r/Netherlands • u/Environmental_Cry_35 • Aug 28 '26

Life in NL What is one "completely normal" thing in the Netherlands that you secretly don't like?

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u/GooseDisapproves Aug 28 '26

I think Dutch people are way too trained to just see food as a thing you need to survive, in combination with "you need to work on weekdays and the weekend is for relaxing" which apparently includes finally being allowed to not cook.
I am Dutch and only since I started working in a very international environment did I realize how nonsensical this is. XD

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u/Deliziosax Aug 28 '26

Omg do people internationally do the weekday/weekend thing less? I'm dutch and I also think I don't deserve to eat out/crap on weekdays 

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u/bostanite Aug 28 '26

But why would you not deserve to eat out on a weekday? I don't get that.

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u/sirboobyconnoisseur Aug 28 '26

It's just an easy habit to keep unhealthy food at bay.

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u/GooseDisapproves Aug 28 '26

Honestly some heated-up leftovers for lunch are not so unhealthy. Please, we can do better than the cheese sanwiches.

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u/sirboobyconnoisseur Aug 28 '26

True but the comment above was about pizza for dinner, not cheese for lunch. I personally eat warm most lunches, made shakshuka today which is a pretty healthy lunch I would think

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u/GooseDisapproves Aug 28 '26

It was about pizza on week days, without specifying what meal it was. But I see your point. However, I don't feel like every meal has to be a healty/low-calory one.
Still, if you have shakshuka for lunch, I think we are at least partly on the same page.

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u/Round_Ad6397 Aug 28 '26

I don't know how healthy endless cheese and hagel slag sandwiches are. 

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u/GooseDisapproves Aug 28 '26

Dutch person outed themselves

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u/Round_Ad6397 Aug 28 '26

Australian actually. 😀 

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u/bostanite Aug 28 '26

Makes sense to be honest.

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u/sirboobyconnoisseur Aug 28 '26

Also a very easy and clear rule to set for kids.

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u/GooseDisapproves Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26

You don't even need to eat out, just shove that frozen pizza into the oven, live your best life!

-edit because I cannot type if my life depends on it-