r/facepalm • u/flyingcatwithhorns 'MURICA • Aug 28 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ i'm speechless

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u/Cum_Smurf Aug 28 '24

Dutch here. Round it off to 285€ and we are good.

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u/i_fuckin_luv_it_mate Aug 28 '24

Waiter: "that'll be $288.52, how would you like to pay?"

Dutchman: "Less. Thank you." * Aside to kids* "NEVER accept their first offer."

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u/delano_mwoan Aug 28 '24

As a fellow Dutchman i can confirm this is correct

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u/Batmanpuncher Aug 28 '24

Not correct if you’re dining in America

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u/rachelm791 Aug 28 '24

I would pay to watch a group of Dutch people argue the toss over paying a tip in the US. Straight to the point no bullshit tolerated vs syrupy sweet insincerity. Carnage.

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u/ParticularTone7983 Aug 28 '24

I was in Amsterdam recently. I was so pleasantly surprised when the waiter refused when I tried to tip him.

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u/Lastigx Aug 28 '24

That's... weird. And uncommon. Tipping isn't standard here but its definitely common. just not the amounts that Americans are used to. A 288 bill would commonly be 300 in the Netherlands.

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u/Brief-Pair6391 Aug 28 '24

Yup, they'll do that... there

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u/Blonde_rake Aug 28 '24

Never happened at the restaurants I go to.

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u/Brief-Pair6391 Aug 28 '24

I'm the Netherlands. Not in the US. Servers are taxed on their sales and not paid a livable wage per hour/on the clock. They literally survive on the Fuqd up tipping system

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u/aaabc_reddit Aug 28 '24

Depends, in the Netherlands rounding to 300 would not be surprising or strange at all...

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u/Ok-Push9899 Aug 28 '24

Haha. Like your style.

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u/Hot-Luck-3228 Aug 28 '24

That is 317 dollars at the moment, tjonge

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u/Icky_Thump1 Aug 28 '24

American here. That is wildddd. And I wish it was acceptable here, but we'd have a better chance of getting murdered before leaving the building.

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u/gregsting Aug 28 '24

Can we have a deal at 280€?

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u/Illustrious_Kale_692 Aug 28 '24

American here. Worked at a restaurant in the downtown of a city that hosted a huge flower growers convention.

Lots of Dutch there for it. Every year would have to serve lots of Dutch

I hope the sea reclaims your cursed swamplands forever and ever

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u/WildSmokingBuick Aug 28 '24

So, Dutchies give a generous 10%+ tip?

Bill is 256 € and you are willing to pay 285 €? Thought you were rather tikkie-stingy?

If you didn't involve different currencies, I'd doubt you'd be able to pay less than the check's amount anywhere.

As a German, I'm, for better or for worse, almost always paying about 10% as a tip - so in this case about $310-$320, paying $289/$290 on a $288,52 bill, I'd almost consider rude..

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u/Cum_Smurf Aug 28 '24

We dont do dollars here and im too high to converse dollar to euro.