And things work indeed...
After spending almost a full week in Sweden, let me outline how well things work here..
Firstly, IKEA...do I need to explain more? Wowza what a place...and the cherry on top is 5:- for a coffee and kaneelbula...5 bucks for a good coffee and cake, in the middle of your shopping...now thats amazing...
Traffic circles: People STOP at them, to let you cross over, on a bike or walking. People actually stop, or allow the other cars who arrived first, to go through...it actually happens that traffic circles work.
Public Transport: Trains and busses...clean, efficient, relatively affordable...
Tax Office: No ques, no inefficiency, incompetency, no blank faces when you ask questions...tell them what you want to do, fill in 1 form and voila, its done, no arguing, no debating, no paying favours to get it done...its just done, simple as that.
Banks: No charging like wounded buffalo's, low interest rates...
Cell phones: Cheap, good coverage, low call rates, immediate response times and best of all, n_ br____g _p __ cal_s wh__ ____ talking.
Well thats a little of the way things work here, lets see when the proverbial penny drops, and can see the other side of the coin. This perfection must have a flip side...maybe the lack of chaos can get to a person, where are the "bye byyyyyes", the noise, the excitement and adrenalin rush...and guys selling you coat hangers and super glue on street corners....
Till we meet again...
'Cheers
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