Why don’t the British respect service staff or builders the way they do abroad?

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Why are waiters not respected in the UK?
Why are waiters not respected in the UK? Photograph: andresr/Getty Images

Fred Sirieix was saying the other day that the British don’t respect or train front-of-house staff the way the French do. And we don’t respect or train builders the way they seem to in eastern Europe. Why is that? Michael D Warren, Cricklewood

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