Etiquette? Common courtesy?

[u/[deleted]]

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

[u/PeStLevel]

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.

[u/dragdritt → u/PeStLevel]

Eh, I have traveled around the place too.

Norwegians are better in some ways, worse in others.

As drivers is an outlier though, rarely do I feel in danger crossing the road here. I cannot say the same for pretty much every other country I've ever been in.

[u/[deleted] → u/dragdritt]

When I first came here, I was amazed that my wife didn't look both ways before crossing the street. I was equally amazed that drivers slammed on their brakes at crosswalks instead of speeding up. Regardless, I still look both ways before crossing the street or tracks. Trust nobody

[u/Broad_Steak9742 → u/[deleted]]

Usually you double check when crossing.. Ive almost been hit by a car too many times even when doing this.. I dont share your experience...people are not good at stopping where I live in this country