FUSS? WHAT FUSS?

© whiteninja

You know by now how much I like to observe the natives and how their behavioural patterns compare to my own. And I’ve noticed that, although they can be very vocal in their complaints when they are not happy about something, nevertheless, they really do manage to take everything in their stride, in stark contrast to us who hardly ever complain and all the while make a big fuss about how we are not making a big fuss. Example 1: sitting in a café in St-Germain-des-Prés, a spontaneous riot erupted, complete with noisy crowd and burning tyres. Yet, almost literally within two minutes, the police and fire brigade had arrived, restored calm and efficiently put out the offending tyres. With no fuss whatsoever. Example 2: this morning, giant screens were put up on the Parvis outside Notre Dame for the funeral service of Abbé Pierre. Afterwards, they were taken down. Just put up, watched, then taken down. Uh-oh, and now, true to form, I’ve drawn attention to this lack of fuss ..