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/Ambitious_League4606 10d ago

Way more civilised in UK actually, we like to queue 

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u/Open_Put_7716 9d ago

UK queueing isn't what it was

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u/stettix 9d ago

I disagree. Young people have even started queueing in pubs, which was never a thing and definitely a step too far! https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/s/EBpt7i2mm4

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u/Open_Put_7716 8d ago

That's completely mental. But queuing in the wrong place doesn't compensate for not queuing in the right place.