Switzerland is famous for its cows with the always present bells.
However you might risk to meet also some little stranger… creatures if you are wandering around in the Swiss Cantons!
Swiss… creatures
#SwissWay
The last one
During my lunch break’s walk, I found the last apple of the plantation…
Forgotten or just… lucky?
The “oder”
When you hear “oder” you might think of the famous German river (see the Wikipedia’s photo above).
But, if you live in Switzerland, “oder” is definitely the most common refrain of every Swiss German spoken sentence! It has a kind of (useless) meaning like the English rhetorical questions “isn’t”, “don’t you”, etc. at the end of a sentence.
Some days ago a colleague (I calculated them!) used multiple infamous “oder”s with an average of one every 30 seconds during a two hours’ meeting! Unbelievable! The small “o” word really became like an unbearable noise to my ears!
By the way… the most international Swiss, to stay consistent to their proud “oder”, even when speaking a foreign language, have absolutely no problem to declaim in English sentences like:
It is quite hot today, or? (Aka: It is quite hot today, isn’t it?)
It was very nice, or? (Aka: It was very nice, wasn’t it?)
Next time it will be better to attend the meeting with ear protection, so that the colleagues will understand my sensitivity to the “oder” word, … OR?
Two positive kids in the same class but… show must go on
Image from VectorStock
In the small village where I live, in Canton Argovia, two pupils in the same primary school class (the 6th) were tested positive to COVID-19 some days ago. In the relevant communication, the director of the school (which is attended also by my two daughters) quickly declared that everything was decided by the competent Cantonal authority, as if he himself, as school director, were just an observer.
And this was the brilliant decision of the relevant authority: The school continued as normal, as if nothing happened without additional protective measures. Absurd!
This example shows the hideous and alarming Swiss situation on the pandemic…
Japan postponed the Olympic Games but in Argovia… / 2
Do you know what happened to the mentioned CEO of the shopping centre “Shoppi Tivoli” after he authorised the 50th anniversary party with a lot of people too near to each other and often without masks?
Think… The precise Switzerland…
Think… The rigid and respectful Switzerland…
Think… The healthy Switzerland…
Think… The balanced Switzerland…
Think… The practical Switzerland, where you pay a fine if you park your car ten seconds more than the allowed time…
Think… The right Switzerland, where you can throw the used glass bottles only in special times…
Think…
Think…
Think…
NOTHING! That CEO got neither a fine, nor he was arrested. He just has to adjust and submit again his safety concept for the nice shopping centre to the authorities!
Scandalous, isn’t it?
But it is not finished.
He even had the gut to proclaim his satisfaction for shrinking away with no financial consequence! Unbelievable!
Switzerland… full wallet but empty soul!
Real Swiss 