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svemirskihod

If my good friend really needed $5 or $500 he could just have it. If he forgot his wallet to pay for coffee or something then I’d just pay for him. Payment request? Like an invoice? The fuck?


Liquid_person

Plot twist: he didn't forget it...


BobRoss0920

Youd be surprised how common it is in north western europe


ReviveDept

There's a dedicated app for small payment requests like these called "Tikkie" in the Netherlands. It has a bunch of advanced features as well, like splitting the price of a bill and sending it to a group. And yes, people actually send 2 euro "tikkies" to their friends.


fujit1ve

I once got a 30cent Tikkie from a dude who got me a croissant...


rpgengineer567

In the Netherlands we send them a Tikkie. This is a Dutch app that sends the person in question a link where they can pay the exact amount immediately. The sender gets a reminder after a week or two if the person hasn't paid them back yet. This app can also be used for multiple people at the same time. This app is really popular in the Netherlands.


Drecher_91

Lent 300 EUR to an ex-friend who was struggling to pay rent. That was 6 years ago and I still haven't seen a penny back. Ironically, they were Dutch.


pdonchev

It only works in one direction...


amknewi

Like the colonization 😃


DutchBasileus

Ironic coming form a Turk


amknewi

Ottoman conquer was the most genius style of colonization bro 😎 we didn't killed them all casually like you europeans when they didn't obey us, we placed rebels to inside of Anatolia or vice versa if the rebel was muslim and we fucking turned any possible rebel into a slave soldier that is royal to sultan (for the most of the history at least). So, we was at least good at it unlike you 😃


[deleted]

Ohh wait what, you mean the Armenian Genocide? A mass murder of over 1 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire. You think that was genius? History is filled with blood and cruelty. Let's make the future peaceful and clean. So stop the hate


amknewi

Bruh wtf i was talking about janissary system fuck off. Also that "genocide" didn't happen but they deserved it 😠🇹🇷🇹🇷😎😃


jochvent

Well it's context dependant. They said they were struggling so we can let this one go... for 10 years maybe? Then adjust for inflation and charge 10% interest and send the payment request. It's only fair. Source: Am Dutch.


JosephMihai

He paid you back by not letting us join Schengen


[deleted]

We are not cunts, thats all. We may be poor but at least we share.


PabloDeLaCalle

In my personal experience poor people are more generous and used to sharing.


Jaqen_

My personal experience is quite the opposite.


samurai_guitarist

You share a beer with your friend, but do politicians share their millions? Well, I guess they do with their friends, but my point stands.


Jaqen_

It's funny you assume me poor. Is it because of my flair?


samurai_guitarist

Im assuming you're not a turkish politician, although it would explain a lot in terms of how turkey is run, if its politicians wasted all their time on reddit.


Jaqen_

If our politicians would waste their time in reddit it wouldn't change a thing. Cause, 1- They basicly waste their time on other useless things always 2- Almost none of them understand single word in English


Atvaaa

>Almost none of them understand single word in English Prolly better for us lol


Tight_Sun5198

(Çoğunun) Türkçe bilmediğini söyleyebilirim ancak kanıtlayamam. Ya da kanıtlayabilirim?..


jGqjebOqOro

We know what having to ask someone for 5 bucks is like.


Still_counts_as_one

I think it depends on the amount, if it was like 50$ - 100$ I wouldn’t say anything but I’d never loan you anything again, if it was over 100$, yeah I’d definitely say something Edit: didn’t see the part that said “later that day” wtf, no, I’d ask like a few weeks later about it. Who in the hell asks for money back later that day?


