• 04 Apr 2011 at 5:34 PM

Amsterdam Residents Propose Bankers Get Paid Nada For A Few Years

By Bess Levin

On the streets of Amsterdam, there is little sympathy for the bankers. Emma Rohl, who works at an English bookshop in the city centre, says: “They shouldn’t get bonuses at all. Why should people be paid vast sums for going into work and doing their jobs? It’s utterly ridiculous.” Erick Koenig at a nearby restaurant says: “We rescued the banks from their own follies, and now they expect to be paid extra. I think they should work for free for at least five years.” [Guardian]

Comments (25)

  1. 1
    Posted by Mexi-Cant | April 4, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    “Why should people be paid vast sums for going into work and doing their jobs? It’s utterly ridiculous.”

    FHGIHGIEU45O34597 WIEFHSIKFJWFHWI 457375B2345V2482HRWJBFSKJHDFJSKGFSGFAS UFGASOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    When the fuck did it become ok to be openly communist again?

  2. 2
    Posted by J. McCarthy | April 4, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    The summer of 1954

  3. 3
    Posted by AmericanBandersnatch | April 4, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    I can’t stand those self-righteous Dutch. Sometimes tolerance is just another word for being a coward.

  4. 4
    Posted by Guest | April 4, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    Why should people be quoted when saying blissfully ignorant and idiotic things? It’s utterly ridiculous.I think they should not be allowed to speak or in any way share their thoughts for at least five years

  5. 5
    Posted by Guest | April 4, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    Why should people be quoted when saying blissfully ignorant and idiotic things? It’s utterly ridiculous.I think they should not be allowed to speak or in any way share their thoughts for at least five years

  6. 6
    Posted by Quint | April 4, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    Glass these camel jockeys!

    UBS quant

  7. 7
    Posted by Irish Eddie | April 4, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    Yeah, how’s that capitalism thing working out for you greedy-cocksucking-motherfucking-should-have-strangled-on-your-umbilical-cord-in-your-mother’s-cunt douchebags? Just wait.

  8. 8
    Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2011 at 10:57 PM

    Flagrant unnecessary roughness…player disqualified

  9. 9
    Posted by CurrencyTrader | April 4, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    You damn banksters! Always screwing the hard working Merican’ and even them durn foreigners out of their hard earned money? Sounds like you fat cats on wall street have done got away with it again! Never mind that many nights you slept under your desk after putting together pitch books all day while you sobbed uncontrollably and contemplated loading your 4loko with cyanide.

    -Tin hat wearing fucking douche bag.

  10. 10
    Posted by Marcellus | April 4, 2011 at 11:45 PM

    Red light district.

  11. 11
    Posted by prinsengractnotdamrak | April 4, 2011 at 11:47 PM

    If you’ve ever been you’d know that their tolerance is rather selective. Granted, I appreciate some of their selections, but not all of them.

  12. 12
    Posted by Guest | April 4, 2011 at 11:49 PM

    Not so bad.

    - 92% of the population and their dependants

  13. 13
    Posted by Anonymous | April 4, 2011 at 11:53 PM

    I’m stunned that some pot-smoking hippies don’t like capitalism

  14. 14
    Posted by Mexi-Cant | April 5, 2011 at 12:22 AM

    There is no fucking way I am going to tip the extra $20 for anal next time I am there. $50 suck and fuck is all those communist whores are going to get out of me.

  15. 15
    Posted by Oxford Playa | April 5, 2011 at 1:03 AM

    Yes, that is in Holland.

  16. 16
    Posted by DutchPM | April 5, 2011 at 2:34 AM

    In fact, why do the window girls should be paid vast sums for going into work and doing their jobs? It’s utterly ridiculous. I think they should work for free for at least five years.

  17. 17
    Posted by Sorososos | April 5, 2011 at 5:57 AM

    Go before the Euro appreciates

  18. 18
    Posted by Dickens | April 5, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    Free dutch ovens for at least five years… that definitely warrants at least some level of bonus compensation.

  19. 19
    Posted by Irish Eddie | April 5, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    You’re right. I apologize.

  20. 20
    Posted by Boilerroom Guy | April 5, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    Hmm. It looks like it might be time to call in all these bitch’s loans. Where she bank at?

  21. 21
    Posted by Guest | April 5, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Shocking isn’t it?

  22. 22
    Posted by Anon Corp Dev Guy | April 5, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    So, were you lambasting the idiot Dutch Communists, or the hard working, go to work everyday bankers? Couldn’t tell for sure…

  23. 23
    Posted by Lord Humongous | April 5, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    The crockery or the bedsheet version?

  24. 24
    Posted by Lord Humongous | April 5, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    The crockery or the bedsheet version?

  25. 25
    Posted by Lord Humongous | April 5, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    The crockery or the bedsheet version?

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