OK so I understand the Dutch have a reputation, but if you are making your ride wait on you because you aren’t ready at the appointed time - nevermind the fact that your ride isn’t charging you for gas (one hopes, since OP is going anyway and offered to pick him up, to do so would be just as rude as the coffee) - it would just be too unbelievably outrageous to bill them half a Euro. I have to conclude that this is ragebait.
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HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
Aeri@lemmy.world 19 minutes ago
Bill him an equal amount for the ride.
I simply presumed the whole thing exchange was a joke.
Blubber28@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It is funny though (especially for me as a Dutchman)
musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You made me laugh, that cost me a couple of calories. I’m sending you a tikkie for 5 cents.
dellish@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
If it is true, which I doubt, I think the fact OP is Belgian should account for it being a joke. Belgians are the butt of the joke in that region the same way ‘Irish logic’ is a joke in the UK.
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
‘ Irish logic’ is a joke in the UK.
I’m Irish and never heard of that
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 4 minutes ago
‘Irish logic’ is where things are backwards, in a specific way. It’s kind of a single mindedness. Usually it’s a misunderstanding-based joke, not exactly stupidity, but a silly perspective. E.g. it takes more Irishmen to change a light bulb because one holds it and the others swing the ceiling round.
I’m first generation Irish immigrant, and my family loves these kinds of jokes, we don’t see it as hateful. But I wouldn’t tell them around any old Irish person.Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
you must have been too drunk /s
Kushan@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Same, I am used to being the punch line in various jokes but I’ve never heard it referred to as “Irish Logic”.
Frostbeard@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Guessing this is a Belgium (Flemish) vs. Netherland joke.
Like Norway jokes about Swedes, and every other random neighboring countries you care to mention
sepiroth154@feddit.nl 12 hours ago
For all who don’t know, tikkie is/was the Dutch equivalent of Venmo/PayPal.
Also this is one of the few rare real green texts. The correct reply in this case is just to send them an overinflated tikkie back. For example 5 euro for the ride since hey, your car depreciates during the ride! Seriously 50 cents for a cup of coffee, even in this economy.
musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I’m sending a tikkie for 30 euros for making me look at your wife, it wasn’t pleasant.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
I’d pay the 0.50 euro as soon a possible without a word.
Then never offer to drive to do anything with them again.
I’ve found that people who do this are either doing it as a joke and will let you know right away … or they are dead serious and it’s the kind of person you really want to avoid in every kind of way.
iocase@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
I would have paid it and then charged him $1.50/km for the ride
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Eh. Yeah, but at least you know where you stand with them, and everything will be strictly business. If there’s some business-like value to keeping the relationship, then just treat it like a business relationship, and see how it goes. I wouldn’t bail on someone like this for that alone, but I wouldn’t hang out with them as friends either.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
Yep, exactly.
If they can have a sense of humor about it, probably a decent, if cheeky, somewhat assholish, but maybe in an endearing / self-aware way, kind of person.
If they cannot?
Avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid.
They’re an entitled manipulator, and have absolutely no respect for you.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 14 hours ago
Or maybe it’s just cultural differences. TBH I’m not quite clear on how “Dutch” the guy in OP’s story is or where this even takes place, but AFAIK this would be completely normal behavior among friends and acquaintances in the Netherlands. Keeping at it outside of NL does seem kinda autistic, though.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
As a Dutch person , I have heard of behaviour like this before, but I wouldn’t consider it normal. Most dutch people would consider this asshole behavior. If you offer something, either you name a price up front or you don’t get anything for it.
snoons@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
dutchreview.com/expat/tikkie-netherlands/
Tikkie is an online payment app that allows you to forward payment requests to people via WhatsApp or pay through a QR code.
I hope that, if this isn’t fake and gay, it was just for the lulz.
phanto@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
Dutch relatives. He was serious. My grandpa used to damage soup cans in the grocery store, then demand a discount on them.
qevlarr@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Am Dutch, this is too relatable. Fucking hilarious
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
of course the dutch would have an app like that, what an incredibly toxic nation
remon@ani.social 7 hours ago
Yes because only “toxic” nations have an online payment app …
sleeve@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
I think most countries have a service for that. Also, we’re not all like that in the Netherlands.
KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 12 hours ago
Sounds fake. Caricature.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 12 hours ago
Maybe this is just a weird Dutch way to offer to pay for gas?
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
send the tikkie back for the gas.
crank0271@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Hmm, you spoke to me on the ride? Here’s my consulting fee for the length of it.
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
Sure, here’s 50 cents for the coffee.
Now here’s the bill for the ride, the seat cleaning where you sat, the new air freshener since that’s obviously been used now, my consulting fee, conversation fee, silence fee, and an additional 47.30 for various small consumables like oil, coolant, washer fluid…
Adds up to 1.846,97EUR for the day. You can send that whenever.
Oh right, almost forgot the €200 calculation fee.
Also it’s a 30% interest rate per day for late fees