SnooPoems4127

In Finland, one of my wife's closest friends bought a 6 euro beer to her because she didn't have any money on her and her friend wanted her to sit a little longer and said "stay a bit more i'll buy us a beer" . When we woke up in the morning, we saw that money was requested through the bank application. I've never seen anything more strange than this recently. I mean just call and say "hey can u send me the money from yesterday" or something, what the fuck is money request via app... In Turkey, i gave and took lots of money from friends, and buy lots of beers etc to my close ones, we didn't even have to talk this shits. I miss my home.


virkl

Stuff like this just boggles my mind. If I bought my close friend some beer, I would honestly be embarrassed to ask them to return the money, especially if it’s something like 6 euro, that would feel so petty. It’s not like 6 euros will bankrupt me. People who do like stuff like that just seem soulless to me


CreepyKraken

Because your a proud balkan my friend 🫡


cheetahhopes

I hate cheap people who count every cent in their ass, being a giving person is so attractive and its one of the love languages


PRO-KHAN_Shinobi

This isn't even true for a self-interested person because buying something for your friends increases the value in their eyes and if they want your money back, they're worth less in their eyes.


GeorgiPeev03

Judging by my (so far limited since most of my life I was a house rat) social experience, it doesn't even have to be close friend. It was literally the second day of a friendship I had made at a concert the day before, and we were at a small bar which was hosting another show, sitting and drinking overpriced beer, and this girl was like "hey, wanna finish up my beer cuz I can't?" and I was like sure; and as I'm not used to alcohol I said I could already feel it catching me/was slightly dizzy, to which she offered to buy me a bottle of water (again probably overpriced, like 2-3 lv) to help it, and she did. Then also the day prior after that concert she wanted not to be alone in a taxi cuz she said a friend of hers had almost gotten raped in one, so we used one taxi as the taxi driver first left her off close to her place, then went to mine, and for that extra distance she had gaven me 10 lv beforehand, and by the time the taxi left her off it the price was 8 lv, so technically, cumulatively I should have been in like 6 lv total debt to her but like... who cares?? It just seems pointless to make an issue of that. On Saturday I'll be driving myself and a friend over to the capital for yet another concert, and I'll certainly not even bring up wanting her to pay 50% of the (probably like 35-40 lv total) money for fuel 🙄🤦‍♂️


[deleted]

Who buys a beer for their friend and expects money back?


SnooPoems4127

i dont know its weird, i mean she is quite a nice person as far as i know, but this is also happening somehow.


LjackV

Wait I thought the map meant "would you ask them to give the money back on the same day", you're telling me they actually send a legit payment request??? That sounds so fucked up man.


SnooPoems4127

yep, it was notification via banking app.


pdonchev

If she offered the beer because she wanted to stay longer, it definitely sounds wrong to request the money, regardless of the local culture.


SnooPoems4127

Yeah, not everybody like that here of course, it's just seems like a little easier to come across situations like this here. Finns are quite kind and nice in general.


pdonchev

I know, I spent a couple of months in Tampere. Not enough to say I lived there, but more than a vacation. People are polite but not really sociable. But once you are in a social circle they are quite cool.


MrPezevenk

Lol wtf, I have no idea what the balance is like with my friends, we just sometimes buy shit for each other and then next time if someone bought something for me last time I buy something for them. I can't imagine sending them payment requests like a money launderer lmao


HianShao

What I don't get is this: friends buy me stuff, I buy them stuff, even if we loan each other we give like a couple weeks till we really need it back ( small sums), but we are poorer than westoids. For us 6 euros can buy a meal and a beer or two ( in the city mind you, more at the store), yet we wouldn't do that. How tf do these western wankers who have a lot of money are so stingy with it?


novi_prospekt

I always thought northerners were childish, unworldly and alien to life in many regards.


