3 hours ago7 Swiss Customs You Perhaps Did Not Know
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)As soon as someone mentions Switzerland, there's an image in our head of alpine peaks, cheese, clocks, shores... However, as true as that may be, everydayity is another reality, so at the Brighton portal we have found things that may be unknown to foreigners and unusual, but to Switzerland residents completely normal. [...]
Recycling All Possibles
People in Switzerland try to recycle all waste - newspapers, cans, glass, and even used hygiene paper. Food, of course, is not an exception and is given special attention. For example, while we usually pour the old oil into the canal, Switzerland's people pack it in a container and take it to the waiting center.
Public Transport
In case of an hour or more delay, the passenger has the right to compensation, which may reach 50 percent of the ticket price. If the passenger is forced to charge overnight due to the delay in travel between cities, the carrier is obliged to compensate for the costs. Paying can only be avoided if the bus or train is delayed because of natural disasters.
Money before cards
Despite Switzerland's highly developed banking system, its residents rarely use payment cards and prefer cash. Even if they want to buy something big -- like a car -- locals will draw money from their account first, and this custom is called Swiss cultural phenomenon. The Swiss believe that the presence of paper bills in the portfolio gives a sense of real cash ownership, which cannot be said of cards. They thus control their costs more easily and spend less.
Counsel for the waiters
Nobody wants to judge a restaurant visitor who doesn't tip a waiter. But when the guest still wants to express his gratitude for good service in a special way, he will simply collect the bill.
Chewing gum is not welcome
The high - voice chewing of gum is especially annoying for the local population, who view the habit as bad behavior. Tourists are advised to resist the temptation to extract preferred chewing gum from their pockets and chewing it in public. If you already have a need, in Switzerland you prefer to do it in the tranquillity of your home.
Wi-Fi closing home
The unlimited mobile Internet is what young Swiss people are choosing today. They choose the appropriate fee and then they simply activate hotspot on their phone to use the network while working on a laptop or desktop computer. Wi-Fi in the house is no longer needed and instead of two online accounts, so they have one.
The wind is guilty of everything.
Föhn is the name of the wind that sometimes blows from the Alps. Swiss people blame Föhn's scent for various problems and use this natural phenomenon to explain headaches, mood changes, and even traffic accidents.
