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We are almost a week into Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany and MSNBC offers this interesting inside look at the festivities, from the perspective of the Oktoberfest waiter.
Surprisingly, the author confesses that most servers actually really enjoy American tourists.
Americans are easier to talk to. They’re not so complicated. If you tell them a little bit about whatever they want to see or where they should go, they appreciate that. They’re not like, “Oh, I don’t care.” They treat you like a regular guy, not just some guy who serves them.
And while donning lederhosen seems like cheesy cliche, he actually recommends them because,
you’ll probably destroy every other item you could wear. They’re tough. You can wipe things off them. Especially in Oktoberfest party tents, people wave their beer glasses around with the band ”” I haven’t seen anybody get out of there clean. It’s really a mess.
And somewhat unsurprisngly, the waiter confesses that the beer tents get pretty messy. By the end of the night the floor of the tents are covered in puke, broken glass and lost belongings. And of course, the tent bouncers have the toughest job in all of Oktoberfest.
Read the Confessions of an Oktoberfest Server at msnbc.