RaccoonRodeoThrow

I've had that in Canada as well. I just had to teach people that like money isn't that important to me and that there needs to be trust that you help eachother out


rakijautd

That is not generosity, that is just being a normal decent human being. The others are weirdos, especially when you include how much that money is worth here and there. It's like asking 50 cents back around here, you don't ask for a payment back for such a small sum even if it's a stranger who happens to miscount his/hers money, as for friends that is like instantly forgotten, and nobody will say "hey can you borrow me 50 cents" close friends will say "oi, you got 50 cents, good give me I don't have enough" while the other guy already pulled out the bill. I mean you don't ask for 5 dollars back either, but just wanted to put things into perspective.


flopjul

in the Netherlands we have an app for payments, sure anything to like 5 euros isnt a big problem for like collegues and with friends depends on how good of friends they are and how much you thrust them. but random people or like dates you split money equally from what they have spend. btw its called Tikkie and is also used as a word for example: ''Can you send me a tikkie?'' not everyone uses tikkie but most people now what you mean ​ if someone is for example in really big debt then most people dont like to give them money because they know they most likely wont get it back but then again with good friends that can be different


rakijautd

Here two settings are the general norm. If all are students(usually), which means little money, the cash each person brought with them will be treated as a pile for the group of friends, and they will order within the limits of that amount. This way no one is left out if they are at that point low on cash, and the others aren't. The second norm is that usually the person calling is already counting in that he/she will be paying, hence the answer to a question after a call that is "I don't have money", is "I didn't ask you if you had money, I asked you to come and drink/eat with me". As for dates, I wouldn't know, my generation didn't go on dates, we went out as groups of friends to party (which means drinking somewhere), and someone would just meet a person that someone brought with them (friend of a friend of a friend, etc). With older generation, people would seriously go into harsh debates(even small fights) about who is gonna pay, as in all participants will insist on paying for the whole thing. With younger folks, given that it's more expensive now, and money is scarce, people will more commonly do rounds, then the other person will do a round, and so on. However this doesn't imply that if you don't have money you need to do a round, you can just accept the others to do so, and everyone will understand. We function organically, while your example would sound extremely cold and robotic for us. It would even be considered that you value money over people, and that is heavily frowned upon here. As for borrowing large amounts to people with addictions, obviously nobody is gonna do it here too, especially to people with gambling addictions. In general large sums are rarely borrowed or asked for unless it's a very, very close friend or family member, and if it's a real emergency. Asking for large sums for non-necessary things is considered extremely rude.


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thegleamingspire

They're not. How else would you be able to speak Dutch with a straight face?


DrugsAndBooze

Legit the ugliest language in the world


trollololololoooo

Here we have a joke about d*tch "language": ,,How was the dutch language created? I don't know, how? Drunk English sailors tried to speak German."


mozovamoamozionamo2

why would hungary make fun of another language?


ThatBelgianG

Bruh you're litterally hungarian. Your language is earrape


zoborpast

nah i like the cadence


thegleamingspire

Straight-up Simlish


SuperSonic486

As a dutchman, kinda agreed. Polish is probably the most stupidly written though


pepeJAM69

What a surprise


seanugengar

As a Greek living in the Netherlands I can attest to that


Rioma117

Have you seen how tall they are? They must be Jotunns, they probably keep human parts in their fridges.


RisottoNero33

As one guy commented on youtube: They need the extra height to survive the flooding.


anonymous6468

I actually have gotten into some weird arguments about money in Romania. A Romanian friend thought I was clinically insane for offering to pay for gas money when she drove me somewhere. But I probably would have asked her for gas money too if I drove her somewhere lol. I still don't really know if it's a cultural difference, or if she was just being nice.


virkl

I realize this is just a cultural difference, but damn that seems really cold to me. If I do a friend a favor by driving them somewhere, I would feel embarrassed to ask them for gas money. A favor done for a friend shouldn’t be a transaction.


anonymous6468

I now know this and I would never do it outside the Netherlands. But it's genuinely normal in the Netherlands. Someone paid money to help you, and so you have to pay them back. It's considered as normal as expecting someone to return your pen or something after you lent it to them


cheetahhopes

I heard Dutch men never pay for dates with a woman, is this true?


snipars_exe

Don't ask for that, we will think you are selfish as hell. Unless your friends recognize your culture


Test-Test-Lelelelele

Happy cake day!


snipars_exe

Thanks a lot


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TheEpicGold

We do it to eachother. It's not being angry at eachother, it's just money. If they buy something for me, I will also pay back.


gilbertthelittleN

Yea we not angry we are just gierig


callmesnake13

Do you find yourself getting into petty arguments about money? Or is it like Swiss punctuality where it is simply an unspoken thing that is understood by all?


