"Maybe the stairs had just had enough of that stupid look on his face and decided to do something about it. Maybe he should learn to keep his mouth shut so that the stairs don't have to keep straightening him out. He should try just doing what the stairs tell him to do the first time, and things won't get so ugly. "Today's incident marked the latest in a long string of unfortunate accidents the French president suffered. "At publishing time, Macron had reportedly told one of his aides to purchase a fur coat and some flowers so he could apologize to the stairs.