American in town

Spent today with an American. He's been in Switzerland for 2 weeks, and is still finding out about ze Swissie things like Zürisäcke, the trash bags you buy. He had gone to several stores and not found any. Told him they are sold over the counter, you have to ask specifically. Then we went through what you do with paper trash that is collected a couple of times a month on the street (put in neat piles with string around, any string will do), carton you collect in an empty carton box and place on the street. Milk bottles go back to Migros or Coop together with PET bottles (had to explain PET too), glass bottles and metal cans you have to take to the glass collection places scattered around the city. It ain't easy to "go native" in Switzerland.