You’ve never heard the anecdata that the Dutch are notoriously stubborn? The offense could have been the Dutch person being direct about their stubbornness to

You’ve never heard the anecdata that the Dutch are notoriously stubborn? The offense could have been the Dutch person being direct about their stubbornness to feedback. Also possibly a point in favour of political speech vs directness. Much easier to politic a stubborn person than tell them to do something directly.