Showing posts with label 10 weirdest taboos in Sweden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 10 weirdest taboos in Sweden. Show all posts

Friday, April 15, 2016

Do not jump the queue!

#5 of the the ten "weirdest taboos in Sweden" is a deal breaker for me.  I get LIVID when I am in Sweden and someone tries to cut the line (that's what we call it in the States).  It's part of the American culture too.  Believe me, I work at schools and no where else is the line more closely monitored by guards and "inmates" (AKA children) than there. :-)  "She cut the line!", "He cut!" These cries bring a shiver to my spine.  Ugh!  And it's even more infuriating when grown-ups try that ****.  So just don't and definitely not in Sweden where they will appear to be casually queuing up but actually everyone is zealously guarding their spot in line.

Jazzy! Gunilla Carling is coming to Boston!

So excited to see Gunhild Carling this Wednesday! This Swedish trumpeter is known world-wide for her swing trumpeting that carries on the fa...