Israeli Chutzpah in Stockholm

December 7, 2006 - 3:07 PM by

Waiting on line properly — or rather, refusing to wait on line properly — has been the subject of many an Israeli blog post. But this blog has made it the focus of a nicely written story.

Our hero is on a short business trip from Israel to Sweden. While there:

I decided to do some souvenir shopping. After wading through the shops selling hats and scarves, wooden horses and gnomes, I found a beautiful little shop in the old town and waited in line to pay.

Now in this shop there were two lines, one very long and the other much shorter. Standing at the back of the long line I considered moving to the shorter one, but them wondered, why isn’t everyone else moving lines?

I decided to take the bull by the horns and switched lines, much to the disapproval of everyone else in the shop.

Awaiting arrest, I ignored the disgruntled people who regretted not plucking up the courage to move lines, when a woman switched lines and stood behind me.

Read on to find out what happens next…

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One Comment on Israeli Chutzpah in Stockholm

  1. Sarah on Fri, Dec 8th 2006 10:01 AM

    2. Bwaaaahaha! The end of the story is hilarious!

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