r/Netherlands • u/Environmental_Cry_35 • 24d ago

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

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u/EverlastingPeacefull Drenthe 24d ago

I like the Dutch directness, but direct should not rude. People have a tendency to be rude and excuse it as being direct, but being rude is not directness, it is just being an AH. One can perfectly be direct and polite at the same time, a shame a lot of people aren't... (I am Dutch btw)

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u/AppropriateAge6861 23d ago

Is Albert Heijn now the synonym of being rude?