Of Sandwitches & Gross National Happiness

Ordering sandwitch @ office
- In India : Steel/Plastic plate, well made sandwitch, an irritated server (at best not shabbily dressed), paper napkins have to be asked for
- In Onsite (UK, holland based on my personal exp) : Plate (various kinds), well made sandwitches (but not to an Indain taste of course), garnsihed with things which have no significance edibility-wise, a smiling server (well dressed), and a nice "enjoy your meal"

Basically, having spent some time abroad, I just wonder if there is any correlation between level of formality (at formal occasions i.e.) and general happiness level of the society.
The ghaas-phoos which I used to get alongwith my sandwitches at the ING office were hardly edible, for a human at least, but still were put just to make my plate look good. So much effort for just a small thing.

Well, as they say, 'correaltion doesn't imply causality' bit then it at least doesn't deny it either.