>>14482770No, just how we do it over here.
People have their personal space and everyone respects it.
>>14482834We here believe that small talk is fairly redundant, that's why we don't engage in it with strangers or most people.
Also there's that respect for people's personal space that I mentioned above. Bothering people who are going about their business is rude.
This goes for all of the Nordic nations, Finland more than the others.
Being drunk is when small talk is acceptable, so you do it in that setting.