特权诱惑无比大，有权在手等于可以为所欲为。 不然不会那么多人争破头、想尽方法往上爬。 小到一个工头，大到一个国家领导人，知觉或不知觉，朝同一方向走。

This little legend is about cultural differences. In Holland a person who asks directly for priviliges is considered silly and arrogant, even if he/she has a high position. Probably only our Queen can do so without beeing laughed at. Of course everyone knows that people have different positions and privileges in society. However, in Holland the social unwritten rules say that you should pretent that everyone is equal. So, paying respect to someone with a high position is done in other, more subtile ways. The maid in the legend probably thinks the man who says to be Peter the Great is silly and arrogant, so she replies in a rude way. Most people in Holland will laugh about this legend (because they recognise the complications with social rules). But they will probably also be a bit ashamed because people from other countries find us very rude.

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