a British guy at the office expressed his annoyance about a trait of Scandinavian culture.

suppose someone is standing in the way of, say, the fridge. they're doing something with the sink or the coffee machine or whatnot.

a British person might say "excuse me" or some such thing, to get the person to move out of the way a little.

what Scandinavians will do is say nothing, and expect the person to notice. if they don't, we stand there and wait until they finish.

it's a general trait of Scandinavian culture that you're just expected, without a word said, to know what to do.