Correct, but do the same also if you bought a Château Mouton Rothschild. You don't want to brag.

Great salespeople before starting query.

When meeting two: "Gruezi MITENAND"

When leaving, offer: "A schoeni Dag noo.."

This is really hard to do, coming from a place where you're considered the village b!tch/b@st@rd if you don't smile warmly at everyone (incl. strangers) It's a reflex that's hard to beat

I'm getting there though .

My best ever tip in Switzerland is bringing home baked cookies, cakes, bread etc for work colleagues when it's your first week on the job, birthday, new neighbours etc. They'll really appreciate and respect you for it.

And expect more of the same for the rest of the term for your employment. It's the cookie person...

And when they told me this, I had retorted that bad sex is better than no sex

And if you don't look in their eyes you'll have bad sex for the next 7 years, that's what I was told.


Correct reply is, "OK I will take up golf"

Yeah, I don't agree with the other poster...All of my family here is Suisse (La Côte) and wine is a common item to bring to meals...of course, several within the family make their own wines as well

If you are drinking schwachke (however its spelt) and when you clink the glasses together and say cheers.........

If your spoon is still in the glass when you do this, then you have to pay for the round.


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Those climbing UP the mountain have right of way over those coming DOWN the mountain.

That's not etiquette, that's the law here! It's actually stipulated in the road code. Isn't it the case everywhere else?

I was referring to those people who traverse mountains with their own two feet rather than in gas guzzling vehicles

Yes and also not the tits.

The glass should be in about the position that you look at the glass and the eyes at the same time

I have the glass on my lips most of the time ,not in the bathroom of course

When you exchange cheers, the glass is NOT on your lips but at arm-length away, it however should not be on the level of the table but at the level of the eyes of you and the others

Best Tip:

"Look 'em in the eye"

I can never remember names, but I do make a special effort to look people in the eye here in CH. Work or Social event. Same effort.

Luckily I am not interested in male tits so I consider 50% staring is OK.

Cheers and Prosts are waste of beer drinking time

Sure, but cheers and prosts reduce the actual consumption of beer and wine and so may be good for your liver

something I can't get used to / have trouble understanding, is people saying "good morning" or "hello" to total strangers.

Examples: Person A is walking down a hallway, saying "good morning" to people sitting at their desks, even though he doesn't know any of them.

Entering a waiting room in the doctor's office, a lady says "hello everyone" to those already seated.

and if one does not exhibit such behaviors, it's considered rude I take it. I still can't get used to it, as it seems intrusive to my American sensibilities.