Germany I Love You Butter Fiasco

Text on the meme

Germany I love you but what the hell is this this doesn't work doesn't work

What it means

A woman in a supermarket enthusiastically says “Germany I love you,” then turns the camera to a refrigerated dairy shelf and repeatedly tries to open or activate something that clearly does not work. Her sudden confusion, the absurdly dramatic zoom on her eye, and the cheerful German folk medley by Elbert Hasselmann create the joke: national admiration collapses over a petty supermarket malfunction. It works as a reaction to encountering an unexpectedly frustrating, poorly designed, or stereotypically German situation.

Speech

I love you, but what the hell is this? This doesn't work. This doesn't work.

Sound

♪ Elbert Hasselmann — Westerwald / Ein Schifflein sah Ich fahren / Ein Tiroler wollte jagen / Wenn wir ma...

Objects

woman in beige cap / женщина в бежевой кепке woman in yellow jacket / женщина в жёлтой куртке supermarket / супермаркет refrigerated display case / холодильная витрина dairy shelf / полка с молочными продуктами butter packages / упаковки масла yogurt tubs / упаковки йогурта price tags / ценники glass refrigerator door / стеклянная дверца холодильника red handle / красная ручка hand pressing handle / рука, нажимающая на ручку close-up eye / крупный план глаза German grocery products / немецкие продукты в магазине