we had to hang our heads in shame at our favorite sandwich stand the other day as a gaggle of bikini-clad American cheerleader-type teenage girls (has anything more cringe-worthy ever been created?) nearly assaulted our beloved Madame Sandwiche (no relation to Madame Poulet). no Bonjours, no pleases or thank yous, not even in English. imagine overly loud voices, grabby hands, and a complete lack of manners:
"like, can i like see that?" "SEE it, you know like SEE it?" "what is that, like chicken?" "is that like tuna or something?" "gross" "no, i don't want it now, it's got like, too many calories" "yeah, like let's go somewhere else" "yeah, totally"
i thought Madame was going to throw a baguette at their sunglassed-orthodentisted-Avedaed-ipoded heads. i would have applauded.