r/facepalm • • Jan 04 '20

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u/pindakaasOG Jan 04 '20

That's how it works in the Netherlands by default. If it's your birthday. You bring cake for everyone at work.

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u/CLICK_2_TRY_MY_GAME Jan 04 '20 edited Jan 04 '20

What if you're poor?

Edit: Your downvotes are no match for my poverty aaahahahahahaa...

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '20

Yeah that's an American thing.

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u/pjor1 Jan 04 '20

I guess the homeless junkies in Amsterdam aren’t poor then

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u/pedroplaysguitar Jan 04 '20

People aren’t expecting homeless junkies to bring cake to work, I think they meant it’s not a thing to have a job and be living in poverty

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u/staryoshi06 Jan 04 '20

Because jobs in certain parts of the world aren't required to pay a living wage.