Would you consider this to be rude or impolite?

superstoner90

doovdela wrote: »

After hours...

number10a

You live in the Netherlands? And you're annoyed by people speaking Dutch? Are you learning it?

AH answer: Just sit there eating your lunch repeatedly muttering "Yah. Dish ish gooot." They may give you an impromptu Dutch lesson there and then.

Latchy

RachaelVO wrote: »

I too live in the southern netherlands (eindhoven), and I'm telling ya for sure, the dutch are the rudest bunch of fcuks you could meet! They'd walk over ya rather then help ya up!

You're not being over sensitive, they are just that way and there's very little you can do to change it!

Yes...they could win medals for their rudeness , bad manners and are pretty much self centred ' me me me ' pricks .

flanders1979

Them guys want ghey times with your British co worker. Because he is not there they don't have to pretend to like you. Go get stoned instead.

RachaelVO

Latchy wrote: »

Yes...they could win medals for their rudeness , bad manners and are pretty much self centred ' me me me ' pricks .

Totally! There isn't an ounce of please of thanks, and their customer services are absolutely SHOCKING!

OP, I would say they were being rude if they were in Ireland, but you're IN THE FECKING NETHERLANDS! Why on earth shouldn't they speak the native language? I honestly think you're the rude one for not bothering to learn the language well enough to understand a conversation. I can't get my head around living abroad, not learning the language and then complaining about being excluded.

smash

They have proper companies in the Netherlands?

RachaelVO

Talia Full Chip wrote: »

OP, I would say they were being rude if they were in Ireland, but you're IN THE FECKING NETHERLANDS! Why on earth shouldn't they speak the native language? I honestly think you're the rude one for not bothering to learn the language well enough to understand a conversation. I can't get my head around living abroad, not learning the language and then complaining about being excluded.

No offence Talia Full Chip, but you clearly don't have a clue what the dutch are like, they are genuinely rude fcuks (and I speak dutch)! For a lot of people even if you make the effort of speaking/learning dutch, they look at ya as if you've just massacred a loada kittens and then either speak English or walk away. The exception is probably A'dam, but most jobs depend on being nice to foreigners!

RobbingBandit

Cut your ear lobe off, that will make you seem more dutch, if it doesn't start painting lifesize chairs.

_feedback_

Talia Full Chip wrote: »

OP, I would say they were being rude if they were in Ireland, but you're IN THE FECKING NETHERLANDS! Why on earth shouldn't they speak the native language? I honestly think you're the rude one for not bothering to learn the language well enough to understand a conversation. I can't get my head around living abroad, not learning the language and then complaining about being excluded.

Don't think it matters where it is. I think if they are well capable of talking the same language as him, it is rude not to. He should learn the language, but can't speak it at the moment.

RachaelVO

RachaelVO wrote: »

No offence Talia Full Chip, but you clearly don't have a clue what the dutch are like, they are genuinely rude fcuks (and I speak dutch)! For a lot of people even if you make the effort of speaking/learning dutch, they look at ya as if you've just massacred a loada kittens and then either speak English or walk away. The exception is probably A'dam, but most jobs depend on being nice to foreigners!

Oh, don't I? I obviously imagined the entire summer I spent there as a teenager and several trips since then. I'm not saying they're the most likeable people in the world - they would generally be quite rude compared to the Irish or the British, but I've never had that reaction. I went shopping in Maastricht a few years ago, spoke Dutch in every shop and nobody batted an eyelid. And I barely speak it at all these days.

I just think moving to a country and not learning the language kind of denies you the right to moan about the locals.

Lando Griffin

Correct me if I am incorrect but is not Dutch a second class kind of German, so OP learn the Germanic mother tongue and impress them with your thirst for knowledge.

Micky Dolenz

Sounds like they don't like you much. Maybe work on your people skills.

number10a

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Correct me if I am incorrect but is not Dutch a second class kind of German, so OP learn the Germanic mother tongue and impress them with your thirst for knowledge.

This will endear you very much to the Dutch. Just like when you speak Russian in Warsaw, or Spanish in Lisbon. Their knickers will just fall off there and then.

Latchy

RachaelVO wrote: »

Totally! There isn't an ounce of please of thanks, and their customer services are absolutely SHOCKING!

Yes and like you am going by expierence of living and working there . There is something about the Dutch which apart from their ignorance is just pretentious , shallow and they love to play the oneupmanship game more then anybody .

