On 12/3/2010 9:35 PM, sf wrote:
> Queuing up in a neat line isn't part of most cultures. They elbow
> their way to the front and if they cut off anyone, that's the way it's
> done. You haven't lived until a tiny old Chinese granny elbows
> herself past you and through the door of a MUNI bus. They play
> for keeps.
>

That was the biggest culture shock in Napoli...You're standing behind
someone waiting to purchase an item or order a caffe and someone just
comes along and pushes you out the way and no one seems to notice but
you. Absolutely no concept of personal space either.

I do have to say though, that this didn't seem to be the case in
northern italy when I ventured there. There was a perfect queue for the
WC in a gas station once. I'm convinced southern italians are something
else entirely. Like they never got over their partial northern african
heritage.

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