Kulturelle observationer fra Cape Town

There is generally a more relaxed atmosphere and what u don't get done today, you’ll probably get done tomorrow. No one snaps because the buss is 5 or 30 minutes late, it arrives when it arrives. Which actually is a quite refreshing attitude to things - the buss doesn’t get there faster if you get mad at it. Instead the waiting time is getting used to talk to the people around you. Although something that can be quite confusing is the saying “just now”. You offer your coworker something to drink and the person says, “I’ll have some just now” you give them the glass of water what the person then says “no, I’ll have some just now”. “Just now” doesn’t mean now but shortly after. Don't forget “now now” which can mean everything between 5 minutes and 10 years. The South Africans live in the present and thing take the time it takes and it’s actually nice that you are never late - everybody else is just there early. Maybe that's why Cape Town is called “The Mother City” - everything takes 9 months (irony and sarcasm can occur)

Traffic:

I generally experience that people here in Cape Town drives quite nice and law-abiding and there is no need to be nervous to rent a car and drive around yourself. But it has to be said that there is a quite different highways culture. There is no need to be shocked if you see the local jogging club on their morning run in the emergency lane, or when the taxis stop and drop people of. Things that in Denmark would be quite unthinkable and would fast be starting a bigger turn out. You give a little smile and roll your eyes when you see people biking in the emergency lane on their way to work, don’t they know how dangerous it is?