Mi scuso per il mio titolo dal suono estremamente ignorante, ma ho sfogliato casualmente un file articolo sul Guardian qualche mese fa non aveva nulla a che fare con l’impianto idraulico ma c’era una citazione:
Facciamo ancora i nostri impianti idraulici. ..è un po’ come assumere un idraulico, semplicemente non lo fai, cazzo.
All’epoca non risaltava, ma negli ultimi mesi quella citazione ha vissuto gratuitamente nella mia testa e non riesco a smettere di pensarci!
Do people not hire plumbers in Iceland?
byu/TravisFantina inIceland
di TravisFantina
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Don’t be daft, of course people hire plumbers. It would be silly to think every single person in the nation just happens to know how to or care to do their own plumbing. Doing simple maintenance or work on your property isn’t that uncommon. However I don’t know if Icelanders do it more than any other nationality.
That article is really pushing the angle that Iceland is all fun and quirky and oh-so stereotypically free minded. A sexual utopia of sorts. We’re more liberal with it than a lot of cultures, sure, but it’s still a stereotype. Don’t take statements made by random people in their 20’s as objective fact.
Then again, I don’t know him. Maybe he has never hired a plumber in his life. However, I’m not going to replace a toilet on my lonesome with a Youtube video as a weapon. I’m calling a plumber.
What *is* Icelandic is that you probably call a specific plumber you personally know, likely the one plumber in your extended family.
I’ve tried to hire a plumber here and it is borderline impossible they’re few and far between.
However, plumbers and electricians here are protected classes meaning that no one can undertake in those types of projects professionally without having paperwork to prove they know what they’re doing.