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Don't be offended, French people. It's who you are.
It's ok, I don't feel that offended. I just have to look at our president to feel better already. :agree:
Don't be offended, French people. It's who you are.
It's ok, I don't feel that offended. I just have to look at our president to feel better already. :agree:
If you truly think people in France are super nice, check out a few more places. Everything is relative. And once you see what truly nice means, you'll have a different opinion of France.
Generally, the attitude is laissez-faire. Sometime, they are not following through what I'm asking them to do. Sometime they are having too much attitude. I'd say most shouldn't be in customer service field. I can imagine why Eric Bompard is not getting his response. No one is following through. Ask them to do something that is in their job description and see how your mileage vary.
To me Paresians are comparable with New Yorkers. They're busy and don't have a ton of time for your crap, but I have only very rarely (probably less than 5 times total) seen a Paresian be outright rude to someone who was speaking or trying to speak French, and I've probably observed literally hundreds of thousands of interactions if not more between Paresians and tourists.
It's ok, I don't feel that offended. I just have to look at our president to feel better already. :agree:
It's ok, I don't feel that offended. I just have to look at our president to feel better already. :agree:
This is what am talking about. The attitude and the penchant for throwing stones while in glass house.
A sincere question: Did you attempt to speak any French?
To me Paresians are comparable with New Yorkers. They're busy and don't have a ton of time for your crap, but I have only very rarely (probably less than 5 times total) seen a Paresian be outright rude to someone who was speaking or trying to speak French, and I've probably observed literally hundreds of thousands of interactions if not more between Paresians and tourists.
Now if you expected them to fall at your feet (even if you were or were trying to speak French) no doubt you were disappointed, but why should they? The have lives. Again, very like the vibe in NYC in my own experience.
Also worth noting that, especially outside Paris but sometimes also inside it, a lot of French people don't speak good English. If they are looking at you like they don't know what you're saying, chances are they probably don't. That's not rude on their part, that's reality.