Probably the only thread of the OP that hasn't been closed down tonight but there's still time yet ..:pac:

mattjack

Latchy wrote: »

Yes...they could win medals for their rudeness , bad manners and are pretty much self centred ' me me me ' pricks .

RachaelVO wrote: »

Totally! There isn't an ounce of please of thanks, and their customer services are absolutely SHOCKING!

RachaelVO wrote: »

No offence Talia Full Chip, but you clearly don't have a clue what the dutch are like, they are genuinely rude fcuks (and I speak dutch)! For a lot of people even if you make the effort of speaking/learning dutch, they look at ya as if you've just massacred a loada kittens and then either speak English or walk away. The exception is probably A'dam, but most jobs depend on being nice to foreigners!

Latchy wrote: »

Yes and like you am going by expierence of living and working there . There is something about the Dutch which apart from their ignorance is just pretentious , shallow and they love to play the oneupmanship game more then anybody .

Lies , all lies Us Irish have the monopoly on ignorance , xenophobia , lack of
manners, customer service etc Dont get me started on "feriners and their wimmin ,taking er jerbs.... by the way ,whatcha do to Adam , OP ?

Latchy

=mattjack;77091722]Lies , all lies Us Irish have the monopoly on ignorance , xenophobia , lack of
manners, customer service etc Dont get me started on "feriners and their wimmin ,taking er jerbs

Rachael and I are going from expierence of living with and working among the Dutch in the Netherlands ...not the Irish in Ireland , of which this thread is 'not about '.

Frank Black

Just speak English in a Dutch accent - they will be impressed and include you in their group.

deise go deo

i_am_job wrote: »

OK, I am working for a fairly large comany in south Netherlands, and my department has 7 people in it, including me, 5 of them are Dutch, 2 are non Dutch, me, Irish, and the other is a British fellow.
On lunch break we always eat together, and chat in English, as the Dutch people's English is impecible, Adam, the british guy is absent for two weeks, and lately, the Dutch guys are talking in Dutch at the table in the canteen and I haven't a fúckin' iota what's being said .... is this a little rude, or am I being over sensitive??

They speak their own language amongst themselves in their country? The absolute cheek!!! Inform them that they are backward and that only English is acceptable in your presence. Should they resist your reasonabe and forward thinking demands, speak slowly and loudly in English while adopting a look of withering derision until they stop their nationalistic nonsense and speak English like everyone else in the world.

locum-motion

Yes it's very rude.
Learn ****ing Dutch, you rude prick!

i_am_job wrote: »

OK, I am working for a fairly large comany in south Netherlands, and my department has 7 people in it, including me, 5 of them are Dutch, 2 are non Dutch, me, Irish, and the other is a British fellow.
On lunch break we always eat together, and chat in English, as the Dutch people's English is impecible, Adam, the british guy is absent for two weeks, and lately, the Dutch guys are talking in Dutch at the table in the canteen and I haven't a fúckin' iota what's being said .... is this a little rude, or am I being over sensitive??

Big Johnson

Learn Ik ga akkoord - I agree. That will have them impressed.

staker

Een daarvan is naar verwachting spreken Nederlands in Holland

RachaelVO

Talia Full Chip wrote: »

Oh, don't I? I obviously imagined the entire summer I spent there as a teenager and several trips since then. I'm not saying they're the most likeable people in the world - they would generally be quite rude compared to the Irish or the British, but I've never had that reaction. I went shopping in Maastricht a few years ago, spoke Dutch in every shop and nobody batted an eyelid. And I barely speak it at all these days.

I just think moving to a country and not learning the language kind of denies you the right to moan about the locals.

An entire summer as a teenager and a few trips is not likely to make you an expert, I live there, god help me married one (although in fairness his mum is Engilsh, so he doesn't exactly have dutch manners), and their lack of manners drives me fecking well demented! I'm there 8 years, so I reckon my 8 years trumps your entire summer

You mentioned Maastricht, that's not a bad city to go to, in fact, they aren't so bad, but then they rely heavily on tourism, especially from Germany and Belgium, so they are going to have a certain amount of politeness! Try Eindhoven, Nijmegen, Groningen, Breda, Rotterdam... they most certainly are rude sh1tes!

The Netherlands is full and relys heavily on its english speaking migrants, especially in the area of IT, as they are behind in that area, and their second language is English, and very heavily influenced by america, so if you have a colleague sitting at a table with you, and you don't include them in the conversation, it is rude, and there is no getting away from that fact!

--LOS--

ye it is rude and that's something that's getting on my nerves at the moment, living in a house share with international people who always have their friends over and just speak away in their own language when I'm there.