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Cold water (koud water), chocolade, capuccino, koffie compleet, espresso with milk, black coffee without sugar, coffee with milk but without sugar, tea, hot water, soup
Being asked for a drink is a common custom in a Dutch office. I don’t know why but the Dutch thinks it is their duty to get others coffee when they get their own coffee — and you are expected to reciprocate the gesture by also going around and asking anyone for a drink of their choosing. And it doesn’t matter if you are 5 or 20 in the whole room! I don’t know how far you need to ask though but i guess the norm is to include only your usual close group plus any guest that might be currently present. I guess it’s also a gesture of hospitality. Pretty soon, if you do it often, you’ll remember what everyone always gets regularly so even if you have 15 orders you’ll probably get 95% if not 100% correct. Not me though, coz maybe I don’t do it so often.
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Bas commented on August 12, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Haha, good observation. I’ve worked in a big office in Bulgaria also, but nobody would even think about getting coffee for anyone but themselves, haha.