r/Norway • u/[deleted] • 6d ago

Working in Norway Etiquette? Common courtesy?

This may offend people and get down voted. It is what it is. Do Norwegians not learn common courtesy or street etiquette when they are kids? For real. So sick of this. Always stopping and standing in the middle of an aisle or sidewalk to talk, fix a bag, etc. Don't care about the people behind you. When they're walking down a sidewalk, they just walk in the middle, on the wrong side, walk 2 or 3 abreast, not caring about people walking towards you. Don't let other people off public transport before you push your way on. The last straw was tonight when I was at Meny, and a lady didn't even let me finish my order before she was pushing her way into my self checkout. I go to grab my receipt with my barcode to get out, she looks at me and goes "Ja". You guys don't give a shit about anyone but yourself, for real. This needs to be said

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u/kartmanden 6d ago

Common courtesy is not something we know well, sadly. At least several notches down from the UK, a notch down from Sweden and Denmark but on par with many other countries like Austria or Netherlands. imho

We are a cowboy country compared to at least Sweden and Denmark.

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u/MinecraftLibrarian 6d ago

As a dutchman, can confirm, we are not the nicest. A general "dont bother me" attitude combined with wanting to be the first in every line with no regard to other people or wether or not it actually matters.

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u/kartmanden 6d ago

Yet I have nothing against Austrians or Dutch people. Nor against the French even though I always [at some point during my trip] get butchered for speaking poor French or asking a person whether they speak English (in French). Or experience extremely sub par customer service in some form. It’s just how society is..