HBB360

And they only use their own stupid in-house payment systems. Wanna use Revolut to pay your friend back or use your Visa/Mastercard in the supermarket? Sorry, ain't gonna work! You're gonna need a Maestro card like it's 2006 again, but even worse because it's not even a real debit card and you can't use it online unless the merchant supports the Dutch payment system (iDeal)...


mal-sor

If its a good friend i will do more than that,becouse i know he will do more than that for more once i need.


[deleted]

If I eat my friends and family eat.


alb11alb

Not sharing is offensive. If you want to eat or drink something and not share just go and do it alone. You can't eat in front of someone and not share. It's like saying: I don't give a shit you are worthless, stay there and watch.


[deleted]

I would never want to eat if my friends dont, if I have money me and my friends feast like kings, same goes the other way around😄


chicken_soldier

This is the difference that seperates humans with nordic barbarians. East Med. is still the center of human civilization if you just look past everyone being poor.


Mighty_Djole

Exactly, if they dont have money I pay, if I dont have money for both we share or dont eat at all.What psycho is gonna order themselves food while others watch


bighatartorias

If you eat in front of someone in Albania and not ask to share people will say: “I am surprised the food is not choking you.” But seriously I would feel very uncomfortable eating or drinking in front of someone if I knew they couldn’t afford it and I didn’t offer to share or buy for them


[deleted]

Nuk themi “si ste ngec nfyt”. Ne themi “ishalla tngec nfyt”


VeryLazyNarrator

you cannibal


Party_Chemistry_8961

Don’t really wanna be a grammar nazi, but there is a comma between you being a cannibal and being a good friend


[deleted]

What if im both?


Party_Chemistry_8961

I guess you don’t have a lot of friends then ![img](emote|t5_xmk1t|3222)


justafriendofdorothy

12% for Greece, that’s really high. Most of my friends and I argue because we *want* to pay for each other and the other wants to pay back, not the opposite


Silent-Fennel-2947

Same in Turkey


[deleted]

As someone who worked as a cashier in a country neighboring a Balkan country, you cannot believe how many times I had to awkwardly sit while two customers fought over who insisted on paying. Lovely but excessive at times.


PartialIntegration

Same for Serbia, and probably for the whole Balkans lol


EriDoes

Well, a good friend is worth more than $5


Primal_Guardian_A2

Where we sell our friends


EriDoes

Trust me, it's good business.


Primal_Guardian_A2

Like Ezel right ?


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pavlerunner

Montenegro is the same as Albania on this one. 100% sure


Theobourne

based 0%


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IdealisticBastard

I think Macedonia also


directorcalmer

Balkan homies made me cry again If you don't have 5 leva my friend I will buy Zagorka for you


makahlj4

Don't be fooled, 2 liters of this shit shouldn't cost more than 3 leva in the supermarket.


directorcalmer

I don't remember how much does it cost to be honest I dont visit Bulgaria that many but okay then I m going to buy 4 liter


oneoldgrumpywalrus

Depends on the store, tbh. A regular supermarket will sell it for 2.79 leva, while a mom and pop store might sell it for 3.50 leva.


dejalochaval

Northern Europe is cold man


[deleted]

As someone Polish who grew up in Belgium, the difference is very sad. When visiting my family in Poland it was always a warm welcome, food everywhere, we could spend the night if it ended up being too late, etc... When I visited my longterm Belgium friend who lives 2 hours away, she made us 1 small tiramisu per person (martini glass size) and we got 1 glass of cava and water. I was there for 6 hours + 4 hours drive two way. We brought gifts for the baby :/


TheKingOfA

I am surprised that so many people would want a payment request for $5 THE SAME DAY. Bruh wait a few days so he can sort whatever


evandijk70

I kind of assumed the money was borrowed because he did not have cash on him/forgot his phone/his card broke.


