Loved almost everything about Amsterdam except our hotel experience.

When we checked in the property had a sign advising ‘hotel is not responsible for the loss, damage or theft of items’ so we took extra care to lock our bags. When we returned to our room on the second day, we found that the zips had been split open on our luggage. I immediately raised this with the hotel clerk on duty.

To ensure that I had documented my concerns, I also wrote to the hotel via my booking platform documenting my issues. The hotel manager responded, stating that they had ‘no indication of theft or attempted theft’ but to avoid further issues, the management had decided to stop housekeeping services for the duration of our stay.

I replied the evidence was my word was my statement and my opened bag. I said that I could make a police report if needed. Given the issues we had - room was advertised as having a bathtub, but it did not work, and now the lack of housekeeping - I felt …

Gorgeous double rainbow

the title is self explanatory. I’ve always parked my bike here but since a few month I’m getting trash into my basket every day. My AH bag is not big enough to cover the whole thing.

it seems a Dutch license plate

This is how I enjoy the scenery on an NS train. @ns Could you please clean the window? I’ve been seeing so many dirty trains lately.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, and I am originally not from the Netherlands. However, I’ve been through this process (and so have my wife and some friends), so while I cannot guarantee that all info is 100% correct, I am fairly confident most of it is. Please leave a comment if you spot something wrong!

This guide is aimed at people who are at risk of losing their job due to performance/disturbed relationship. It might still be useful for other cases (such as long-term sickness), but they bring additional complexity, so I will leave them out of focus here. It does NOT apply to immediate dismissal (like fraud).

A word about PIP

So, you’ve been kicking ass in your role, but suddenly the walls close in and HR invites you to a meeting, where they either put you on PIP or immediately tell you that they want you gone. Let’s get PIP out of the way first. What you need to know is: even if you fail PIP (and some people DO survive PIPs), the company can’t fire you – they still …

Look at the first picture and guess which one is the regular shrimp and which one is the large shrimp that cost a bit more. The answer is in the second picture. Smh AH.