Going to the supermarket - not to be done on a Sunday or after 7pm on a weekday.
Buying beer - not to be done every other time you go to the supermarket. Migros, which makes up nearly half the market in Switzerland, doesn't stock beer, wine or spirits - which makes you wonder why people go there. It must lose a heap of custom, if it stocked booze it could have a 60% market share!
Recycling - to be done in bins on almost every street! But not to be done at any convenient time, not a Sunday, or before going to work, or after the kids have gone to bed.
Sending your kids to school - not to be done on a Wednesday after they are five. Only four days a week at school for Swiss kids. Wednesdays are reserved for skiing in the winter and sports and music in the summer.
Going to the doctor - not to be done before 9am on a weekday.
Catching a cab - must be done from a rank, cabs in the city cannot be flagged down.
Staying out late - try it and you'll get mugged. When Anglo's get mugged Genevoise police typically shrug, the implication being that you shouldn't have been out after midnight near a bar that's open, having a quiet drink with your mates. The fact that to save cash the police don't patrol the streets through the night and that mugging is only a misdemeanour carrying no prison time surely doesn't help the situation.
Going to the movies - if you have something you want to see in VO (version original), you have two windows in which to watch it. Either at 7pm, when you are likely still in work or putting your kids to bed, or at 10pm, when frankly you'd rather sit on your sofa and fall asleep in front of a movie than pay to do it in a theatre.
If you have any other activities you do in your home country without thinking, but which can't be done here in Geneva, then post a comment, it'd be great to hear from you!
Sending your kids to school - not to be done on a Wednesday after they are five. Only four days a week at school for Swiss kids. Wednesdays are reserved for skiing in the winter and sports and music in the summer.
Going to the doctor - not to be done before 9am on a weekday.
Catching a cab - must be done from a rank, cabs in the city cannot be flagged down.
Staying out late - try it and you'll get mugged. When Anglo's get mugged Genevoise police typically shrug, the implication being that you shouldn't have been out after midnight near a bar that's open, having a quiet drink with your mates. The fact that to save cash the police don't patrol the streets through the night and that mugging is only a misdemeanour carrying no prison time surely doesn't help the situation.
Going to the movies - if you have something you want to see in VO (version original), you have two windows in which to watch it. Either at 7pm, when you are likely still in work or putting your kids to bed, or at 10pm, when frankly you'd rather sit on your sofa and fall asleep in front of a movie than pay to do it in a theatre.
If you have any other activities you do in your home country without thinking, but which can't be done here in Geneva, then post a comment, it'd be great to hear from you!
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