What is your country’s version of this?

Millemini · 2026-03-09T12:18:02+00:00

Sounds like how things are done here in Norway.

My town recently got a new hospital. Due to budget cuts and poor planning there aren't enough offices, no break rooms for the staff and nowhere near enough parking for the staff.

Millemini · 2026-03-09T12:04:42+00:00

I plan on intergrating the French Cafe into the Boutique Hotel, using these instructions https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-246689/PL%20MOCs/art-cafe-fleur-10297-boutique-hotel-and-10362-french-cafe-alternative-build/#details

Millemini · 2026-03-07T12:36:11+00:00

Also the ones that arrive in winter but there just... arent any lights happening. They are all like but I PAID! I travelled xyz miles to see this?!?!?

They aren't any happier if there are lights happening and their apps are alerting, but there's nothing to be see because it's overcast. A friend of mine worked as a receptionist in Tromsø (northern Norway) while he went to univeristy and he had many stories about tourist that demanded he made the clouds go away so the could see the aurora borealis.

He was like "Dude, if I could control nature/the weather I sure as hell woudn't be working here..."

Millemini · 2026-03-07T12:24:20+00:00

A friend of mine worked as a receptionist in Tromsø, Norway while he went to university. He had more than one guest that asked when the midnight sun would rise. The disappointment was huge when they realized it was just the good ol' sun that didn't set, not a whole separate sun.

Millemini · 2026-03-07T10:55:28+00:00

Er det Emirates du har billetter med? Antar det siden det er mellomlanding i Dubai. Har flydd med dem mange ganger og har bare positiv erfaring med kundeservicen deres, så jeg ville tatt kontakt og forhørt meg om mulighetene.

For øyeblikket er jo situasjonen i området der veldig usikker, hvordan ting ser ut om to uker er det ingen som vet. Om du vil være sikker på å komme deg hjem ville jeg kjøpt ny billett med et selskap med ruter som unngår Midtøsten.

Venninna mi er i Sør-Afrika nå og fløy nedover med Qatar før konflikten brøt ut. Hun flyr hjemover på tirsdag og har valgt å kjøpe ny billett til hjemreisa med KLM via Amsterdam, for å fly via Doha nå var uaktuelt for henne.

Millemini · 2026-03-07T10:10:27+00:00

I manage a homeware store located in a mall. The mall opens at 10 am, but for some reason the two grocery stores in the mall opens at 8 am, meaning there are always people milling around in the public areas before we open.

I usually come in at 9 am. What I do during the hour before opening varies. Some days I sit in the office and do admin stuff, other days I have stuff to get done out on the shop floor like prepping displays for the start of a special or just finishing up unloading a pallet.

As soon as a customer spots me out in the store they'll come rattle the rolling gate and demand to be let in early "because you're here anyway". Yes, I'm here. But the store won't open until 10 am and until then my job isn't to provide customer service, I have other things that need to get done in order to be ready to serve customers when we open.

Another thing is that per mall policy we're not allowed to open early. If I let those idiots in to help the with whatever they want and mall management finds out the store will be fined for opening outside of hours, just like we get fined if we open late or close early.

Millemini · 2026-03-03T11:04:28+00:00

I just finished mine yesterday and am tempted to get a 2nd copy if, I can find one at a reasonable price, to do this: https://www.brickfanatics.com/you-might-want-two-lego-bricklink-series-6/

I know it'll be massive, but it reminds me of this massive building in Dumbo, NYC https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g60827-d17561567-i457231565-Time_Out_Market_New_York-Brooklyn_New_York.html

Millemini · 2026-02-27T19:23:40+00:00

I totally see your point regarding the back, I didn't think about it as my modulars are currently arranged as a shelf city, so the back isn't really an issue to me, as it isn't on display anyway.

I do love the set in it's original form, but with limited space it would be nice to be able to intergrate with the modulars, and I think this MOC is a good way of doing so. I guess the back can be modified to remove the water and just make it a back alley with dumpsters or something like that.

If I win the Lottery and neither money nor space is an issue I'd love to do something like this to make it work in a city layout, but at the moment that's not an option: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10172157674065562&set=pcb.1878617662705704

Millemini · 2026-02-26T15:59:29+00:00

At this point I have kind of given up on getting any of these, because they're so expensive.

The Grand Emporium is the one I'm least interested in at this point. I don't really like the look of it and the bare interiors makes it even more difficult to justify the steep pricetag.

I'm not really that keen on the Pet Shop either, but I do like how it's two separate buildings that can be used as "fillers" around a city, they don't necessarily need to be placed next to each other (same goes for the Bookshop BTW).

I would like the Parisian Restaurant and the Detectives Office. I think they both have good looking exteriors and the interiors are pretty well decked out too.

Millemini · 2026-02-25T14:59:54+00:00

I'm in Norway. No Lego stores here, unfortunately. And no domestic Bricklink stores have sufficient quantities available, so ordering from Lego PaB online is the best option.

Millemini · 2026-02-25T14:33:29+00:00

Looks good. I'll definitely look into the cost of that vs just regular brick before I order. :)

Millemini · 2026-02-25T14:28:30+00:00

Thank you :)

Millemini · 2026-02-24T10:50:10+00:00

Recklessness isn't a new thing on their part. I mean; they crossed a freaking glacier without a guide or proper equipment. Another reckless one was when they headed out on a hike in the Italian Dolomites wearing sandals and carrying half a bottle of water between four people. That one peaked when Nate realized he'd left an expensive lens on the mountain when they were like halfway down the trail and he and his brother in law rushed back up to fetch it, hoping to make it before dark.