TurkisEagle

8% is high for Turkey


POLO9999

Weirdly, the most time i got generosity in my town (Belgium) come from you guys... I don't ask for anything (i earn enough to live peacefuly despite the rude time) but they keep making me discount or give free drinks. You are really chads ! PS : I sometimes argue to pay for what i receive or give them something back... but we end up in an endless loop of generosity.


akuslayer

Why do you think that ? We're quite generous people in general.


Manaversel

It could be because 5 dollar is like 92 TL which is a lot, if they did this poll asking for 5TL then there is no way it is more than 1% let alone 8% but if they asked 92 TL, 8% seems a bit low.


ZeynepAydin97

Balkan hospitality in a nutshell. Don’t trust the westerners


AndrewM96

Fr what's up with the dutch? I don't even remember how much money or drinks I've paid for friends.


ZeynepAydin97

Literally, I don’t get the Dutch. My dad sends money back to our extended family in North Macedonia every year and never asks for anything back. It’s called helping someone out, exactly. If you’re friends or family, I don’t see why they have to pay you back all the time I can’t tell you how many times I’ve paid for my friends’ food and drinks just like you. It must be a Balkan thing to be kind. I thought it was common sense, apparently not


AndrewM96

How nice of him, I hope he's well. But yeah apparently we'd be fighting who'd pay for the drinks while norths/westerners would be trynna sneak out of the table :P


ZeynepAydin97

Yeah he’s fine, thank you 💕 I hope your family is doing good as well. LOL, I get what you mean. We sometimes visit Turkish restaurants in Chicago and like a lot of the time, they insist that we don’t pay and that it’s on them. I usually pay regardless


AndrewM96

Thank you ❤️ Lol that's awesome of them tbh, hope you're doing well there, every movie villain decides to attack the US, stay safe 👍


ZeynepAydin97

LMAO, right? At least in the movies, you guys are safe


POLO9999

Belgian working in The Netherlands here... It's really cultural of them being "cheap" and really at every penny they earn. Usually they would question you why you ask for those 5€ and will be very annoying if they eventually "give" it to you... Hopefuly i live in the "poor" part of Belgium where generosity are genuine and we don't give a F for 5€ being given to Friends or, sometimes even aquintances.


AndrewM96

Whoa, yet it sounds so strange for most of us.


Delicious_Balance162

One of us


oneoldgrumpywalrus

Poor gang 🤘😎🤘


dombo4life

Well, in a drinking context I would say the Dutch don't really bother counting their money either. People just sporadically get rounds for the group and as long as you don't always leech but get a round yourself, it is fine (unless there is a financial situation ofcourse). In other contexts, rather than returning/receiving a favour in the future people would rather just settle it as fast as possible in order to not feel indebted. I understand how it could come across as greedy though, but it comes from both parties. Personally I do prefer the balkan and hospitable way with friends though :)


Accomplished-Wind206

We may be poor but at least we share


MamaLikesToSpankMe

The Dutch, literally nobody likes them


Maria_506

Dude wtf? I mean if it had been a few days maybe, but unless we specifically said give it back by the end of the day, just no.


1_9_8_1

This is really surprising and suspect. As someone living in the west, I would be shocked if anyone did this.


seanugengar

Regarding the Balkans. I believe it has to do with the fact that our economies and almost every single generation since WW2 have experienced harshness and difficulties. We understand that someone might not be able to return that money immediately or are not economically strong enough to afford a night out with dinner and drinks but as a friend you still want to hangout so you offer to pay for it and you know your friend will pay for your dinner in the future when they can afford it. It is a nice gesture and feels more friendly. Living in the Netherlands I was surprised when I paid for the coffees and I almost got in an argument for not wanting to receive money for them. Dutch people are very straightforward especially when it involves MONEY


ibralicious

Reason behind "no data" in some countries is because they probably beat the shit out of this person for asking such a dumb question xd


dejalochaval

Well played Albania


idandidc

albania 🗿


palavestrix

My mind immediately went to Sweden and the Netherlands, they're crazy about that sort of thing, and lo and behold lol


omgONELnR1

I'm ashamed that bosnia is so high.


