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How the rest of the world can live without fika culture I'll never know
by mhomde 11y ago
How the rest of the world can live without fika culture I'll never know
- Spidler 11y agoThey call a meeting. Really, the productivity boost of the fika culture should _never_ be underestimated.
- fit2rule 11y agoHow is it different than the tradition of having a cigarette break with your pals, or going for a few beers after work? I don't know much about fika, but it doesn't seem like an exception for Sweden - I see folks going to have a coffee with each other all the time. Is there something else about it that I'm missing?
- oliverdamian 11y agoFrom a visitor's point of view, I think fika complements or is a manifestation of the fluid, open, consensus-based way Swedes get things done.
- mhomde 11y agoI think those things are usually done with clicks of people while a "fika" will often apply to all in office. Like you yell "Hey, everyone let's go fika, and everyone goes fika". It's also usual to have a set fika appointment around 2 or 3
- a3n 11y ago> I think those things are usually done with clicks of people Yeah, like, "people who smoke." :)
- alkonaut 11y agoIn blue collar workplaces and many larger white collar workplaces there are scheduled coffee breaks. So the difference from spontaneous short coffee/cigarette/watercooler breaks is pretty big: it's a full company break over coffee, at least once or twice per day. You are considered a bad colleague if you are to busy to take the 20 minute fika with your peers.
- marcosdumay 11y agoFrom what's on the article, is "fika" a coffee break?
- mhomde 11y agoYes, but there's also more implication of baked goods and communal chat with your colleagues
- titanix2 11y agoI just find an article about it in "Le Courrier du Vietnam" I was reading. I took a picture for those who are interested (it is in French). http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=707393WP20150725190443Pro.jpg http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=707393WP20150725190...