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A very common ritual in Sweden is the activity “Fika” which is essential time to drink strong coffee and eat cake at work. Usuall mid morning. Said with tongue
by TheGallopedHigh 7y ago
A very common ritual in Sweden is the activity “Fika” which is essential time to drink strong coffee and eat cake at work. Usuall mid morning. Said with tongue in cheek: it’s mandatory.
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoIn Finland too. The ironic thing is that most companies worldwide would probably claim that coffee breaks help employees share experience and news of what is going on, but in my experience in Finland, no one actually talks to each other during the coffee break. Everyone just enters, maybe nods in greeting to their coworkers, grabs their coffee, drinks it in silence, and then leaves.
- baud147258 7y agoHere in France it depends on the colleagues, some are gathering during the coffee break to complete the crossword of the day together and some non work-related chat, but some just do it like you describe. But I've seen that managers are more likely to talk about work, but mostly to complain about other managers. (of course all it was pre-covid outbreak, now everyone work remotely)
- anton96 7y agoAnd It usually correlates with pause cloppe (cigarette smoking) time. But yeah , it happens pretty organicaly.
- lb1lf 7y agoThe Finnish coffee break sounds like it was directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Life imitates art.
- ochoseis 7y agoAren’t Finns famous for avoiding small talk?
- 0xdeadb00f 7y agoSounds like I'm moving to Finland!