Hello, I have just arrived in switzerland and am coming to terms with the differences between here and back home. I have just been given a cup of Tea by a waitress in a cafe and there is no sugar in it! There is a sugar bowl on the table with lumps of sugar in it but how on earth will I get the sugar from there into my Tea, especially before it gets cold.

Please help. It's all so very different out here.

1. Open the sugar bowl.
2. Use a spoon and get the desired amount.
3. Put it in your tea.
4. Stir and enjoy you nice cup of tea.

It will take about a min and I bet your tea will not be cold also if you worry about not having milk in your tea.. mmm.. just open up another thread and ask how to get it in your tea... but first give it a try by yourself

The quickest way is to fling your tea in the direction of the sugar-bowl.

It's clear that the waitress has a problem with you being foreign. If you had spoken to her in proper, grammatical, perfectly spelt Swiss German, she would have put the tea in the cup for you. She obviously saw your confusion, mumbed 'sau-auslander' under her breath and walked off to consort with the lad in the baseball cap listening to DJ Bobo very loudly on his mobile phone.

Now, this is what you should do:

You should write a letter to your Gemeinde, explaining exactly what the problem is. You should write it in German. Or French. Or Italian. Or Rumantsch. Or just Foreign, it's all the same, after all.

Then you should nail a copy of the letter to the door of the cafeteria, purse your lips at the waitress, and walk off to stand at the top of an escalator somewhere.

Meanwhile, just enjoy your tea as the locals do, sweetened by the honey of righteousness.

Word!

I hope you were warned that you need to keep your passport with you when you are sitting in a cafe in Switzerland. Do you see a police car outside?

You should punch the waitress in the face, spit in the direction of the kitchen, shake the dust from your sandals as you storm out of the place and vow never to return.

It's what any decent fellow would do after all, seems only right.

I am amazed!!! You got a cup of tea! Last time I ordered a cup of tea I got a glass of boiling water with a saucer on top; this saucer held a yellow envelope which contained a bag with some leaves masquerading as tea!

Was that organic leaves or just bio?

Starbucks again???

He must be in shock - he's so busy with the sugar he hasn't even noticed yet about the milk...

Christ your right! There's no milk either! In any case its too late now anyway. I let it go cold by mistake after spotting this bird in a red dress with a Russian accent giving me the eye on the table opposite. Surprising cos she's with her husband by the look of it. I'm in I reckon.

I believe the appropriate action for you to take right now, is to make with the tongue waggling.

the noobs are going to be very con fussed by this thread!

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Use organic sugar mate. it´ll walk on its own. Dougall has a large supply

For occasions when sugar is unavailable, dishwasher tablets are an excellent alternative.

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Occupation of OP = IT.

Cause of problem obvious = no mouse connected to sugar bowl !

Sure the guy is the husband and not her pimp? You definitely are in though

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