What with the troubled state of the eurozone and all, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has a lot on her plate at the moment. So, she should be applauded for not losing her rag when a waiter mistakenly spilled five, yes five, glasses of beer down her back at a recent function. In the video, which has gone viral, cool customer Merkel gasps, smiles, then brushes of the unfortunate incident.
At The Staggers, The New Statesman rolling blog, Samira Shackle noted that Merkel hasn’t always been so understanding when surprised from behind: “This calmness was not in evidence in 2006, when George W Bush gave her an impromptu shoulder massage:”
