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In reply to the discussion: I watched "Where to Invade Next" last night. [View all]Hamlette
(15,556 posts)My sister is a computer type person who kept odd hours. The police in Switzerland did a stake out of her office building's parking lot and arrested the CEO for allowing employees to work more than 45 hours per week. He was fined 500,000 (US). If you know (and love) computer types you know when they are on to something, they can work days on end. My sister was not required to work long hours and was paid overtime for anything over 35 hours per week. She wanted to. So the employees started carpooling so no one car was in the lot more than 45 hours per week.
Seems a more productive use of cop time than busting pot smokers.
Other strange Swiss law? They unplug vending machines on Sunday. Can only buy groceries at the grocery store in the airport in Zurich. You can eat in a restaurant or rent a movie (but not buy a video) but the Coke vending machine is unplugged.
They are an odd, and in many ways, superior culture. But I'd leave the Coke machines plugged in.