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Dear Mom,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine a world where Vladimir Putin is your next-door neighbor, it\u2019s still freezing in May, and bus drivers won\u2019t let you on the bus with a cup of coffee. Well that world exists and it\u2019s called Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days you can buy coffee to go almost everywhere on your way to work. But try taking it with you on a Helsinki bus and you\u2019ll feel like you\u2019re Sally Field in Not Without My Daughter<\/em>. Your best bet is to try to smuggle it on. Many have tried, few have succeeded. This is my story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s 8:00 am. I grab a soy latte and head to the bus stop. The number 14 bus approaches. The doors open. I smile at the driver and try to hand him a 5\u20ac bill. He glares at me and snarls: \u201cNo coffee on the bus!\u201d But sir, it\u2019s in a cup with a securely attached lid, I plead. \u201cNO COFFEE ON THE BUS \u2013 IT COULD SPILL,\u201d he yells. But I\u2019m 41 years-old, sober and on my way to work. Plus, this Louis Vuitton bag I\u2019m carrying cost me \u20ac1,200 so I assure you I won\u2019t spill! It\u2019s no use. The driver slams the bus door in my face and flips me the bird as he pulls away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finland is a country of many stupid rules. But if ever there was a rule that\u2019s begging to be broken, it\u2019s the Helsinki Region Transport\u2019s<\/a> (HSL) no-coffee-on-the-bus rule. Especially when you consider that you are<\/em> allowed to eat or drink on Helsinki\u2019s trams. And there are even vending machines selling food and drinks in the city\u2019s metro stations. So WTF is so wrong about wanting to drink coffee on the bus?!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I emailed HSL when I got to work and demanded an explanation. This is what they said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe bus you attempted to board was equipped with a \u2018No coffee sticker\u2019 that gives the driver the right to prevent someone carrying coffee or food from boarding the bus. Even if a bus is not equipped with a sticker, the driver still has the right to use discretion if he\/she feels there is a chance that the passenger might spill on other passengers or the bus seats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait, so essentially HSL has created a special sticker that lets bus drivers who hate their lives take out their frustration on innocent commuters whose only crime is a caffeine addiction and having someplace to go? Makes sense if you don\u2019t think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not long after I tried to take my soy latte on the number 14 bus, a friend of mine had a similar experience on another one. She posted on Facebook about how she had to pour her coffee out before she was allowed to board the bus. And the comments poured in. \u201cI always smuggle my coffee on in my coat pocket,\u201d one woman said. \u201cI just lie and tell the driver it\u2019s empty,\u201d said another guy. Another woman said she hides hers in her purse. You get the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yes, the no-coffee-on-the-bus rule really is one of the craziest rules in Finland. But what\u2019s even crazier is that there are loads of highly skilled, highly educated coffee-drinking adults out there right now lying to bus drivers that their Starbuck\u2019s cup is empty or hiding their KeepCup down their pants, praying to God they make it to their destination without scalding their genitals. That\u2019s nuts (pun intended)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is that when all is said and done, Finland isn\u2019t just a country of many stupid rules, it\u2019s also a country of rule-followers. Kind of like how people wait patiently for the light to turn green even when there isn’t a car in sight. Ok… that one’s actually kind of sweet. But I have a feeling this one\u2019s different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change is brewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not Without My Coffee,\nLissu<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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