r/Norway • u/[deleted] • 10d 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/PeStLevel 9d ago

Just sharing my insights. Funny you say it doesn't bother you, but all the same you seem defensive in your passive aggressiveness.

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u/-Parptarf- 9d ago

It really doesn’t. Hell, I agree with OP. But saying were the worst in the world, following it up with a list of countries you’ve visited, kinda comes across as arrogant.

I have the exact opposite experience with England and Denmark than you, for example. Been to both countries 20+ times, but I don’t go around saying either is the best or the worst, if you know what I mean.

But yeah, this is an issue here that annoy the hell out if me too, for sure.