In many cafes in Sweden, you have to be your own waiter.
In Stockholm, I was surprised that even expensive local restaurants with gourmet foods expect you to come to the counter and place your order. And when the food and drinks are ready, you’re supposed to take them to your table yourself. Also, you usually pay in advance. The only exceptions are really luxurious restaurants
Many Scandinavians would rather create unnecessary difficulties for themselves than bother someone else with their request.
And it’s not about arrogance. On the contrary, it’s not common for Scandinavians to consider themselves special. Alexander Skarsgård noted this in his interview.
It’s just that Scandinavians are used to relying only on themselves and don’t like to bother other people. They are more likely to make a detour than to ask someone to step aside to let them pass, and they’ll carry their own suitcase instead of waiting for a porter to help them.
You can borrow a framed picture from a Danish library.
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Sibbie 11 month s ago
#3 LIES! Swedes would never use feet!
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Quillie 11 month s ago
Sibbie,
Yeah! Only bicycles and electric cars! And sometimes pogo sticks.
Yeah! Only bicycles and electric cars! And sometimes pogo sticks.
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Margaretta 11 month s ago
#8 Brainwashed from birth.
No normal 8-yr old wants to watch electric cars race.
No normal 8-yr old wants to watch electric cars race.
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Josephine 11 month s ago
Margaretta,
Wait, who's been brainwashed?
Wait, who's been brainwashed?
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Jehiel 11 month s ago
#5 Looks to me like in Norway, the train conductor doesn't sit in the cab, so I hope they really are superheroes...
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Assene 11 month s ago
The statement between #4 and #5 seems a bit incongruous, but I think they're trying to say Norwegians don't complain about work all the time like most people do. Well, yeah... They get paid more, get lots of vacation time, fewer hours, great benefits and excellent health care.
Here, we get the opposite- unreasonably low pay, massive overtime and excessive work loads, little to no paid leave, poor benefits and the worst healthcare system in the world. Not to mention over-taxation and over-inflated insurance costs. Most people barely make enough to get by, and spend their days toiling to make their bosses and corporations (that don't give a hoot about their employees) rich.
I think we've earned the right to complain...
Here, we get the opposite- unreasonably low pay, massive overtime and excessive work loads, little to no paid leave, poor benefits and the worst healthcare system in the world. Not to mention over-taxation and over-inflated insurance costs. Most people barely make enough to get by, and spend their days toiling to make their bosses and corporations (that don't give a hoot about their employees) rich.
I think we've earned the right to complain...
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Honora 11 month s ago
Assene,
Norwegians get massive wages too. But it balances out. Stuff IS expensive. Mind you, the Social Wealth Fund is only worth $1 trillion, or $250,000 per citizen.
Norwegians get massive wages too. But it balances out. Stuff IS expensive. Mind you, the Social Wealth Fund is only worth $1 trillion, or $250,000 per citizen.
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Alexandra 11 month s ago
You need three more months to name your baby? Four months wasn't long enough, or do you guys not believe in ultrasounds?
Also, discipline is necessary in child rearing. It helps teach right from wrong, responsibility, and how to treat other people with respect. An issue that's way out of control in today's culture of entitlement.
Also, discipline is necessary in child rearing. It helps teach right from wrong, responsibility, and how to treat other people with respect. An issue that's way out of control in today's culture of entitlement.
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Mur 11 month s ago
Alexandra,
9 if you plan with 2 names for boy or girl
9 if you plan with 2 names for boy or girl
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Nickname 11 month s ago
Yikes..!
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Arizona 11 month s ago
4. ...and how else would you build a house on a hill?
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Muriel 10 month s ago
Arizona,
I was thinking the same thing. Is there a place where the foundation is laid to match the grade of the hill? It must be tough to keep the cement from flowing downhill as it’s poured.
I was thinking the same thing. Is there a place where the foundation is laid to match the grade of the hill? It must be tough to keep the cement from flowing downhill as it’s poured.
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Donald 10 month s ago
Pretty sure they blasted it out of the mountain side to have a nice level ground to build on....
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Joshua 10 month s ago
#10 also in NL
Yeah! Only bicycles and electric cars! And sometimes pogo sticks.
No normal 8-yr old wants to watch electric cars race.
Wait, who's been brainwashed?
Here, we get the opposite- unreasonably low pay, massive overtime and excessive work loads, little to no paid leave, poor benefits and the worst healthcare system in the world. Not to mention over-taxation and over-inflated insurance costs. Most people barely make enough to get by, and spend their days toiling to make their bosses and corporations (that don't give a hoot about their employees) rich.
I think we've earned the right to complain...
Norwegians get massive wages too. But it balances out. Stuff IS expensive. Mind you, the Social Wealth Fund is only worth $1 trillion, or $250,000 per citizen.
Also, discipline is necessary in child rearing. It helps teach right from wrong, responsibility, and how to treat other people with respect. An issue that's way out of control in today's culture of entitlement.
9 if you plan with 2 names for boy or girl
I was thinking the same thing. Is there a place where the foundation is laid to match the grade of the hill? It must be tough to keep the cement from flowing downhill as it’s poured.