I just thought I'd share a couple of my experiences over the last few days, mostly because both were really surprising to me, and both contrast with one another quite a lot.

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I returned from a trip to the UK on Sunday evening, and was walking through a park on my way back to my apartment. There was a young-ish man approaching me. As he got closer to me, he started staring at me like a lunatic and completely without provocation (as far as I know) flipped me the finger in a fairly aggressive manner. I didn't make anything of it - may have murmered something under my breath and carried on.

Completely contrasting, on Monday I was just putting my groceries into those flimsy poly bags that they have in the Coop when a different young-ish man (of about the same age as the first) came over and gave me one of the paper carrier bags - a very kind gesture.

Both incidents were a suprise, the first one not least becase it was my first experience of any unpleasantness since I've been in Zurich.