America could learn a few lessons from the Danes

The other day as I was waiting for my bus, I noticed a lone white mitten laying in the middle of the bike lane. A woman bent over and carefully picked it up, placing it on the curb. That evening, probably 8 or 9 hours later, I noticed the same mitten carefully placed on the bench at the bus stop, as if waiting for its owner to come back and claim it.

When an older couple came on the bus and it was full, someone almost immediately stood up and offered their seat to them. Everyone (quietly) gets out of the way if a baby carriage comes on the bus. The ride is mostly quiet and people are very respectful of each other. If you're sitting by the window, all you have to do is rustle your bag a bit and the other person will stand up to let you out.

At the kommune (where I had to get my cpr card, kind of like social security), I pulled a number from a machine, waited for a few minutes, and then when the digital screen blinked my number, I went up to the desk assigned to my number. Everything was very clean and calm and very orderly, and the whole process only took 15-20 minutes. [compare that to the NJ DMV!]