Not quite sure why so much of the world has a problem with the concept that an altimeter reads zero when you land (using QFE) it's not quaint just because you don't like it.
Crab....I assume you meant why does the UK cling to this practice and the entire rest of the world does not. You are now part of Europe (by means of the railroad and political convention) thus perhaps ya'll might want to change your ways to conform....it really is a simpler method than that practiced now.
Does the altimeter really...really....read "0" when one alights upon the airfield?