New Zealand culture #3

When you go into a cafe or bakery you might choose something to eat out of a glass cabinet. In Australia, you would ask the behind counter staff for your selected item, and they would pull it out of the cabinet and slap it on a plate for you. In New Zealand, the glass cabinets open on your side so will have to help yourself or self serve it's contents.
I suppose the good part about self service is that it has less reliance on language to order food. However, you still have to take your food up to the counter for payment regardless.
Also, based on Kate's food handling qualifications and knowledge, the self service method would not meet food safety standards, at least in Australia anyway.