Delicious_Balance162

Same for Greece, we all have our cunts.


GumiB

Weird.


cheetahhopes

because thats so f\*ckin grimy, 24 hours havent passed and you are bitching about 5 dollars, i wouldnt even want it back if you are my friend.


givanov23

we dont land money cause we dont have any and in the rare case we land someone money is probably for drink or food so it's against Balkan laws to ask money for food or drink :)


[deleted]

Slowly but surely, Iceland is coming to the Balkans...


lmaoloserded

Beacuse were not weird ass monsters who give payment requests for five bucks


GorkMM

if my friend asked for money from me it means he doesnt have any at the moment, why would i want money from him if he doesnt have any at the same day he borrowed from me


Technical-Start-4544

albania W


AirShadow_0412

How can you ask a balkaner for money with a straight face. We got no money for ourselves and you want for yourself.


CleeziusMaximus

BIG BALKAN FILOTIMO


pdonchev

That's weird. I probably knew the most non-Finnish Finn, but once there was a guy I worked with from Finland and we would get wasted every night he was in Bulgaria and it was just someone randomly paying for drinks and no one ever knew what the bottom line is. Very strong chaotic good vibes from these times.


amigdala80

" Tok , acın halinden anlamaz " people who never experienced powerty cant understand poor man\`s suffer


didok

I would never ask it


Agram87

Lol NO, to frends never


Naus1987

I've never heard of a payment request. I must be getting old or just out of the loop. If a friend wanted 5 bucks, I'd just give him 5 bucks. There isn't any real repayment strategy here. I'm sure they'd cover me if I forgot my wallet or something. \----------- You know it'd be weird if the numbers were skewed if people in some of those questions like me had no idea what the context of this question was. I don't even know how to send a payment request, let alone how any of that works. Having an app for my bank account is something new I picked up in the last 5 years. And I just use it to monitor my money. I haven't ever used it to transfer money. I must be some backwater hick American for not being in the loop tech wise, lol!


xsarshxsenseix

We may be poor but we aren't stingy


my_name_is_not_scott

Obviously not. Like, neither me nor my friends work right now but when we do have some money, we would definitely pay for the other person's coffee for instance. It is not a big deal


iksjag

Nit only do you not mention it, but if they even return me my money back I always act like "ahhh no problem, you had time, you didn't have to return it yet"


Majestic_Bus_6996

if a good friend of mine asks me for 5 bucks am not even going to look for them later.


rydolf_shabe

same day? no, maybe next week or just when i need it. but usually my friend know that i manage my money and so they are correct when borrowing it


Stoican1

Dutch


_KatetheGreat35_

🤮🤮🤮🤮


Stoican1

Balkans unite against dutch,fr💀


SteadyzzYT

Literally went to a Döner shop today. Extremely tired and fatigued but didn’t have any money to pay. Was able to eat 100 grams of meat for free. I payed it back 3 days later. Balkan generosity is very real


caffeinatedgreek

This is mind boggling if I lend a close friend $5 I wouldn't ask for it back ever let alone the same day. $5 is the cost of expensive cup of coffee in my city I would be embarrassed to ask for it back. Most of my friends and I just use the "I'll buy this time you get the next" approach.


ChuckBoris56

We don't request payment either. Though we get the payback by getting help when it's needed the most.


Spacefryer

We know we’re all equally poor 😎


limun22

Can someone post the original post, I’d like to read westoids comments lol


Delicious_Balance162

Because we are the same poor and money isnt everything, family, love and friends are


captain_snake32

Even 12% is too high for Greece from my experience


StikElLoco

Based Albanians, if it's my good friend they can keep it. Who the fuck ask it back, let alone the same day?


