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1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2019 13:28:18 EDT Don Romano (alt)

   I got a new neighbour across the hallway about a year ago. First met him as he was emptying my storage room to put his own stuff in there. He yelled at me when I asked him what he was doing.

   Since then, he's been insistently greeting me.

   Just now, I came across him in the washroom and again he greeted me. When I didn't reply, he slammed the drier door shut and began yelling at me.

   I told him "fuck you" and he yelled even more. Then I complained to the landlord again.

   1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2019 13:36:06 EDT Don Romano (alt)

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      I think he's from Italy, and the Italian interaction style couldn't be more different to the Norwegian one.

      Italy:
      - Loud
      - Gesturing
      - Direct
      - Emotional
      - Intimate
      - Informal

      Norway:
      - Quiet
      - Stiff
      - Indirect
      - Unemotional
      - Distant
      - Formal

      Me: "I don't have to greet you."
      Him: "Of course you don't! You are uncivilised people from the caves!!!"

      Norwegians like their personal space. Italians don't.

      1. Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Tuesday, 07-May-2019 13:42:45 EDT Don Romano (alt)

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         The war between Germanic Europe and Latin Europe may have ended with the fall of Rome, but the cultural differences are still very much there.

         I'm not sure what an old Italian man is doing here in Norway when he doesn't even like our culture. I suspect that he may not have had migrated here because he wanted to, but because the Italian economy is doing really badly at the moment.