I'm not really sure what generalisations like yours bring to the table. I mean I've only been to maybe 5 or 6 states in the US, but I know that a city in Maine is so completely different from somewhere like New York or Boston which themselves are completely different from, say, Orlando or Las Vegas. So trying to make generalisations that hold for all 50 states in the US is even more ridiculous.

I guess an analogy is that Turkey is in Europe, and being a European it would be very easy for me to say "the service in the US is way superior to the service I get in Europe" and then I could add "but at least in Europe I don't get someone telling me how much I should tip when I get the bill like I did in America." But the truth is that the tipping culture is nowhere in America that I've visited like it is in New York and the standard attitude is actually very similar to the UK, which itself is way different to somewhere like Italy or Germany. But hey, let's not let the truth get in the way of a good discussion that is rooted in anecdotal evidence.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that the service you receive is based on a lot of things, the least of which is the country you are in. In fact the most important part of how well you judge the service you receive is you and your expectations. That is something I realised from similar 'anecdotal discussions' with my fellow Europeans when I rave about the service I receive in the US - "they would never let your beer glass go empty for an hour like they do here!" - "yet but they also come over to interrupt you every 5 minutes to ask you if everything is okay.. when I need something, I will ask for it!"