Working with a couple of Spanish people today, I heard an interesting comment about Swedes.
Apparently in Spanish, they have a common saying – ‘Don’t be Swede-like’ or ‘Don’t do the Swedish thing’. I asked the two Spaniards what this saying means.
In Spain, they use this expression when somebody is pretending to listen but doesn’t really care about what you have to say. They are going to do their own thing anyway, regardliess of what you think.
Interesting perspective, wouldn’t you say?
Watching the Swedes 
This is actually true of Asian cultures — they could be describing my mother, lol!