Gesundheit!

Given how insanely polite people are here, the first time I sneezed in public, I expected a long string of niceties flowing from everyone around me.
"aaa...aaaaa...AAAACHOOOOOO!"


*crickets*


"eeeeeEEEEHHHHHHH?" Nothing. No equivalent of "God bless you." No "Gesundheit." No "Na zdravi." When asked about the silence, my coworkers said, "Oh yea, we don't say anything."

Quite a contrast to all that they do say when someone accidentally bumps into them...