I (18) have been working behind the cash register at Albert Heijn for six months now. Every few weeks there is a new savings promotion and at the moment we are handing out orange ‘patches’ because of the World Cup football. So after paying I ask a customer politely if he might be interested. His answer: “Go ahead, my son likes that. He is not yet very concerned with human rights.”
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A version of this article also appeared in the newspaper of November 24, 2022