What do you mean "forget tablecloths"? You are the one that brought up that connection.
What type of countries am I describing? Uh...ones outside of the US. Ones in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Not really sure what you mean by "type of countries".
I travel outside of the US a lot also and I have seen plenty of instances of men wearing shorts in restaurants where tablecloths are used.
Also, I'm not seeing where RC agrees with you in what you posted regarding men wearing shorts when there are tablecloths present.
Based on what others on here have experienced, it seems like these "global standards" are really just your opinion.
I think it's a good idea for them to focus on fewer desserts in the Windjammer. It seems like they always have 20 or 30 different desserts, none of which are very good. Cutting it down to 5 or 10 would hopefully allow them to have better quality.
I don't think anyone suggested that the ability to order multiple appetizers and multiple entrees has changed. It's just been a question of whether they will bring the entrees out at the same time or one after another.
They don't care the status. It only matters that they have been away for 30 minutes (in the rare cases when it's enforced). Doesn't matter where they have been.