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/MuggleMari 6d ago

I’m Norwegian and I don’t really have an answer nor do I have an argument. It annoys me as well. Common politeness is just gone

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u/Chance_Value_Not 6d ago

Not gone, but too rare.

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u/Broad_Steak9742 5d ago

True.. i do meet some nice people rarely. What happens when there are no nice people anymore