Did anyone else see that line?

Apparently not...I guess it was just BK and I. One thing I've discovered since we've been in Switzerland, and Europe in general, is that Europeans cannot form a line to save their lives! They will not hesitate to cut right in front of you, for whatever it is that might be happening. Whereas, if we were in the US or UK, people who were already in line would happily tell the person who is cutting that the back of the line is over there. Not here. Cutters welcome.

BK often continues to stand in amazement, asking me, "What just happened here?" Which also usually occurs while his toes are being run over by other people's carryon luggage. I keep telling him that he has to get over being polite in this one situation and make a stand for himself and just push to the front like everyone else does. I would otherwise be opposed to this seemingly rude behavior, but he and I are going to be left behind in every situation if we're not willing to push to the front like everyone else.

The Swiss have come up with a good solution to this problem. Any office you go to that you might have to wait in a line (think post office, bank, travel agency) you press a button and take a number. That way everyone can just stand around as they wish and when you're number comes up, then you can go forward. It may seem like this would slow things down, but it actually makes them run much smoother than the whole getting in an (un)orderly line debacle that occurs over here.

So, don't say we didn't warn you. If you come to visit be prepared to push your way to the front and be a cutter...even though we know that it will go against everything you've been trained to do. You'll see- don't get left behind on this one.