office, a restaurant, a store right around closing time, and you may just be S.O.L. It is not unheard of that an attendant will close the door in your face as you approach the entrance, and, raising an eyebrow, lock the door. God forbid that they stay open even a minute past closing time to pick up some extra profit.
Are you a late eater? Sorry, restaurants often shut their kitchens down at 10 p.m., even on weekends. Delivery is almost unheard of, which, although it lessens the amount of junk shoved into your mailbox and under your door in the form of take-out menus, can really cut back on your lazy late-night eating habit, and you my very well find yourself eating an egg, a bar of chocolate, and some stale cereal at 11 p.m., if you weren’t forward-thinking enough to buy some groceries at lunch time when you were at the grocery store.
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