Little Things I'll Miss About Paris 4

Fiery Latin tempers.

I was standing outside my Chinese place, waiting for my food to be ready, and I watched a guy on a scooter stop in the middle of an intersection to light his cigarette. A guy in a car behind him started honking until scooter man turned his handlebars enough for the car to get by. Instead of flooring his engine and driving away while whilst flicking the bird, as per the norm, this guy pulled the car up and rolled down his window.

He started very politely harassing the guy on the scooter-- I couldn't hear what they were saying, but their faces were completely composed, even at the end of the conversation, when the motorist yelled "CONNARD!"* and peeled off.

The man on the scooter was completely bored, of course. He just finished lighting up, put his gloves back on, and then peeled away in similar fashion.

*fucker