It's a long story. I was presenting at a conference, and my employer was not respectful of the separation between work and home. So I felt like I couldn't really... vacation... like a normal twenty something.
But the people I was interacting with were mostly fellow tourists... the few bartenders or whatever I had to talk to were nice folks.
(To give an example, someone from my hostel started bragging he was a Navy Seal, got mad I doubted that, then started telling everyone I was in the CIA, and then threatened to punch me when I said "would the CIA go smoke their brains out in the smoking room? Leave me alone")
TLDR: The Dutch are patient, guys from the Army lying about their MOS to an NGO worker not so much.
greggarious|3 years ago
But the people I was interacting with were mostly fellow tourists... the few bartenders or whatever I had to talk to were nice folks.
(To give an example, someone from my hostel started bragging he was a Navy Seal, got mad I doubted that, then started telling everyone I was in the CIA, and then threatened to punch me when I said "would the CIA go smoke their brains out in the smoking room? Leave me alone")
TLDR: The Dutch are patient, guys from the Army lying about their MOS to an NGO worker not so much.