Can confirm as someone living in the Netherlands now. Even though they're right across the water from England the cultural differences can be huge. They're just way more direct and no beating around the bush style but this can be seen as super rude if you're not familiar with it (a lot of them are straight up willy pullers and hide behind "ohh I'm just being direct" mask too). It just doesn't mix well with the English culture where you just say something and mean something completely different and the Dutch simply can't compute that