Amsterdam
A couple of years ago, some friends and I were in Amsterdam to, er, experience the culture. Beginning our night out, we popped into a Mexican restaurant (when in Rome...) and all ordered drinks with our meal. The Dutch style is to give you a lager with a not inconsiderable head. Everyone accepted this; it's just the way they roll. Everyone except my friend M*ke, that is. He rants on about how unacceptable it is to be thusly short-changed, and demands a full glass, which is duly delivered to him.

So far, so... okay, I suppose. I don't drink, so I'm not really familiar with the social conventions around the fermented grain. However, the drinks we all ordered came free, courtesy of some vouchers our youth hostel gave us. My question is this: can you complain about something you get for free? Bearing in mind the complaint also addresses a local tradition?
( Pretender, Sun 5 Sep 2010, 18:00, 4 replies)

If
you don't point out to Johnny Foreigner that he's doing it wrong, how can you expect him to learn?
( stopmeandslapme Cometh the hour, cometh your mum, Sun 5 Sep 2010, 18:26, closed)

Your friend
sounds like a bit of an arse.
Complaining about something that was already free? /serious
( the dalai farmer always likes tea, but especially on, Sun 5 Sep 2010, 19:11, closed)

He can't really complain! A large/small beer has as much beer in it as they choose, and the glass will be suitably oversized to account for the head. You rarely see things like "pints" or "half-litres", just large or small.
(shanterbabs, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 4:23, closed)

The Nether Lands are rather odd about this. A lot of pubs will have proper-sized pint glasses, in which you get the disappointing-looking half litre serving. The next half litre will come in a tall, impressive stein that just wiped its knob on your curtains.
(Tchocky is no longer contagious, Mon 6 Sep 2010, 18:45, closed)