Sounds like something out of “The Onion”, but it seems to be true (at least there are several different sources). It happened about a month ago, but I haven’t seen it mentioned here, and I thought that it was deserving
Some necessary background: Apparently, in Switzerland, when somebody wants to become a Swiss citizen, among other things they poll their neighbors and other members of the community where that person lives to see if they object to them being granted Swiss citizenship.
So, yeah – this lady’s application got nixed because her neighbors really really really found her annoying
She must be against the rearing of livestock, the making of chocolate and cheese and the exploitation of small wooden birds in timepieces (I know that cuckoo-clocks are actually from the Black Forest and Swabia…don’t get technical)
This is Switzerland. She shouldn’t be surprised that people will find her views annoying. She’s pretty much opposed to everything that defines the Swiss.
From what I understand, the Swiss are very… concerned… about maintaining their traditional culture and are not very receptive to changes proposed by outsiders. And the lady is clearly an outsider, what with having only been living there since she was 8. And of course, no one likes a busybody poking their nose into other folks’ business and telling them they suck.
I had always heard that it was very difficult to become a Swiss citizen. “Annoying” is as good a reason as any to deny it. First you have to be accepted by your community. This is then rubber-stamped by the canton and then the federal government. But the community is the first obstacle.
