What is wrong with them Swedish bitches?
Have you ever noticed that Swedes can be really rude and get annoyed for no reason? I have seen it so many times but again today. Me and my friends are going on holiday to Sweden soon and we are renting a house from a woman. A few weeks ago I asked how many beds are in each room, and I emailed her today to ask how many bathrooms there are in the house. 2 simple questions one would have thought, and stuff we need to know. But she sent back an exasperated email saying, "How many questions can you find to ask?" Then she listed every room in the whole house then said, "Well, are you satisfied?"
What is she so pissed off for, it was just 2 simple questions! Now I need to tell her that 2 of the people will be arriving a day later than expected but I dare not in case she gets pissed off and tells us not to come or something! Swedes do get easily annoyed don't they?
After having lived almost seven years in Scotland, I returned to Sweden in 2008. I was shocked to discover how rude the Swedes are, slamming doors in my face, yawning without covering their mouths, bumping into me without apologising. Later I realised that I was experiencing a reverse culture shock, that is, returning to my own culture, I had adapted many values and customs from the one I had been part of the last few years. Politeness, although it exists everywhere in the world, is highly culturally biased. In the UK, it is considered well manners to hold the door for whoever is behind you, whereas in Sweden, the idea does not seem to cross anyone’s mind. I hear many expats complaining about how rude the Swedes are, and at the same time, I know that Swedes in general consider themselves and their compatriots very polite, perhaps even more polite than people from other countries. Personally, I am probably somewhere in between, but in this post, I will try to explain, without justification, how Swedes (subconsciously) reason when it comes to interpersonal manners and etiquette.
