Things that appear to be okay in Sweden, but are not okay or less okay "where I am from"

A sadly incomplete list

1. Overtly cutting in front of someone in line and shoving someone aside to do so, even though one has made direct eye contact with the line-cutting/shoving victim, thereby acknowledging that one in fact has seen the victim, but just doesn't care.

2. Exhibiting fascist behavior as a yoga insructor, using one's outstretched "stop" hand, a nasty evil look, and an accusation that a student is "disturbing everyone" by trying to quietly exit the class during the listen-to-cheesy-music-and-lie-on-your-back final part of the yoga class, despite the fact that 1) one has already let other students leave early without incident, 2) one is "disturbing" the class more by one's fascist behavior than the student is by attempting to quietly leave the class, and 3) one does not actually have any real authority, but is clearly attempting to exercise whatever faux-authority has in order to compensate for a fragile ego and overall insecurity with oneself.

3. Shoving past people as one walks down the street without apologizing, as though one is a bulldozer and it's other people's fault for existing.

4. Spitting on the street, or more accurately, expelling contents from one's lungs and making a disgusting hacking sound as one does so.

(Yes, I've seen people do this in Boston, but the hacking and spitting in Sweden is at a whole new level.)

5. Painting one's skin dark and dressing up as a "black person" to a party when one is Caucasian as though it is a costume and something hilarious to make fun of.

6. Sitting comfortably in one's seat on the tram or bus while a heavily pregnant, disabled, or elderly person is standing and desperately holding on for dear life as the tram or bus swerves.

7. Doing nothing, except perhaps pointing and laughing, when someone else slips and falls badly on the ice or struggles to get onto the tram with a baby carriage, a toddler, and some grocery bags.