Den-Haag-Rip-Me-Off Day

Last week I had to go to Den Haag to get my new passport.
And it seemed like that day was a day to rip me off.
First the bus driver ripped me off twice:
He stamped one strip too many - should have been 2 strips but he stamped 3.
Then I notice the time indication on the ticket was not correct. His stamp showed that it was 10.30. And why it was not correct? Because at 10.30 I was still on the train to DH. And it was the 11.07 bus. So I was ripped off 30 minutes.

In the Netherlands, when you use the strippenkaart for a public transport, there is a certain limit of time you can use the same 'strips' thus you do not have to pay again for the second trip. In my case, for 2 strips I am allowed 1 hour to use the public transport. Now because the time-stamp mistake, I had to pay again going back to town from the embassy although it was very well within the 1-hour period. It did not take more than 30 minutes to get my passport from the embassy.

Secondly, I was ripped off at La Place. For this story, see my Zielig Maaltijd post.

Way to go, Holland.
Lang leef de ripping-off of foreigners.