People are generally helpful rather than obstructive. Their normal response is to try to facilitate. This can be embarrasing as it makes one feel one is being too demanding.
People usually behave in public in a civilised way. The streets are clean and properly repaired. They don't put their feet on seats on public transport without taking their shoes off.
It is easy to get decent food without having to go to Waitrose or a specialist health food shop.
One does not pass newspaper shops displaying papers with stupid headlines, especially those in the Sun, Express and Mail.
These completely transform quality of life.
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Ha ha... So now we know why...;-)
Swedish newspaper headlines are quite unpleasant at times as well...
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Good comment about feet on seats. I wonder what the point is in having the signs telling people that they should not put their feet on the seats if it is not enforced.
On one train journey I spotted the ticket collector coming along. Aha I thought - the young lad opposite, with his feet on the seat, will be told off. How wrong I was. The ticket collector merely clipped his ticket making no comment about the feet and passed on.
Doesn't it say something about the times we live in when signs like that have to be put up? Surely it is just common courtesy not to put feet on the seat?
On one occasion a young foreign student (possibly Scandinavian) put her feet on the train seat but after having removed her shoes first. Very thoughtful. And I remember once two Scandinavian ladies visited and to my surprise deposited their shoes at the door before entering! Delightful!
Re daft newspaper headlines I have to say that I actually enjoy them - the dafter the better. The Mail loves to scare people with them. A recent one was 'Woman shot in head makes cup of tea' - you could not make it up!
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