“Hey, better luck next time, Zon. Go back to your ocean.”
I spent yesterday commuting back to California from beautiful France, where every sunset is a bouquet of flowers, every croissant as if handmade by Nina Métayer herself, every bite of foie gras, every note of La Vie en Rose played on the street accordion, every “bonjour” from the three local gendarmerie passing by with their berets off is an event worthy of being immortalized forever in the Louvre.
Unfortunately, it is over, the 2024 Olympic Games will end at the same time as the Paris Opera Ballet’s famous summer intensive program “Ecole de Danse”, and the way home was arduous: one ended up in the immensely overcrowded LAX, where the ugly, aging functional architecture was a feast for the eyes, but much better than Olympic silver medalist in surfing, Jack Robinson, returning to his Australian homeland and being verbally attacked by a French expat who worked at Brisbane airport.
Robinson took to TikTok, where he shared the encounter with his 67 million followers, revealing: “Yes, the Frenchman at Australian customs. So on the way back from Tahiti, I get off the plane and I get customs clearance. I get to customs, the guy looks at me and says, ‘Hey, better luck next time. Go back to your ocean.'”
@jackrobinsonsurf What are the chances of being greeted like this? #TeamAustralia #olympics ♬ Original sound – Jack Robinson
It is unclear why the West Australian native used the typically German “ze” to mock the employee again, reminiscent of the wonderful scene in Snatch where Jason Statham made fun of Stephen Graham for carrying a gun.
Most of Robinson’s fans found the encounter funny and reacted in typical Australian fashion: “Ha ha ha, classic mate,” although some channeled their inner Brazilian and became angry. One wrote: “Forget the customs officer… This type of person hates and provokes everyone, including the French… The French really love Australians” and “He can go back to his ‘La Seine’.” Another: “Bro, the French are bloody boastful, you did well man” and “Why are the French so smug? That’s a Tahitian gold, not a ‘French’ one.”
I guess it’s not Brazilian due to the lack of death threats and poop emojis, but like the Turkish Tommy and the Germans, it’s still fun.
