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/Redditlan 6d ago edited 6d ago

What country are you from where all these things functions perfectly?

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u/PeStLevel 6d ago

Silly question. We are talking about Norway. However, Norway is the fourth country I live in and I have travelled widely, but when it comes to this Norwegians are absolutt "best i verden" at lacking common decency. Upvote for OP.

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u/Mediocre-Tax1057 6d ago

Just wondering, could it be a rural vs a big city thing?

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u/Dam0cles 5d ago

I think it’s a covid thing, but might very well be an Oslo thing as well (since I moved to Oslo at the start of the pandemic). It’s absolutely infuriating and I can only wholeheartedly agree with OP’s observation.