AMERICANS and Britons tend to react in different ways when they find a hair in their food at a restaurant, or when the waiter takes away their plate before they've finished eating. "We [British] prefer to suffer in silence [and] then complain about the experience from the moment we step out of the door until death finally stops our mouths," wrote The Guardian's Felicity Cloake. Americans, on the other hand, are more likely to speak up and complain to their waiter. Cloake actually recommends the American approach. But, judging by readers' comments, the debate is still wide open: