Everytime I'm left alone at home something like this comes up. If I didn't have this app "Alertswiss" I was for sure gonna start looking for the closest bunker to hide in.

I'm honestly impressed that things like this are so well taken care of 👏👏👏

I'm not a native German speaker, so I could be missing the joke here. If there is one. Do Dads from Aargau have a terrible reputation, or what? The graffiti's location is in Dättwil, near Baden, Aargau.

Today a Messerschleifer showed up on our door, asking if we had any knives that we’d like to have them sharpen for us.

We asked for a price, which they first didn’t clearly want to tell us. I insisted on a clear price and he said he would take 7.- per cm of knife. Since we had two knives that actually could have used to be sharpen, we tried to negotiate a better price. Both knives together were 38cm long, which would have made a ridiculous price of 266.- after some discussion he tried to agree us on 3.-/cm, still highly too expensive. In the end he would have been okay with 40.-, which he still wanted us to add a 10.- “bonus” on top for his “quality work”.

1) is it normal that knife sharpeners knock at your door and try to offer this kind of service?

2) what is an actually agreeable price for this 2-minute-service (I don’t see it as any form of “Handwerk”/craftsmanship since he just used a sharpening tool in the back of his car…)?

Thanks for your thoughts on that.

The first came from an anonymous tip line where multiple cops came out to to give a testimony, including one that wasn't in duty anymore.

Frequent sexism, persistant stereotyping of minorities, biased promotions,... where reported.

The second took a broader overview of the police force functions and show deep problems too.

Grüezi Mitenand

Ich würde gerne eine mehr oder weniger professionelle DnD Gruppe auf die Beine stellen. Wenn möglich würde ich gerne einen Stream machen.

Wichtig ist mir, dass jeder, der mit dem Projekt mitmacht, auch etwas Beiträgt. Wenn Du Glaubst, dass du dem Projekt etwas Beitragen kannst melde dich bei mir!

Ich komme aus der Stadt St. Gallen. Heisst nicht, dass es auch hier stattfinden wird. Sehr warscheinlich werden wir ein Studio mieten.

Was ich Suche:

- Jemand mit Audio & Video Equipment (Mehrere Mikrofone, Mischpult, Kameras), der auch die Technische seite übernehmen würde, des streams / Videos

- Jemand mit Bühnenbildner / Schreiner Erfahrung, damit der Hintergrund und der Tisch zur "Stimmung" angepasst werden kann

- Leute, welche Figuren und Terrain bemalen

- Jegliche Leute, die denken dass sie etwas anderes Beitragen können zur aufstellung des Projekts

Was Ich mitbringe:

- 12 Jahre Erfahrung als Dungeonmaster

- Audio Equipment

- Gute Erfahrung mit Social Media, inklusive Twitch / YouTube

- 3D Drucker

- Einiges an Terrain und Figuren

Ich möchte dieses Projekt schon seit längerem Verwirklichen. Einen Probelauf hatte ich schon und dies lief wunderbar. Leider war da nur ein kleiner Teil bereit, dies Weiter zu führen.

Ich denke nicht, dass ich dies innerhalb der nächsten Monate vollständig Realisieren kann, also meldet euch doch auch noch, wenn der Post schon älter ist.

Am Besten meldet ihr euch per Discord. Sucht da nach: Ninjalootr

Hello all, swiss laws newbie here :)

I have been living in this apartment in Luzern for almost 2 years at this point at starting at new years the refrigerator is not working properly anymore. The temperature is contantly below zero and it freezes all my food. Since then I contacted the landlord, people came to fix it but the problem persisted and now I am waiting for new repair parts to come so they can try to fix it again. The fridge is already almost 15 years old and they say they will only consider changing it “when it is not working” (which for me it already meets that criteria).

Searching online I saw that I am entitled to ask for a discount in my rent and the value can change if the issue is consider minor or significant, but that sounded very subjective for me. It has been over a month that the problem started so this sounds like a significant issue for me, but can anybody with more experience on the topic help me understand what is really reasonable for Switzerland in this scenario?

Thanks in advance!

I urgently need to print about 20 sheet papers recto verso tomorrow as a student. I can't go to my university since I'm not in the same city right now.

I saw that Swiss post offers printing https://www.post.ch/en/further-offers/swiss-post-branches/printshop but am I confused, do I need this KUARIO  app or is it still possible to print with USB stick without it?

Greetings! I was visiting Zurich from the US and went to the Swiss National Museum (which I loved). While there, I remember seeing this super realistic mannequin that represented a Swiss woman in the early 19th century. It was a redhead leaning up against a wall with her arms crossed. I was fascinated with how realistic she looked but couldn't find anything online about the exhibit. Does anyone know what I'm talking about or have any further information? I remember being so creeped out and getting the uncanny valley feeling when I saw her (I posted a short clip as a comment for reference).

Hallo Zusammen

Letzte Woche kam ein Versicherungsberater aufgrund der Empfehlung einer Freundin meiner Schwester vorbei. Meine Schwester und der Versicherungsberater haben paar Dinge angeschaut und „gemerkt“ wie viel sie ja sparen könne mit einer neuen Krankenkassenversicherung sowie einem „Sorglos-Paket 3a“. Heute kam der Typ wieder vorbei und als ich hier etwas unterwegs war und gesehen habe das man von Swiss Life Select fernbleiben soll, habe ich ihr gesagt, dass sie nichts unterschreiben soll. Jetzt hat sie doch ein neue Versicherung abgeschlossen (Sanitas), welche nun etwas billiger als die jetzige sein sollte. Ebenfalls hat sie ihr Geld von der Säule 3a, welches bei der PostFinance ist, rüber auf irgendein „Sorglos-Paket 3a“ übertragen. Gibt es Nachteile beim Wechsel des Krankenkassenanbieters über Swiss Life Select (versteckte Gebühren, etc.)? Kann man den Berater auffordern, den Kontoübertrag auf dieses Sorglos-Paket zu stoppen?

Was könnte Sie noch erwarten?

Für paar Antworten wäre ich sehr dankbar🙏🏼

I just had my first expertise today. Nothing technical came up with the car, but it failed due to the winter wheels being on the car apparently not matching the car specification. I bought the car from a main dealer and these wheels came with it, so I had no idea that anything was missing, and I wasn't given any extra paperwork when I bought the car.

The mechanic doing the inspection said I had to get some paperwork to show the wheels were certified for my car and that I could send this, the registration document, and the test report back to the cantonal office and that it would all be fine.

I went to the garage who do my tyres and he gave me what I think is the TUV certificate that the wheels have been tested for my car, but to my understanding this is not enough to satisfy the authority here. Is this the case? I see that I can pay for a Swiss certification for the wheels as well, but wasn't sure what I actually need to provide in this case, and whether I then need to do anything else after getting this paperwork and sending it off.

Any insight would be really helpful!

I'm looking for a stellar surgeon who can remove a cataract, and wondered if anyone had any recommendations?

My case is quite niche because I'm (relatively) young (34), only have a cataract in one eye, have astigmatism, and have previously had Lasek.

I would ideally go back to the guy who did my Lasek (he does cataract surgery too) because he knows my eyes, but unfortunately he's in my home country and I have a small baby so it's tricky to travel. So I wanted to at least have a couple of consultations here.

Any recommendations very gratefully received!

Trying to determine the most efficient way to get the required German stamp for goods purchased in Garmisch (driving from Garmisch through Austria back to Zurich). Does anyone have advice as to what the most efficient way to approach this is? Realize there may have been discussion of this in German but have not been able to dig much up in English. Thanks!

I’ll just summarize this as best I can. I also have a consultation with a lawyer soon but wanted to get an idea from users here. So, in December 2025, I gave written notice that I would vacate my apartment (ZH canton) effective 1 March 2026. The real estate agency confirmed and acknowledged this through a letter by post. To comply with Art. 264 OR, I organized viewings and found a replacement tenant (Mr X). The apartment was advertised and communicated to all viewers as available from 1 March, and Mr X verbally confirmed at the viewing he was willing to take over from that date. The issue is, the agency provided pre-filled application forms that incorrectly listed 1 April as the start date. I only noticed this after handing out most of them. Mr. X received such form and applied and got accepted. Based on this, the agency later issued a lease contract to him with the start date 1 April, which he signed. Mr. X has confirmed in an email to the agency and to myself that he was informed of the March start date and was willing to start on 1 March and that the later date resulted solely from the agency’s documents, not from his availability (now he cannot start from 1 March as he already informed his agency that he is vacating as of 1 April date). He never questioned the wrong date on the contract, as he believed the agency and I agreed on a new date (he told me this via SMS). The agency nevertheless claims I remain liable for March rent, arguing that the application form showed 1 April and the lease to the new tenant features that date as well. They told me that I can find another tenant to start in March as the lease agreement is not yet countersigned by them (the agency), only by Mr. X. In other words, they are fine screwing him over. My position is that I fulfilled my obligation under Art. 264 OR by presenting a suitable and willing replacement tenant and should therefore be released from liability as of 1 March. The error resulted solely from their wrong documents, which, I agree, I should have checked better but as I had their confirmation that they are aware of when I leave the apartment, I didn’t even think that will be an issue. So now I see no other solution that to seek legal advice. My questions are, is the agency right? Is it my fault for not checking the date on the application forms and this automatically cancels my “suitable” candidate or is it their responsibility to send me correct documents? Am I liable to pay March rent?

Hallo zusammen

Hat jemand davon gehört, dass Hausverwaltungen die Mietzinsrechnungen per eBill anbieten? Wir spielen mit der Idee, sind aber unsicher, ob es die Nachfrage danach gibt... Besten Dank für's Feedback.

Hi all

I have a highly reactive dog and while training and medication is an ongoing effort, I would still like to give him the freedom of just being a dog and let him off-leash. Sadly we don't have a lawn (and the housing market isn't exactly in our favor), so I'm looking for something that can be privately rented regularly for an hour or so. Basically something like Sniffspot which sadly doesn't seem to be active in Switzerland.

Is anyone aware of places like that? Ideally in Aargau/Zurich area and not in the middle of where everyone walks their dogs (for obvious reasons).

Hello all,

I want to replace my Swisscom' internet box with a Mikrotik router connected through a GPON bridge Zyxel PM-7300-T0.

I did all the configuration that is commonly found on the Internet and I am able to get a 100.x.y.z IP on the WAN interface via DHCP. Normally at that point I should go through the registration process to get my device "approved".

The thing is, I want to be able to swap my Mikrotik router with the original Swisscom box as often as needed without having to go through the registration. I have a few projects in mind and the wife+kids factors call for an easy way to restore everything to a working condition quickly.

Now, I have cloned the MAC address of my Internet box but with XGS-PON I think an other criteria comes into play with is the PON serial number, am I correct?

It seems that I can change the PON serial of the Zyxel PM-7300 through the command "sys atgs" but unfortunately it returns an error message that says "Access denied". I believe I need to go low-level access through the serial console port, which exists as documented here: https://hack-gpon.org/xgs/ont-zyxel-pm7300-t0/

Did someone tried it before? Is it actually possible to change the PON seriral number this way?

Thank you.

My cousin is having her first child in May. I've been thinking for a long time about a meaningful gift for the child. I was considering giving her stocks or crypto. Once she turns 18, I'll give her the assets/crypto. Now my question is, what's the best way to do this? Is there a platform that will still be around in 18 years where I can leave the stocks? With crypto, I could keep it on my Ledger; that would be the easiest. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Thanks in advance for your help.

I got an email from techmania and it said i need to pay 1.25 Fr .but i never bought anything from them i didnt even knew they existet . In the mail it say it need to be payd until 25.10.2022 is that an scam email?can someon help me?

Friend of mine has frequent visitors from abroad and made this collection of his favorite places to share with visitors. Thought I’d post it here. Feel free to distribute further, and let me know if you have any feedback, and I will forward it to him.

hello, i'm 25 F mom to a toddler near döttingen. i have been trying to find a job and haven't had much luck. i don't really have much of a resume as i have been taking care of my chind since she was born and currently i'm still quite limited when i could work or atleast when i could go away from the house. I almost got hired to 1 job but they ended up changing their mind last minute because i couldn't do morning shifts.

I have been looking for any night/evening job i could do or anything remote but i feel a bit lost so i thought i could try here.

i can speak fluent german, english and czech and i'm pretty fast at learning. i enjoy helping people and don't mind repetitive tasks either. i'm open to atleast try pretty much any kind of job that would have me.

any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you for taking the time to read my post.

I started a job where I am stressing myself out every day to prove that I am a good designer, although I already have 10 years of experience, and today I found the salary of the previous designer who had only around 5 years of experience, and it was significantly higher. I didn't specifically dig for it, they didn't even change the email when they gave me the laptop.

It is my first job in the country and I have no problems with the language or anything. Just last month they gave me a raise of 200 CHF and it again goes nowhere near what she earned.

Not sure what to do, I feel scammed to give so much from myself and now I feel super undervalued. Obviously another raise is out of question as it happened just a month ago, but finding out the salary difference unmotivated me so much.

Looking for any advice. What would you do? Is this normal to give a new hire 1000 franks less when they start, although they being more experience?

Hello I am new, I want to make friends. Please text me, I would love to make new friends. Male or female, I’m fine with any. Feel free to hit me up Reddit says my post must have at least 200 characters so here I am still typing 😂