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/CygnusVCtheSecond 10d ago edited 10d ago
I see this in almost every country I visit.
There are polite people and ignorant NPCs everywhere.
It's upon you to enforce the change you want to see. If you have a problem with somebody pushing in before you're done, say something. Did you? You only mentioned what she said. If you didn't say anything, it's your fault as much as hers.
Whenever people push in front of me, I very rarely need to say anything. I just look at them and they back down, 9 times out of 10. That one time I need to open my mouth, I just ask them: "What do you think you're doing?" And that sorts it.
Most people are not even malicious; they're just ignorant and not even considering anything except their own needs, so will back down as soon as you call it out.
Those who are malicious are also cowards, so will back down when called out because they get embarrassed and they know what they're doing is wrong.
And, at the end of the day, even if the person doesn't back down and you let them push in, so what? Nobody is going to die as a result. Let them be an asshole. They gain what? Like 30 seconds of time? Unless they've physically assaulted you to push in, it's not that big of a deal, if we're honest.
Overall: If you aren't willing and able to rectify the behaviour yourself, don't complain to people online because that's not going to solve the problem for you.