German Man Discovers He Can’t Get a Coffee Without Proving His Great-Grandfather’s Nationality Law Compliance
In a stunning turn of events that has left the internet both laughing and screaming, 34-year-old Berlin resident Klaus Müller found himself unable to purchase a cappuccino this morning because he couldn’t produce a signed affidavit from his great-grandfather confirming he never renounced his 1879 Prussian citizenship. The barista, citing a newly enforced local interpretation of nationality law, demanded the document as proof that Klaus’s coffee run wasn’t a clandestine attempt to reclaim a piece of the Holy Roman Empire. “I just wanted a latte, but apparently I need a time machine and a legal team first,” Klaus told reporters, as the hashtag #NationalityLatteLaw trended worldwide. Legal experts are now debating whether this is the most ironic application of citizenship rules since a man tried to enter his own house using a passport and a birth certificate from his mother’s cousin.