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The developers I work with here seem to think they work in a university not an IB. I don't think they get the idea of "agile".
The ladies are fit though wished I had worked here 10 yrs ago.
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Originally posted by hyperD View PostI worked at a refinery in Dutch-land and they had these incredible toilets.
They had these totally sealed cubicles.
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Originally posted by Sysman View PostThey really didn't like it when I had a German gf. It's probably not as bad now, but when I was there, there was still a lot of bad feeling left over from WW II.
I can still understand a lot of Dutch even all these years later
When I was working up on the coast I was staying in a hotel and was the only guest until the day I checked out when the place as heaving with Germans. I found that they both tolerate each other when it comes to holidays and making money off of each other. The Dutch people that I spoke and worked ith in Amsterdam much preferred younger Germans to the Brits as they were a lot more respectful and didn't act like ******* when bevvied and spliffed up.
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Originally posted by darmstadt View Postthe only problem I had was trying to explain why the hell an Englishman would want to live in Germany (which came in handy as I could pretty much understand their conversations when they went into Dutch mode!!!)
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Originally posted by darmstadt View Post... with sometimes for lunch and drinkies, the people were very friendly to me but the only problem I had was trying to explain why the hell an Englishman would want to live in Germany (which came in handy as I could pretty much understand their conversations when they went into Dutch mode!!!)
I can still understand a lot of Dutch even all these years later
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I've worked at 4 places in Holland: a software company in Bergschenhoek and Utrecht, a very large consultancy in Utrecht, somewhere to do with space and de grootste informatiseerder in de sector Mobiliteit in Amsterdam. Casual wear was pretty much de rigeur although the first couple of days I always turned reasonably smart, didn't really do lunches but did go out with the people I was working with sometimes for lunch and drinkies, the people were very friendly to me but the only problem I had was trying to explain why the hell an Englishman would want to live in Germany (which came in handy as I could pretty much understand their conversations when they went into Dutch mode!!!)
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Originally posted by Andy2 View Postcan you do drugs during lunchtime ?
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Originally posted by hyperD View PostI worked at a refinery in Dutch-land and they had these incredible toilets. None of these shoe-splasher troughs where you get to compare sizes and hum while trying to avoid the bladder shyness.
They had these totally sealed cubicles (not the saloon door types where you can peer in or burst through them like some demented John Wayne character).
Fantastically soundproofed as well so no inhibitions about squelches, plopping sounds, straining or rustling of toilet paper. And fantastic air-replacement systems so you could leave a 10 pinter + curry in there and you could come out of there without the humilation of having to do the "walk of shame".
However, I suspect it was often advantageous for certain other recreational activities.
I just left a load of frozen bum skin stuck to the dunny seat in Altrincham town centre. Damn them chorizo sausages.
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I worked at a refinery in Dutch-land and they had these incredible toilets. None of these shoe-splasher troughs where you get to compare sizes and hum while trying to avoid the bladder shyness.
They had these totally sealed cubicles (not the saloon door types where you can peer in or burst through them like some demented John Wayne character).
Fantastically soundproofed as well so no inhibitions about squelches, plopping sounds, straining or rustling of toilet paper. And fantastic air-replacement systems so you could leave a 10 pinter + curry in there and you could come out of there without the humilation of having to do the "walk of shame".
However, I suspect it was often advantageous for certain other recreational activities.
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Originally posted by twolips View PostAnyone over there at the moment?
What's it like to work there? Early starts, shirt and tie, short lunches, long days, misery? Or laid back, long lunches, turn up when you like just get the work done jeans and t-shirts?
Do english people get a hard time over there for being outsiders?
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