Serious question: Do French people not know how cold they are?
This week Strasbourg non-stop a initial ever Starbucks. Which contingency have been flattering exciting, sure. Everyone loves a Frappuccino.
But a city’s residents totally mislaid their chill. Seriously. They were queuing all opposite a city block only to get some of that sweet, romantic coffee.
Aren’t French people meant to be cool? Aren’t they meant to go to irritable coffee shops where they can fume and wear stripes?*
We approaching improved of you, French people.
“Et match ce temps, Starbucks ouvre à Strasbourg.”
Si vous avez du mal à dormir ce soir, comptez les : pic.twitter.com/ktefWkOH2I— Zelda Dorant (@ZeldaDorant) April 8, 2016
But it turns out you’re only as simple as a rest of us.
2h de reserve flow un café : le phénomène Starbucks débarque à Strasbourg, ouverture au open à 7h ce matin. pic.twitter.com/vWLsc5QBqr
— France 3 Alsace (@F3Alsace) April 8, 2016
More basic, perhaps, given that these people were queuing for HOURS.
Prix d’un expresso à Strasbourg : 2€ et 3 heures d’attente ☕️
(Ouverture de Starbucks, fermeture de l’amour propre) pic.twitter.com/Qo1ZQwslY6— Pokaa (@PokaaTeam) April 8, 2016
YOU ALREADY HAVE GREAT COFFEE, PEOPLE OF FRANCE. YOU DON’T NEED TO RESORT TO THIS MADNESS.
We don’t know what to trust in anymore.
*THIS IS A JOKE.
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