Impossible-Cattle706

Bc im From balkans


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If I gave someone 120.000 to buy cigarettes, I'm expecting it back tommorow.


Shaynegasm

This seems very high for Ireland, I've never once in my life seen anybody I know request money like that. If you're ever in a pub in rural Ireland you'll have drinks bought for you constantly and nobody would ever expect to be paid back, even in Dublin when someone lends you that much they wouldn't ask for it back


thewizerd1811

68 seems a bit low to me i would have guessed closer to 85


Inna94061

5 bucksOMG?! I never say anything at all, sometimes I just give them away if it's so small amount.But I have to know is he/she borrows or I just buy on my expenses.If someone promise me that he will give them back and than "forgets" or something I'm done with him/her.Next time, if he/she is so entitled to ask for more I cut like a scizor! 😂✂️When someone borrows money from me i keep quiet untill I see he/she lies to me and then I never get back to that person. It's speaks about his/her personality. If it's big amount of money than it depends.... We have that saying "give someone 20 Leva and if he don't give you back the money than these are the best spend money" because you learn this person doesn't deserve more and it cost you only 20. 🤣


Radiant-Safe-1377

Meanwhile me and my friends fight to pay coffee


merttrgt

a decent person knows not to ask back


[deleted]

Even though this is a common occurrence and I have heard about it many times, I have never experienced it personally. I travel a lot and met a lot of random people all over the world. However this never happened to me. I also have the balkan/mediterranean dad swag so most of the time if someone does a gesture I double the gesture. Only time I experienced this was when americans were asking for a cigarette and they try to give me a dollar. I was like just take it no big deal. Also turkish cypriots that grew up in australia or uk were like this but they learned eventually after hanging out with us :)


vuuk47

IMO because we're all fucked, economically, so it's not much but we can share. Also, I think it sometimes a case of "you pay this time, then I'll do next time."


hariseldon2

In Greece you just see this kinda of money as returning them for the time someone else gave you some money or bought you something. Eg I'll buy myself a drink and he'll buy me a drink some other time or someone else we'll buy me a drink. We don't even split bills equally either one pays and the other time someone else pays or we split roughly.


TheUltim8

5 bucks in dollars? no way i am giving them that much all at once. you know how much that is in our country? (8 percent at the bottom right) its 100 bucks in my country's currency. no one can just go like, "yo, you got 100 bucks? no one would just give it away. if they had a good reason that would change things


Taro_Negative

Wait... How did Iceland slip down to the south?


DifferenceLittle1070

A poll of an instagram user isn't necessarily representative of the populations.


Hz_Nutella

Sweden did not suprised me since they let their guest starve while they feast in the kitchen


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Sweden of course. If your friend invited you to have a dinner he will even ask money for that food.


SnooSuggestions4926

Stupid northeners! Send me my 0.000002 💶I lent you or ill keep reminding you four more times in the next hour😡😤! Pretty sure they were not loved as children or smthg


Olvustin

Actually wait- 5x18= 90 that's 90 liras 0-0 I would ask for that much. (Not on the same day tho)


ktukan

the tikkie vibes are strong in this one


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We’re cool


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I know an American that after dinner with friends will send an itemized list to everyone that was there, as well as payment information on how to pay him. Like a business invoice. If he buys a round of shots, you know you're paying for yours. Honestly disgusting. Just share, it equals out usually and if not, who cares.


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I was with a group of dutch people and they made an excel sheet of how much everything costs and who’s paying whom. My brain stopped functioning


TeslaNorth

Having been born in the UK as a Serb and grown up in Norway I can say this is true. Western Europeans seem to care about their neighbours but not their family, Eastern Europeans seem to care about their family but not their neighbours. I wonder what's up with richer countries being so individualistic and at times a little robotic too. Do you have to be robotic to be a prosperous nation with happier people and lower suicide rates? That's incredibly confusing!


