Norwegian here. I spent 6 work weeks in Canada and USA setting up machines and training operators around 2011. My observations:
- huge meals. And "all you can eat" seems to mean exactly that. I didn't test though but remember waiters were eager to refill.
- North Americans seems friendly to me. I was even invited over to dinner by a plant manager.
- Talking to someone who was super-happy working 180% in three jobs because it allowed her to send all her three sons to college and because three jobs were less boring than one made me decide to never ever complain about Norway again. (Education including higher education is almost free here.)
- Same goes for seeing more than one person working what is well paid industry jobs in Norway visibly lacking front teeth (when it is that visible I guess it must be they cannot afford to fix it.)
> Talking to someone who was super-happy working 180% in three jobs because it allowed her to send all her three sons to college and because three jobs were less boring than one
If she is, indeed, super-happy working at all three jobs, she's definitely an anomaly. I can't imagine working 2+ jobs and not feeling stressed out about them.
Did she say what the jobs were, and how many hours she spent in each per week?
- huge meals. And "all you can eat" seems to mean exactly that. I didn't test though but remember waiters were eager to refill.
- North Americans seems friendly to me. I was even invited over to dinner by a plant manager.
- Talking to someone who was super-happy working 180% in three jobs because it allowed her to send all her three sons to college and because three jobs were less boring than one made me decide to never ever complain about Norway again. (Education including higher education is almost free here.)
- Same goes for seeing more than one person working what is well paid industry jobs in Norway visibly lacking front teeth (when it is that visible I guess it must be they cannot afford to fix it.)