anti pasti i don’t know about these people, but personally I do it when I’m unsure about something and want to avoid chaos, or when I can’t be bothered
There is actually a law in France forbidding doors that you push to the street. Long story but basically people walkig on the street got hurt with sudden door openning, so they made it illegal.
@@mackenzieellor9556 I think it dates back to middle ages, I don't know if you had a chance to see a city that old but the streets were usually pretty narrow back then
He came to Paris with a talent visa and then he used the talent to make a video about him hating Paris while he is in Paris . Do I need to explain why I love this man ?
I was stuck in this massive cue in lyon and this one guy with his kid walks past saying "Excuse-moi, excuse-moi, excuse-moi...." and everyone moved out of the way, assuming he had a reason, but no, he'd just cut the line
I experienced the “saying no before saying yes” when I was a student in Nice. I went to the pharmacy one day with a mouth ulcer and asked if they had any bonjela, the pharmacist brought out a different product and said “that will be 30€”, which was way too expensive. I asked if there was anything cheaper and she brought out a tube of bonjela and said “this is 5€” 🤦🏻♂️
It depends on the granny honestly but if some wouldn't say anything and go on to pass other people in line, annoying grannies woudl make a scene and complain (really funny to watch tho)
I'm French and... it is a reaction that really could be take place. Then the targeted person will pretend not to have heard and persist in ignoring you completely. We are all "insupportables" haha !
@@x_jun_x okay so it's been 7 months since that comment was made but I will still tell the story. We were playing a card game with a group of friends, in this game you distribute the cards evenly to each player and players start placing their cards in the middle one by one. You go in turns when placing the cards, they each have different patterns on them and when a player has the same pattern card in hand they place it on top of the middle deck and they give the deck to the person next to them. The goal is to get rid of all the cards in your hands. So I was really bad at this game, I couldnt once match my card with the one in the middle even tho I did have the matching card in hand. I started to collect all the cards and I still had fun, I was even joking that I'll get all the cards. But everyone in the group started to get annoyed that I couldn't play ( I have bad reflexes I guess, I also have ADHD) they were sighing and taking their head in their hands and one of them said that I was 'insupportable'. That's the story of how I got called insupportable by a french person.
@@likeanangeldoes i mean france is also an imperialist force so it would be kind of hypocritical for him to talk about it in the U.S but not what my country has done worldwide (I am French)
french people having a know-it-all attitude is sooo relatable. I remember going to a sushi shop an asking if they had vegetarian sushi. the guy told me "everyhting" was vegetarian when there was basically fish everywhere. when I pointed it out, he told me fish was vegetarian, and REFUSED to admit it wasn't, even after I explained vegetarianism means *no animals*.
Yeah, got the same one at my cousin's wedding... she had specified that two of the invitees were vegetarian and we got fish, like, there was barely anything else! And the waitress told me that yes indeed, vegetarian means eating fish FOR THEM. They bloody feed people and don't care about what is asked for.
Stereotypical French here! I guess I'll talk about your points. -The doors in the streets could be for architecture purposes, especially in Haussmannien's buildings. The ones you find in big avenues in Paris. Basically by opening on the inside it doesn't attain to the beauty of the street, the huge avenue remains the same, untainted. I think that was the idea behind it. -For tipping, I have worked as a waiter before, and trust me, 1€ is already really cool. Just imagine 1€ x XXX number of clients. It's nice, and 2€ or more starts to be a lot, especially if it's just drinks. -No shower curtains, I have seen it before. In some old school appartment. This sucks balls, I love me a curtain not to splash everywhere, I agree with you this is dumb. -Queue. We don't have the culture of the queue like England. Let's say that we do not like it. And yes, old people are the worst. You have to put them back IN LINE. -Cheating the system is actually one huge issue we have today, and a topic for a huge video all to itself. I love the american system which seems to be rewarding work and dedication. The truth is that in France, you have incentive to cheat the system, and people who do are way more rewarded than people who don't. This goes for the metro, the "sécurité sociale"; and a lot of advantages with pensions, insurance etc... This truly sucks. -I don't drink coffee so no idea about this one. -The sense of superiority is true haha! Especially in the paris "bourgeois". A lot of dudes and girls just love to pretend they know everything, this is super French behavior! -People walking with guns actually helps a lot with safety. We have had pretty bad cases of terrorism hitting the streets in the past few years; which has been traumatizing for a lot of Parisian people. So, for me who has been really close to terrorism strikes, I really enjoy having them around. But I get that it can be weird if you come from another country. -Completely true about songs, we dance to anything, which is also quite weird. -Now that you talk about it... We do do that! Go figure, "no" is just the normal response for us. Last time I bought shoes, it took every fiber of the seller's being to go get me my size. I guess it's just that people really do not want to work. Not everyone is like that! Just 95% -Also very true. I love how thanks to you I realize the horrible things we do. I have probably used it too much and put people down, and I have suffered from it also a lot, until not being able to express myself at all, just because I was "insupportable". So... This one is on us, sorry to be like that Hope this helps!
