Antidoting

The French are brilliant at a whole lot of things. This year of my life will largely be an exploration and a celebration of these things. They also suck at some things. Day five of this hideous, French cold, and I'm ready to share some of the latter. Get it while it's hot--I'm sure I'll take this list down when I'm in a better mood. (If it's any explanation, I haven't had a run, a drink, or a real cup of coffee in four days.)

Here, in no particular order are some things the French suck at:
- letting my wife into the country
- the Internets
- actually, information technology, come to think of it
- actually, technology, come to think of it
- customer service
- letting my wife into the country
- opening doors
- solving actual problems
- administering institutions of higher learning
- coffee (Weirdly, for a cafe culture, it's really not a...cafe...culture.)
- beer (It's like given their proximity to Belgium and Germany, they don't even try.)
- last, for now, but definitely not least, letting my wife into the country

What bugs you about the French?

Love,
HD