sad but true

• OK, I know that Switzerland must be a haven for many foreigners living here, but i'm a spoilt,
  West European girl and I think it is the most tedious and lifeless place on the planet. Just looking out of the window at that bloody great big polluted grey lake fills me with a kind of hopeless, dreary loathing. Mountains, lakes, winter sports blah blah - you know what? THERE ARE MOUNTAINS AND LAKES ALL OVER THE WORLD. And winter sports are just the worst kind of displacement activity.
  The reason foreigners come here is for economic reasons - nothing to do with the so-called 'quality of life'. I came here for family and work, but honestly, I was happier being poor and and selfish, living well away from this self-important little country.
  I live in a biggish, expanding town close to Geneva - there's not a soul on the streets after 6.30pm. There's one tiny cinema showing utter crap. One tiny bookshop. The pace of life is so slow that you wonder why people bother waking up in the morning.
  The worst thing is, I don't even feel guilty writing all these nasty things - that's what the dullness of Swiss life does to you: it turns you into a raving, mad person who writes horrible things on the internet.
  One word of advice: if your looking for work steer clear from Swiss accountants or anything to do with finance. I work in an office where it's considered perfectly OK to say ni***r, but if there's a loss of 1euro all hell breaks loose.
  Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

  lila 31 May 2008, 05:53 - Report

Switzerland is boring!!!!