[TalnSG]

Thanks, because I have had two encounters with waitstaff that were at oppostie ends of the spectrum, and both in Japanese restaurants.

Once many years ago I asked for a spoon and was "instructed" by the waiter as to how only westerners use them. (grimace) This same jerk also took it upon himself to tell me that as a westerner my knees would not survive the way I was sitting/kneeling. At that point even if it had crippled me I would have not changed my position and I wanted to pour the soup over his swelled head!

Then the other day I was drinking my miso from the bowl and the waitress came over and showed me where the spoon was as if I hadn't seen it. I just nodded and still never picked up anything but the hashi. This one didn't bothered me that much because she is always so nice and we've had a few conversations about mutual tastes in KPop. I guess she never noticed me doing that before.