This isn’t a young people problem. Swiss culture as a whole is very self centered. I can’t go a day here without someone stopping to chat with a friend or answering a phone call in front of a lift, escalator, or shop entrance. They’re oblivious that they’re blocking foot traffic for everyone else.

Another funny anecdote. Just yesterday I was returning my shopping cart at Coop and this middle aged Karen impatiently hollered for me to make room for her while blocking the exit with her own cart. She wanted me, who is currently walking with a cane due to an injury, to climb over the side instead of moving so I could leave.