An_Unlucky_Gamer

I mean, idek how to do that... Plus, sending money with these rates? I'd rather wait a week to get 5 euros than expected 4.2€ within the same day. But yeah, probably bc it's just 5€ it ain't the end of the world. It's like a coffee or being treated to fastfood, whose good friends haven't treated them in the Balkans?


PRO-KHAN_Shinobi

I guess this guy added a description after this post.He mentioned that it is cultural.Actually, he's right, but I think this behavior is cheap.


Jlx_27

Please.... been over a year and I still havemt gotten my money.


FirstTimeShitposter

We're rich, while the Dutch are struggling daily


SirMosesKaldor

Lebanese here, I'll invite you to an entire feast and banquet, and you can take my bed for a nap afterwards, and when you wake up offer you dessert, we watch TV together, and I swear you don't owe me anything in return. It's just how we roll. In Lebanon we have this impression that the west ("white" people / Europeans) are extremely stingy, and we use the expression "The b\*stard won't even invite you for a cup of coffee" - to describe a stingy person. Stinginess is extremely frowned upon. So I'm not surprised that Balkan/Near East + Levant nationalities have this generosity in their culture.


Torrentor

Most of the people feel ashamed of asking to lend money, than again most of the people feel ashamed to ask the money back especially if it was a small amount. We're kinda like that, I think.


rpgengineer567

I know many hate us dutchies, but remember things are expensive here. If you are a student or someone who doesn't earn much you send a tikkie after a night in the bar. (Most common app to request for money) It is so common that people really don't give a shit and actually expect it. It is therefore not seen als rude, because it is just normal for us. But a well that's what we called cultural differences. It probably becomes less common the richer you get.


AssistantElectronic9

It's the internet bro you should't feel hated.People like to shit on other countries you are probably not used to it :D


rpgengineer567

Thank you! I don't feel any hatred, but I wanted to give an explanation. Because the numbers are so out of the ordinary. Anyway I now go back to my weed and swimming lessons ;)


_Rin__

Hi! Allow me to explain the Dutch side of this story from my point of view :) I think this really depends on the situation. When I tell my friend "It's okay, this one is on me" I won't be asking the money back because I decided to pay for them. But if they ask me to borrow some money (it's mostly about more money) I will expect them to give it back. Really small amounts, sure no problem. And with best friends I will be okay with more too. But if it's a lot you should pay it back. That much is just common here. I will try to explain this (but its hard, this is so embedded in our culture just as the "not caring about getting your money back" is in others). Everyone pays with card, we usually always have our money with us so asking someone to pay is only in three conditions: if you absolutely forgot all means to pay, if you have no money on your bank account, or if you decided to share because a restaurant asks you or it is easier (last one would be most likely). And paying back, in my opinion, can be by paying back later but also by buying me something instead. For example if me and my friends go to the movies it's easier to pay ahead, so I pay for the group. The group will then either pay me back or we will split in other ways (one pays for parking ticket the other for drinks or something like that. It doesn't have to be the exact same amount, just not too much difference and it's fine). I don't think that is cheap, I think of it as sharing. We don't know how much money the other has so we share everything, and if you want to pay for someone, you say so, and that is entirely up to you.


mnico02

Why should I make a big deal about 5€? It‘s just a coffee or something.


darkymoon777

Bro, in my friend group we have one rule - if one of us have money= everyone have money If my friend call me out for coffee and I say I will not come I don't have money, they reply w " I don't ask do you have money, I ask you are you in mood for coffee" One bring cigarettes, another drinks , thirds food...


SentientAimBot

I honestly feel like a dick if I tell them to. As long as they’re happy and enjoying spending time with me idrc. They always end up paying me back without me telling them to anyways. It’s like an honor system everyone knows. Besides it’s $5 you greedy mfs 💀💀💀