Wait staff hypothetical
January 17th, 2008 | 
You are being deported.
The USCIS is giving you two options for your destination country: Country A and Country B, respectively.
In Country A, all of the waiters and waitresses are very invasive. They visit your table far too often; asking if you’d like refills when your cup is still 3/4 full, asking how your food tastes two seconds after it has arrived at your table, etc (You know the type). They’re very cordial, but extremely annoying.
In Country B, all of the waiters and waitresses are very distant and apathetic. They visit your table far too infrequently; they never refill your drinks, they don’t care about your dining experience at all, etc (You know the type). They’re insincere and very annoying.
These are the only bits of information you are provided about these countries. As far as you know, other than having opposite sides of the wait staff continuum, these countries are nearly identical in every other category (geographic location, population, GNP, per capita income, et al.).
Which country do you choose, and why?
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1. How is it possible that these 2 distinct countries have identical geographic locations?
2. Good question though. I do hate overly intrusive servers, but I also hate it when I can’t get a refill or if I’m unable to obtain a necessary condiment. But I would have to say that I would definitely visit Country A. If I were paying for a vacation and the services therein, I’d prefer to get more for my money. I guess I’d rather be annoyed whilst eating the food I’d paid for rather than being annoyed that I wasn’t eating the food I’d paid for.
Definitely Country B. I can live with lack of service. I hate being interupted.
Gotta be Country A! I would be really annoyed if I wasn’t getting the service I paid for, but if I was getting more than I paid for and the waiter/waitress was going over the top I think I could make a joke of that. Sure they might be annoying but I’ve got what I need. I would leave Country B.
Country A. I like free refrills :)