Drinking coffee at Hema sparks Twitter feud
The doors of the hospitality industry are opening again, and everyone is enjoying it in their own way. Gudrun from Maastricht is, for example, happy that she can have a cup of coffee at Hema again. Half of Twitter is up in arms about it. ‘Don’t you have coffee at home? I’m not going to drink coffee at Hema for the gezelligheid.’ What is this even about?
The AD published a cheerful article in which various people talk about the easing of the measures for the hospitality industry, among other things. In it, Gudrun explained how much she had missed her regular Friday shopping trip, especially the final cup of coffee with friends at Hema. They sit there every week, at their regular table. ‘And when we have something to celebrate, we get a tompouce with it.’
And then you find yourself in the @ADnl
Because you’re so looking forward to a cup of coffee at @HEMAhttps://t.co/xZNaxVaBVP— Gudrun (@gudrun250867) January 26, 2022
Medicine
You wouldn’t expect it, but her interview is causing quite a stir on Twitter. Some people don’t understand why you would see having coffee at Hema as a pleasant outing. Hans writes: ‘Don’t you have coffee at home? It’s cheaper too, and I’m not going to drink coffee at HEMA for the gezelligheid; there are other places for that.’
Journalist Lammert de Bruin sees the Hema on Nieuwendijk in Amsterdam as a ‘cure for heterosexuality.’ A misunderstood joke, according to him, but by then opinions are already piling on top of one another. ‘Jesus, what disdain,’ Jeroen writes. ‘If those people enjoy drinking coffee at Hema, what’s wrong with that?’
“Cure for heterosexuality: the patient should go to Hema on Nieuwendijk every afternoon for an entire week and remain there, in the pastry department, from quarter past three until quarter to four.”
– Gerard Reve pic.twitter.com/2uugkMy0Fn
— Lammert de Bruin (@lammert) January 26, 2022
Letting your hair down
Some Twitter users can’t imagine that a cup of coffee from Hema is an outing to look forward to. ‘Not everyone can afford to go skiing or let their hair down at an all-inclusive resort somewhere,’ Piet writes. Cup of coffee at Hema: 2 euros. That’s ridiculously cheap, isn’t it? ‘Bear in mind that, for some people, coffee and cake in a place like that are the only affordable form of luxury that also feels like an outing,’ Lamyae responds.
100 types of coffee
Fortunately, there are also people who wholeheartedly agree with Gudrun. Such as Ellen, who writes: ‘Lovely, isn’t it? I’d also rather sit at Hema than in an expensive coffee bar with 100 types of coffee; all those people there seriously overestimate themselves. At Hema, ordinary people come, so it’s always gezellig!’ And Mark adds: ‘As long as they don’t serve oat-milk cappuccinos for 9 euros, Hema remains a perfectly decent place.’
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Source: Metro
