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That’s actually a guide to living in Poland
Almost everywhere in Europe to be honest. Having a constant smile on your face is only really normalized in the New World.
Nah, I don’t think that’s true. It very much depends on where in Europe, things can be vastly different between countries.
It’s definitely not normalized in the northern half of Europe.
I mean, I literally live in Norway, and I don’t feel this. Sure, many people do struggle with depression and such, but it doesn’t feel as if you’re not allowed to be happy.
I’m not taking about not being allowed to feel happy. People who have a neutral facial expression aren’t all depressed and unhappy. Just like people who have a constant smile on their face are not all happy. For many Americans it’s the norm to constantly smile even when you are unhappy like when you greet people even when you just walk past some stranger on the streets. While in many places in Europe that would be seen as creepy where the neutral facial expression is normal. Like if you go into a store in the US especially one of a big corporate chain you get greeted by an employee with a fake big smile on their face. Which is not the norm in many places in Europe.
This is the government’s guide to passports, not a private institution, right?
In hindsight, Disney’s policy of cast members being expected to smile on stage is one of the more strange and cult-y parts of that job. Haunted Mansion was a very popular attraction to work, and a surprisingly big part of that was because it was the only guest-facing job you weren’t expected to smile in.
