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September 30

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Here is a French guy going round smashing up various Apple products in an Apple store. What is he saying from about 0'35" to 0'50"? I assume he has some beef with the store, and I get that they refused to refund his money over something. Thanks, --Viennese Waltz 11:38, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's kind of hard, but this is what I got: "Mesdames et messieurs, Apple est une société qui viole les droits du consommateur... D'accord? Merci Monsieur. Donc effectivement ils violent mes droits. Ils refusent de me rembourser conformèment à la loi européenne du consommateur. Je les ai prévenus. Je leur ai dit: Remboursez-moi mon [didn't catch what] and ils ont dit non. Qu'est-ce qui se passe?... Voilà ce qui se passe" and he smashes another one. Apparently he's using a "boule de pétanque" to do that. His problem is not with this store specifically but with Apple as a whole. Basemetal 12:01, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Mesdames et messieurs, Apple est une société qui viole les droits du consommateur... D'accord? Merci Monsieur. Donc effectivement ils violent mes droits. Ils refusent de me rembourser conformément à la loi européenne du consommateur. Je les ai prévenus. Je leur ai dit: Remboursez-moi mon oseille, et ils ont dit non. Qu'est-ce qui se passe?... Voilà ce qui se passe." Akseli9 (talk) 12:53, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And to put that in English: "Ladies and Gentlemen, Apple is a company that violates consumers' rights... Do you agree? Thank you sir. So, in effect, they are violating my rights. They refuse to reimburse me as they should under the European Union's law on consumers. I warned them. I told them: give me back my moolah, and they said no. What happens next ?.. I'll show you what happens next." --Xuxl (talk) 13:28, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And here are two BBC links. Mind you, this is nothing, I have seen much better. Basemetal 15:12, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As for the "boule de pétanque", see boules and for that matter pétanque. Around here people are more likely to know bocce. --69.159.61.230 (talk) 05:20, 1 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]