Dimitri Cornon “Old people are the worst”? What? You should respect the elderly. I always let them go first! I was brought up that way. When you have become old and frail, see how you like being put “BACK IN LINE”! That is just mean spirited. A well bred person would ask an elderly one of they prefer to go first. I rest my case!🤓
Dude's is a bit harsh on the social part, ofc we have transgression but I believe it is far better than american healthcare. The stereotype that people profit too much from healthcare is disproportionate and doesn't account for the thousands of people who aren't even aware of the benefits they could receive. I do admit there's been abuse (the rich not paying their taxes is also a huge part of the problem). I believe we are a bit spoiled "socially" speaking, we have a lot and we take it for granted, But that just means we should learn to respect it, not that we should revoke it.
I rented 2 student apartments in Paris, you know the kind of "résidence étudiante" where all the flats are the same and "cheaper" for students. They told me that they put the shower curtain in the trash everytime a new tenant is coming for hygiene reasons. So you need to buy your own.
@@janeywilcox6821 I agree it is not eco-friendly at all :/. I guess they can't be bothered... Maybe sometimes tenants don't leave their shower curtains behind when they move?! But I mean in Damon's case when it's in an Airbnb, as a traveler or tourist you are not gonna travel with a shower curtain or buy a new one only for a couple days or weeks 😂
Here in France, when you see the military in the streets, it's not the "gendarmes" : it's the actual army, so the same people who go to Afghanistan etc... It's been put in place after the terrorist attacks in November 2015 (opération Sentinelle). The gendarmerie is the law enforcement branch of the military (similar to the carabinieri in Italy), and they work mostly in the countryside, outside of the big cities (In urban areas, it's the regular police). :-)
Literally so true about the automatic fire hazard knowledge us Americans have 😂 for me and everyone I know, we ALWAYS point out things that are fire hazards when we see them
Mariane Silveira I really don’t know where the knowledge comes from. In school, we did fire drills regularly, but we basically only learned to stay calm, find the closest exit, and walk a safe distance from the building. After that, I’m not sure where we learn it from. Movies maybe?
The shower curtain situation: In most old Parisian apartment, the showers/bathtubs are "d"époque" so kind of old style. So basically, they don't have the structure to add a shower curtain. Therefore you need to pierce holes through walls to install the curtains, and when you rent an apartment you're not allowed to do that. The landlord is allowed but often too lazy, so as a result, people who rent in old style don't have shower curtains, people who rent in new buildings have, and people who own an apparment usually do have it as well. kind of weird I know.
@@Incrediblugh the bathrooms are not always made in a way that the walls are prom 1 side to the other of the bathtubs. room is usually larger as it was usually constructed prior to adding the bathtub. showers only always have glass doors tho. that's how it is.
Agreed with UhOh, I HD a fucking old place and we bought a shower curtain rod that just needed the pressure between walls. And I’m 100% sure that even if the bathroom is larger (which I seriously doubt in Paris), there can be an easy fix that just requires to actually try and fix the situation. It’s absurd.
