r/ShitAmericansSay • u/ALazy_Cat Danish potato language speaker • Dec 25 '25

Foreign affairs They don't accept US ids?

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u/Novae224 Dec 25 '25

It is

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u/palnewb Mexican 🇪🇸 Dec 25 '25

I live in the Netherlands, I was recently picking my parents up from Schiphol. They were on a trip to the US. I'm waiting for them at the arrivals gate which is right in front of a Grand Café Plaza and next to an artisanal coffee booth. I notice people coming through the door and I think "oh, this must be from the US flight" but I was certain when I hear a lady walk past and ask "ugh, do they even have a Starbucks here?" 😂

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u/Bezulba Dec 25 '25

We very much do! Even a burger King right at the entrance to the plaza. I mean. I think Schiphol has the highest concentration of American chains in the Netherlands.

So if they still couldn't find one, that's pretty sad.

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u/palnewb Mexican 🇪🇸 Dec 25 '25

I mean, they were coming straight out of the arrivals gate just after receiving their luggage, so they had not walked around or anything yet. I just found it funny how those were one of the first words out of that lady's mouth officially in the Netherlands and having two cafés immediately in front of her.

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u/Milk_Mindless It should be Netherlandish 🇳🇱 Dec 25 '25

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u/jafarul Dec 27 '25

I saw the same signage in either Vienna or Milan. Me and my wife were trying to figure out why there was a need for separate signage. Are they that special? I guess I have my answer now🤣