[christoph-heiss]

Fortunately, at least in Europe, there are definitely companies still around who either don't force the usage of slop machines or even have a culture of rejecting them completely (yes, that's a thing, and I'm glad to be working at such a company).

So no, this isn't universally true.

[wiseowise]

It's because you're working in a retirement home (I do too), Europe lags a couple of years before US. Give it time.