70K Before Wacken 2013

[Nemesiss]

Did you have anything yummy?

I just wore my breakfast. I shook the jar and about the same time realized that I had already taken the lid off

uhm... woops. Clean shirt?

 

[Nemesiss]

I wish I could have couscous over here at work, but we just have the standard dutch lunch crap... when it comes to food holland sucks

unless you work where I work. Massive cafeteria with a lot of different styles food. And affordable.

 

[Quark]

They don't do it here because tax will vary based on which province you are in. There's also some things that are tax exempt, like food and various other items.

Fair enough, but why not calculate the prices including tax? At least you can really compare!
Not like now where you've got NO idea what you pay in the end!

 

[Koldawne]

we just have a bunch of breads at work with all kinds of things to put on it. there is pretty much nothing around where you can buy lunch.
Back when we still had an office in the citycenter lunch was always great, if there wasn't anything you liked in the office you just went to whatever foodshop you wanted. we had everything around, dutch fastfood, burger king, subways, chinese, turkish, italian, surinamisch( is that the proper word?). basically anything you name, we had it around.
but over here on the edge of the city we've got nothing.

 

[Nemesiss]

I remember the bread with sprinkles from Amsterdam. We rented an apartment and they included a full fridge/pantry with regular Dutch 'staples' it took me a while to figure out that people liked sprinkles on bread - here we use them for cakes sometimes

I went to the store and found some "spek" (looked like bacon but thinner) and had eggs and toast with butter with it

oooh that's my sunday breakfast scrambled eggs (they always come out scrambled wether I want to or not) with bacon on bread or toast.... hmmmmm. yummie.

Hagelslag yeah everywhere else uses it as cakedecoration, we eat it on bread. Peanutbutter with hagelslag.... yummie again....

 

[agresionpower]

You could always pack a bowl, and a can opener and bring your own - assuming you have some way to heat it?

nope, nothing to heat things up.

 

[Koldawne]

I think this is the first time

Yeah, normally I like to read first. I suppose I could read before I log in but I can't quote that way and so it would be pointless because normally I just line up all my replies along the top tabs while I read then just click submit one at a time when I am done lol

 

[Nemesiss]

we just have a bunch of breads at work with all kinds of things to put on it. there is pretty much nothing around where you can buy lunch.
Back when we still had an office in the citycenter lunch was always great, if there wasn't anything you liked in the office you just went to whatever foodshop you wanted. we had everything around, dutch fastfood, burger king, subways, chinese, turkish, italian, surinamisch( is that the proper word?). basically anything you name, we had it around.
but over here on the edge of the city we've got nothing.

subway... oooh I wish we had that here....

 

[Koldawne]

uhm... woops. Clean shirt?

Went on my thigh and chair actually - thankfully not IN my lap! I managed to get most of it off and I don't have to leave my office today so I will be fine.

 

[Nemesiss]

Yeah, normally I like to read first. I suppose I could read before I log in but I can't quote that way and so it would be pointless because normally I just line up all my replies along the top tabs while I read then just click submit one at a time when I am done lol

I just log in... quickly post morning and then start reading

 

[Quark]

yeah spek is like the dutch version of bacon I guess

I don't mind eating bread, but it would be nice to have some more variation.
some soup or an other hot meal would be nice atleast once a week.

Broodje kroket or frikandel is typical Dutch lunch.

 

[Koldawne]

Fair enough, but why not calculate the prices including tax? At least you can really compare!
Not like now where you've got NO idea what you pay in the end!

I add 20% to everything then I know what I pay but I am also capable of figuring it out in my head if I choose. Normally I don't care - I suppose I would care more if I had financial problems but thankfully I have a little bit of money left at the end of the month so it isn't a big hardship.

 

[Nemesiss]

Went on my thigh and chair actually - thankfully not IN my lap! I managed to get most of it off and I don't have to leave my office today so I will be fine.

oooh. stay at your desk and noone will see

 

[Koldawne]

I just log in... quickly post morning and then start reading

That's what I did this morning

 

[Nemesiss]

Broodje kroket or frikandel is typical Dutch lunch.

actually. The most typical dutch lunch is a whole wheat sandwich with cheese... home made obviously.