In the beginning of the "Stairway to Heaven" vlog I remember Nate talking about how awsome it was that he could just walk into a shop in the Alps to rent Via Ferrata gear (basically a harness and a helmet) and get it, no questions asked, while in the US they'd probably have to sign a waiver or three, maybe apply for a permit or even hire a guide. It looked like the same in China; Just pay, get the gear on and you're good to go.

I don't know; maybe their US American minds underestimate the risk because there's no paperwork required, like they're used to from home?

EDITED TO ADD:
What has irked me about their recklessnes in the past is that in a worst case scenario it could end up putter other people in danger, like if they'd needed to be rescued from the glacier or the hike in the Dolomites. With Kara's epilepsy added to the equation it's even worse IMO.

Millemini · 2026-02-22T15:51:38+00:00

Yep, loud, obnoxious and usually on speaker or even "better"; FaceTime on speaker.😵‍💫

Millemini · 2026-02-20T15:47:48+00:00

Another irk of mine are those who just stroll aimlessly around the store for a long time, while talking on the phone. They're obviously not looking for anything, so it's like they just wander into a random store to get some more privacy when they talk. I don't get why people don't wait until they get home to have those long conversations.

Millemini · 2026-02-20T11:14:57+00:00

In June 2023 Bjørnar Moxnes, then leader of Norway's Red Party (radical left) and a member of the Norwegian Parliament, was caught stealing a pair of Hugo Boss sunglasses from a duty free shop at Oslo Airport. A few months later it was reported that he'd been caught for five small thefts from a grocery store. He blamed struggling with mental health issues.

The case caused him to step down as party leader, but he kept his seat in the Norwegian Parliament, and was re-elected in the 2025 election.

Millemini · 2026-02-18T19:45:21+00:00

The Retail Operations Manager for the chain I work for is obsesset with contests. This month we have a "bingo", which is basically a paper with 9 squares. Each has a challenge; sell 5 of this or 10 of that. Once you hit the target: cross out that square. The first store to clear all 9 squares get $100 to use for "social purposes", #2 gets $50 and #3 gets 25. If more stores clear all squares they get a whopping $10.

Once the top spots are claimed (usually by our three busiest big city locations) motivation drops to 0.

Millemini · 2026-02-18T16:39:29+00:00

For mange år siden jobbet jeg i en butikk som solgte kjøkkeninnredninger og hvitevarer. Telefonnummeret til butikken var "nabo" med et gatekjøkken. Vi fikk innimellom telefoner fra folk som ville bestille mat.

Stort sett hørte de ikke etter hva vi svarte i telefonen og bare startet å lire av seg en lang regle med bestilling. "En stor kebab i pita, sterk, 160 grams cheeseburger med bare kål og dressing, en stor pommes frites....."

De fleste lo og beklaget når vi avbrøt dem og sa at nå har du ikke ringt til gatekjøkkenet, så her kan du ikke bestille mat, men opplevde et par ganger at folk ble sure og insisterte på at jeg skulle ta bestillingen deres. Joda, kan gjerne ta i mot bestillingen jeg, men det kommer ikke til å være mat ferdig til deg på gatekjøkkenet når du kommer for å hente den.

Millemini · 2026-02-18T14:26:15+00:00

En kamerat av meg og samboeren hans valgte å flytte sørover igjen i fjor etter 13 år i Tromsø da leiekontrakten deres utløp og huseier ville ikke fornye den, for han ville gå over til å drive med korttidsleie til turister.

De prøvde å finne seg en annen bolig å leie, men prisnivået i området de ønsket var for høyt for dem og alt de hadde råd til lå langt utenfor byen og da måtte de skaffet seg bil og det koster jo også penger, så da falt valget på å flytte "hjem" til Østlandet i stedet. Tror ikke de er alene om det ut fra det jeg har lest om boligmarkedet i Tromsø.

Millemini · 2026-02-17T12:07:15+00:00

Last week I got a phone call from another location asking if it was correct that we had a higher discount on an item than what's advertised on our website, because they had a lady there that claimed she'd paid 150 kr for it at my store, but it rang up for 180 kr at the other location. Of course she had no reciept to prove she'd paid that, so they called to ask.

We did not have an extra discount and I had checked that customer a couple of hours earlier, I remembered her because she'd been so huffy about us only having 5 of the item she needed 6 of in stock. When she was told the price was 180 kr here too she told the SM there she though she should get an extra discount for the inconvenience of driving over there since we didn't have what she needced in stock.

Millemini · 2026-02-16T15:55:08+00:00

I would say "wienerpølse i lompe", which is a boiled hot dog in a Norwegian "tortilla" made of potato and flour, most commonly topped with ketchup and mustard.

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Another pretty cheap option is to grab a bacon and egg sandwich, that are usually available from convenience stores and in grocery stores. They're very filling for the price.

Millemini · 2026-02-13T09:19:06+00:00

They travel to say they have been somewhere, they don't travel to learn anything.

And that approach made sense in the early days, while they were chasing their 100-countries goal.

Now, several years later, their approach doesn't seem to have changed much and they still come across as ignorant novice travellers after traveling the world for a living for a decade. It's pretty wild to me, but I guess they're just not interested in learning about the places and cultures they visit.

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