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Dutch Service: A Dutch Chef Strikes Back

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Dutch Service a Dutch Chef Strikes Back! Dutch Service has been a running gag on the Shallow Man page for years. I've written posts and created MEMES about it and for good reason. Dutch service is often indifferent, incompetent and frustrating. However, after my latest MEME on the subject, a Dutch chef has written to me with their own unique perspective of the behaviour of a … [Read more...] about Dutch Service: A Dutch Chef Strikes Back

Dutch Service The Seven Deadly Sins Of PostNL

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Dutch Service The Seven Deadly Sins of PostNL A man attends a job interview as a postman. Interviewer. "So what if you arrived at the home of a recipient with an expensive package, for example, a brand new TV only to find that they weren't at home? What would you do?" Candidate: "Let me see. I think I'd find try and force one of the neighbours to accept it." Interviewer. … [Read more...] about Dutch Service The Seven Deadly Sins Of PostNL

What Expats Need to know about Breastfeeding in Public in the Netherlands

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Essential tips for expats on breastfeeding in public The sun is shining in the Netherlands, and everywhere I look I see breasts of all shapes and sizes prominently on display. They were locked away for the long cold winter. (Which lasted till June) But now, it's as if there's been a mass prison break of cleavage, with proud boobies saying "hello world, here I am, but you'd … [Read more...] about What Expats Need to know about Breastfeeding in Public in the Netherlands

Seven Tips on How to Survive Dutch Service

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How to Survive Dutch Service, Seven Essential Tips The Netherlands, and Amsterdam in particular is famous for its picturesque canals, beautiful (but badly dressed) women, international character and terrible, shocking, appallingly bad service, or as the Dutch call it ‘belabberde service’. With this in mind, the Shallow Man, staying true to his remit of educating, informing and … [Read more...] about Seven Tips on How to Survive Dutch Service

Dutch delivery men don’t do stairs

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Here's a trick question, I recently wasted quality time arguing with someone who I won't name about who made the original of stairway to heaven. So who was it, Rolf Harris or Led Zeppelin?. I thought that everyone knew this but obviously not. This point has very little to do with the rest of this post. That's the kind of man I am. The Shallow Man even after ten years in the … [Read more...] about Dutch delivery men don’t do stairs

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