I just laughed my head off!!

And most is amazingly true. With a few minor corrections amongst which the fact that one gets a bicycle permit as a kid in school – all kids are reqired to do the test (I don’t know why not all Ausländers have to do the test too!!?? Maybe I shold alert the SVP) And the silly sticker (the one for your bike, not the one for your garbage) is an insurance in case you decide to knock one of the very expensive garbage cans also called Haifisch (Shark) over with your bike – or car. Because someone has to finance the very expensive Güsel-Polizei (yes, that is no joke, they exist), who don’t generate enough revenue, because there are not enough people who “missplace” their garbage and consequently receive a CHF 200.-/fine. Unlike a fellow countrywoman of yours who went trough the effort of stuffing her garbage she forgot to drop off before heading to the airport, into one of the bins at the airport, instead of leaving it in her car for two weeks (yes, the bag did contain diapers – full ones that is)during her trip to the US.

As a reward, for your new website-permission I’ll tell you what you can do with your garbage that you don’t dare throwing out. There is a trick to it…

My absolute favourite is the sandwich story. And here’s what happens to a Swiss person abroad: she’s amazed how much people can stuff between two pieces of bread without being punished by the Sandwich-Polizei.

I appreciate your comments on Life in Ch. Thanks.

1- It would be interesting to all readers if you could continue and deliver more impressions and facts about Swiss Life (not the firm).

2- Maybe could you also imagine what a Swiss would undergo when living in London, … or Paris?

3- Susie, check Amt für Strassenverkehr und Schifffahrt des Kantons, for your car.

PS any job in your dream team?

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