I experience this on a daily basis. I remember one day the train being THIS packed, and an older guy literally running and tackling his way into the car. To be fair the subway in Mexico City is not too different, so I guess my "culture shock" is not that extreme, lol.Nightmare fuel
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What's up with the way Scandinavians stand in line for the bus?
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Well that only tells average temps of July. it can occasionally go beyond 30C. Couple years ago there was like two weeks of constant 28-35C temps. That is hot especially as so few places have AC here.
As someone who moved farther south, it's not hot like in other countries.
It's weird that people feel that this is weird. Why would you huddle up with strangers and stand in their face, if there's enough space to not do it?
When there isn't enough space, I can assure you all that people don't stand like that. I should take some pictures from how it looks in central Göteborg here in Sweden, a weekday morning.
When there isn't enough space, I can assure you all that people don't stand like that. I should take some pictures from how it looks in central Göteborg here in Sweden, a weekday morning.
It's all relative. For Finn 25C may be quite hot, but -15C is nothing while for foreigner it's hell frozen over few times and nose is freezing off.
OP isn't representative of how it is here in Copenhagen, Denmark. The posts I've quoted is more like it.
I think maybe this is more extreme as you go further north, I live in the south of Sweden and while people still give each other plenty of space it is not taken to the extreme shown in most of those pictures. Closer to this one
although that seems to be in Finland so that blows my "more extreme in the north" theory apart. I don't know, how do you queue in the States?
This is in my town, an example of what will happen if you edge too close lol
Norway here: It's not like they'll be spread by several meter gaps if the queue is longer than 10 people, there's some common sense there, but yes, you'll see long lines of people 'queuing' with some personal space inbetween. I used to live in a more rural part and wasn't quite used to lots of people waiting for the bus, so I got yelled at for skipping the 'line' once after moving and since then I've found my place at the back when I arrive at the scene. This is mostly for buses where you have to enter in the front, though.
The fuck?
That magnetic field.
This is in my town, an example of what will happen if you edge too close lol
That magnetic field.
Buttfuck Oulu considers 15 celcius to be shorts weather already.
This is in my town, an example of what will happen if you edge too close lol
This gif is so mesmerizing. I like how red does a half look up to get bag to move. Red wasn't haven't that latency.
Who wants to stand beside a stranger while waiting for a bus? I usually stand away from others. When the bus pulls in I'll huddle in to get on.
Not Scandinavian, but still European.
Not Scandinavian, but still European.
What happens if it rains? Do people stay in the rain instead of going into the bench with cover? This is ridicules behavior, nothing is gonna happen if I stand next to you.
This is a good example how thermodynamic models look like in real life.This is in my town, an example of what will happen if you edge too close lol
That reminds me of getting a train after the Italian Grand Prix. Surprised people didn't get properly hurt.
That's funny to me, you'd never see that here in Montreal. We're waiting pretty close to each other, about arms' lenght I'd say.
Just wanted to bring attention to this clever post. Good job!
Add me to the "I wish it would be done like that here"-list. My fellow Germans have a very different interpretation of personal space, or queueing in general. Go Scandinavia!
Something will happen. If there is no reason for you to come stand very close to me I will look at you with "WTF bro? srs?" face and then take step or two away from you. I'm waiting for a bus, not looking to hold hands or feel your breath.
It's all relative. If there is no good reason ((heavy) rain, very strong winds, rush hour...) for us to get very close of each other (read: strangers) then we don't. We just like our personal space and like AIP posted earlier that arm's reach is pretty common distance kept, maybe tad more depending.
Personal space ftw.
Why? There is no need to impose on a strangers personal space. It's not like people that know each other stand far away from one another, instead they stand way closer than usual, "normal" as you would put it.
personal space is like half a foot; not 3-4 meters; maybe because I live in a city and there isn't enough space at every bus stop so I get why if there's more space people will use it, makes sense; But some of those pictures are kinda stupid, people that could easily fit in 10 meters with enough personal space spread out to 200m... just inefficient and takes more time to load up the bus
i live in canada and we don't do that
I wonder how big Finnish elevators are; regular sized elevators couldn't fit more than 2 finns at a time
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There's no reason for interaction. I don't need it. I have family and friends, everyone else exists only to occupy space around
Like let me get back and forth to work without trying to strike up conversation or coming into my space
I'm just one of those people who needs like 0 human interaction throughout the day
I don't even leave my office when I get to work, I hate being social. On lunch break most are all hanging out in lunch room chatting. No thanks. I shove food in my mouth for 5 second then use my 30 minute lunch break to plays switch at work lol
It's likely a personal space thing, which is interesting to me because as an American one of the hardest things to adjust to in other countries when I travel is, typically, their (natural) violation of my norms of personal space. It's something that drives me batty. I hadn't really considered that other Europeans might even have larger norms of personal space, because in most foreign countries I've been to, I've always felt like I'm the weirdo getting uncomfortable when my norms of space are always violated. It is really something I stress out about, and I don't stress out about much.
You ever been to London? You only get that amount of space when you're on the toilet taking a dump. That much space would be a god send to me.
Yup, I love my personal space and will cherish it as often as I can. Of course some of those pics are a bit extreme.
Why are people whistling so much in that video?
Why are people whistling so much in that video?
I've definitely felt it was too hot in Scandinavia, especially since the houses trap the heat and there's no AC, but the point is it can be so much worse. My perspective on what's too hot hasn't changed, but it can still get way hotter than that.
An Italian might think 0 degrees is too cold, but if they move to Kiruna they're going to be in for a surprise. They might still think 0 is cold back in Italy though.
I was there over the weekend, it was really unbearable. In some places you couldn't move because of all the people. I could never live there.
Lmao. Here in Canada, there's like 12 of us huddled up in the bus shelters. Especially in Winter.
I'm happy/smile basically 16 hours a day (I can't vouch for the 8 hours I'm asleep). Got a problem with that?
Lines in all the places I go in the US are usually pretty close to each other. Like 2' minimum between people, and often right on top of each other if crowded.
Could be June.
Like for realz. It snowed in mid June a few years back.
Does this... does this happen frequently in Scandinavian countries or something?