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My Brother in Paris

The first thing you have to know about my brother's trip to Paris was he proposed to his girlfriend at the Eiffel Tower. We were all in on it and it was totally perfect and romantic and all the things it should have been. She Was Not Expecting This The other thing was that we experienced some poor restaurant service, which for me, was a first. For context, we were in touristy areas seeing monuments and having a good time, but it seemed everywhere we went for food we got terrible service. Now I know that French waiters are salaried and aren't overly attentive. It's rude to offer the check until it's asked for (unless they're familiar with American clients, which is a whole other story), for example. But we just hit a streak of bad luck with restaurant experiences, and it really bummed me out. Come on Paris! One restaurant near the Louvre took so long to take our order, we left. The next had us waiting for our food for a long long time. There was one that dropp...