Send one back. Check what a taxi would cost, plus a 10% convenience fee.
Honestly that's probably what the Dutch guy is expecting.
(No sarcasm)
send the tikkie back for the gas.
Hmm, you spoke to me on the ride? Here's my consulting fee for the length of it.
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
https://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.
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.
I would have paid it and then charged him $1.50/km for the ride
Or maybe it's just cultural differences with a pinch of autism. 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.
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.
Question for you (completely off topic from your conversation with the other person). How believable is this story without broodje hagelslag being served? I need to know how accurate my Dutch lessons are.
Without broodje hagelslag, this story is completely unbelievable. Broodje hagelslag is the cornerstone of Dutch culture.
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.
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.
Yeah, right? With current energy prices, price of decent coffee and so on, that coffee is at least 70 ct.
It is funny though (especially for me as a Dutchman)
You made me laugh, that cost me a couple of calories. I'm sending you a tikkie for 5 cents.
Bill him an equal amount for the ride.
I simply presumed the whole thing exchange was a joke.
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.
I'm sending a tikkie for 30 euros for making me look at your wife, it wasn't pleasant.
Dutch relatives. He was serious. My grandpa used to damage soup cans in the grocery store, then demand a discount on them.
Am Dutch, this is too relatable. Fucking hilarious
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.
It's the other way around. The Dutch are the joke in Belgium because of them always being cheap.
I believe it must go both ways then. The Dutch very much make fun of the Belgians.
It does yes. But the greentext is of a Belgian talking about a Dutch who is cheap, which is the stereotype.
It obviously goes both ways.
Belgians are stupid. Dutch are cheapskates.
Hey, i have extremely distant relatives in all of these places. I take offense.
Sorry, you can't just take offence, I'm sending you a 30 cent tikkie
Offended? Good. Happy stub your toe on furniture day to you.
Guessing this is a Belgium (Flemish) vs. Netherland joke.
Like Norway jokes about Swedes, and every other random neighboring countries you care to mention
If it's true it's an exemption. Maybe some stupid stereotype. Definitely NOT typical for the Dutch. (I am non Dutch and live in the Netherlands).
Sounds fake. Caricature.
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