TOP 10 BIGGEST CULTURE SHOCK LIVING IN SWITZERLAND AS A SINGAPOREAN!(PT II)

[@Olliechinny]

*Interested in MORE Swiss culture shocks? WATCH THIS:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGfdiHZphq-mf9E

[@oatlatte19]

it’s so good to have kids going to school by themselves! i wish we have this culture in sg!

[@Olliechinny]

It also takes a community for this to work: neighbours who watch on the kids when they are crossing roads, keeping an eye on those who got lost etc! Agree it’s a good initiative but SG helicopter parents might complain at the thought of their fragile children getting knocked down by car 😂

[@haseebahamed3010]

I live in sg too

[@shabanahfazal6512]

As a British person, I was shocked the cashier packs your stuff for you in Singapore! It’s normal pretty much everywhere in Europe (I think?) to do your own packing.

[@CherisseEagle]

No wonder if I see them packing their own groceries at Cold Storage in Singapore. Always wondered why since going 🌈😁 I’m a Singaporean 😄

[@AIsurvey]

Just in Europe in others countries the maket pay eperson for package your products. Markets do not pay for employ :)

[@DammitDon-gq2xs]

I lived in Lausanne last summer and would agree with all your shocks. I got so used to packing my own groceries at Migros that I still pack own groceries after leaving Switzerland haha Scanning and translating all the official admin documents from french to english was definitely an interesting experience as well!

[@Olliechinny]

Hahaha the Singapore cashier auntie must be like: Wah why this xiaodi so nice help me do my job?! 😂😂

[@reueljames7712]

Nice informative video. Do you have one on crime and safety in Switzerland?

[@barakiel71]

Thanks a lot...😊

[@tougue]

Don't want to sound defensive or anything, but we needed a passport for one of our kids, and from submitting the online appointment request, to going to the office for the photo, to actually receiving the passport by post, only 7 days had elapsed. Compared to the 8 months or so to even get an appointment with the equivalent French administration, I feel pretty lucky to be on this side of the border. But if Singapore does better still, that'd be mighty impressive, and all power to them! ^^

[@Olliechinny]

That’s impressive!

[@spuelmitteliett]

Idk how it works in different cantons, but I am from Zurich and every single school i visited til now has sth that you can send your kid to. So they can lunch there, it just costs money because of the food. If you don’t work that day, you’ll just prefer having your child at home lunching with you. Maybe it is just what i experienced

[@Olliechinny]

Yes, but I still find it strange that it is an external caterer/company doing that. Because wouldn’t it be simpler if the food is provided inside the school like a school canteen rather than having the kids themselves to go to the after school care and still having to pay massive sums for the service! That’s just my opinion…but well that’s just how it works here

[@creativeembargo]

@@Olliechinny When I grew up in Zurich, my daycare and canteen were at the school. We are talking about mid-2000. Education depends on every canton and sometimes also on the level of the municipality.

[@BigBenVicious]

In Wallis, especially in St-Maurice, there is a canteen inside the school because the kids come from all the towns around so they wouldn't have time to go back home and return during the break.

[@creativeembargo]

St.Maurice, I was stationed there during my service last year. @@BigBenVicious

[@joanthechin]

super shocked about the school canteen point! wah thats q whacky and omg agree about the supermarket packing stress

[@Olliechinny]

Beep beep beep beep beep (fast forward 100x)

[@ricoblaser6308]

A small objection about alcohol. The purchase of alcohol (wine and beer) is from the age of 16 and spirits from the age of 18. Consumption under the age of 16 is not prohibited. Art. 136 of the Criminal Code only says: "Any person who administers or makes available for consumption to children under the age of 16 alcoholic beverages or other substances in such quantities as may endanger their health shall be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or to a monetary penalty."

[@kenihats6004]

Lots of countries don’t give plastic bags though. It’s not just Switzerland.

[@martincarrascoso1053]

Lucky you don’t live in spain hahahhaha all this culture shock about saying hi, and greeting each other with physical contact. As a spanish person, this other point of view of being shocked by this is for me a culture shock in itself 😂 if you know what i mean. Hehe Ohh and when you said that you were glad because of covid, that absolutely killed me heheh Really nice you make this vid giving your perspective. Funnily enough, for me the swiss culture is actually lacking warmth (at least in zurich) Greetings!

[@Thefitty]

I can confirm this BIZOU thing is not a thing in central and east Switzerland.

[@Olliechinny]

It is common practice to faire la bise for social and work (except first formal encounters) in west Switzerland (the French part) from Geneva to Lausanne. I think you meant central and east (the German side!)

[@Thefitty]

@@Olliechinny oops yes I meant central and EAST!! West is more french :)

[@shanwyn]

I live in the canton of Zurich and between all my friends it is pretty common. But you do it only with friends, not with strangers

[@Thefitty]

@@shanwyn ah really? When I was there we didn't at all!

[@mhashemiahmadi]

​@@shanwyn is it also done beteen colleagues? When they meat outside of the office for a friendly gathering for instance

[@oatlatte19]

coming home for lunch this will be very difficult in sg.. because most moms are at work.

[@Olliechinny]

It is difficult also for moms in Switzerland!!! I feel like they should overhaul this current system to make it more feasible for working parents

[@sirijaw]

@@Olliechinny As a kid my mom would work and made lunch and put it in the fridge so my sister and I could microwave it or microwave dinner from the day before, if she didn't have time we just made pasta or noodles

[@AIsurvey]

I live in france no problem you are not obligated give kiss

[@meddahbilal1430]

Please a video of groceries cost? #olivia

[@Olliechinny]

I did! Watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6C8ZKKLor2jgNE

[@joanthechin]

no wonder u make sure u toast well... ollie.... O.o....

[@Olliechinny]

😅

[@gamer-ex7yr]

have you ever faced racism in switzerland

[@svenlima]

Without background music your videos would be better. It's distracting and adds nothing to the content.