Self service service self serving....

There's one thing that I've noticed in Australia. In fact way back when, when I arrived Jess and I were discussing the level of service in Australia.

Like Britain most places you order and pay at the bar, receive a number and wait for your food. I've also realized nobody tips. I put this down, to the way most cafe bars are run. Was there no tipping first and they decided to add no service to the service or did they get lazy therefore nobody gave any tips. Surely there's a gap in the market for table service at cafe bars?

This morning after arriving in Port Douglas I sat down in the probably popular cafe bar to have my much loved poached eggs on toast with a coffee the size of a swimming pool.

You order your food and your coffee, only then you are confronted on where to sit. I was lucky I found a 4 seater table just for me. Other people weren't so lucky.

So what do you do as a singleton? leave your unprotected bag at a table to mark your territory and order, or order first and hope no one has piked the table you had your eye on? Surely table service would solve this?

Well anyway, my years of a waitress told me there was enough staff on to do table service, but nobody seems to want to do it....

So I order, I take my own knife and fork, my own glass and table water and my bag and I search for a table...