"Insupportable" is really an insult for Parisians. People in the Provinces don't use it that much. It's a bit of an elitist word. I'm from the South and I only use "insupportable" when talking about children, and they really have to be unsuffurable for me to call them that
Actually, military walking with huge machine guns aren't ''gendarmes'', they are from the ''armée de terre'' (ground forces) and usually we don't see them walking down the street, but since the ''Etat d'urgence'' (emergency state), well the government says that it avoid terrorist attacks...
In my city (dans le 95) we do see them walking around but the irony is that they’re not allowed to shoot they’re just here to scare off potential terrorists
Stionely yes omg the whole « etat d’urgence » thing is bullshit, its just soldiers walking around and people pretending to look at your bag when you enter a mall
@@ayellowpapercrown6750 après on sait pas tout, je suppose qu'à certains endroits ça a dû dissuader pas mal d'actes, mais en vrai si qqun décide de se faire sauter c'est pas quatre militaires qui vont empêcher une personne qui est déter Mais bon, on n'est pas des pros de stratégie militaire quoi, j'imagine qu'ils savent ce qu'ils font (?)
Cloclo 123 t’as raison, je pense que c’est utile pour dissuader les petits crimes (j’habite à côté d’un lieu de culte ils arrêtent souvent les lançeurs de cailloux ou les taggeurs) mais c’est vrai que je sais pas si ça sera très efficace si y’a une vrai attaque terroriste quoi
So for military people with the HUGE machine guns in the streets, airports and other public spaces, it is because of the "Plan Vigipirate" which is an enforced national security measure due to the attacks that happened in the past few years. But, yeah, it does scares me too
@Qcumber So sorry for your situation. Living in fear is the tragedy of our times. In the USA we deal with mass shootings which our government refuses to label "domestic terrorism" because of the influence of the gun lobbyists who have bought the politicians in the current administration.
@@Greenieweenie088 governement don't make the laws for the french , everything is made to increase the immigration. We don't decide anything, and many times the governement do stuffs that people don't vote for.
French people don’t have superiority feeling!!! What happened to him not because those french guys feel superiority!! But because this is the information that they know!!! I was in paris before!!
I'm a French living in the UK and the first two are also applicable here. The grandmas cutting in line is because they must rush : they don't have much to live 😌
I have been living here for a few years and you hit the nail on the head!!! For me it's not just the old people that cut the line, everybody does then they act like they don't see you! I still can trap my head around it.
Love this video. Soooooooo true! Totally relate to these things you mention. There is always the French way / interactions and to my understanding it must not be easy or simple. Lived here for some 15 years and have seen some improvements but most of the time these things you have mentioned never cease to amaze me.
Button & the key issue = avoiding thieves. French logic ahahah Tipping is really about the customer mood and if we have coins or not Rideau de douche : I don't know that was the fist thing I bought when I moved in my appartment For the jean : Sellers are lazy and don't wanna looking for you French people is kinda arrogant that's why we say No before Yes
It's not for thieves, it's just the way most doors are built ( I don't know how they're made in the US then) The lock is magnetic and pushing the button disarms the magnet so there's no way (I think) that you could make it without a button on the inside. I'm really confused though, how are doors supposed to be to open as he explained ??
@@assiacbn9472 Imagine the first door is not magnetic (because of a "forced opening" by the bailiff or someone else) and easy to open (you can disarm it), you don't feel safe, the first thing you say will be "it will be easier to burgle my appartment"
just came back from 5 months of study abroad in southern france and absolutely LOVED it but have been thinking about all these things as well. I miss france dearly and am already looking at ways to go back
I guess it is an American thing, I don't live in NY but I pay full price for mine but sometimes I see someone nervously waiting to pass and I'll ask if they wanna join me. I think it's a cultural thing really, I don't mind at all.
People treating you like an idiot when you ask a question. "Does this line take me near X?" ::rolling eyes, chuckles to co-worker, huffs and puffs, expression falls into a jowl-y pout:: "Yes, of course. Don't you see? It's right there." No, I didn't. Because I don't have a map and have hardly enough time to get on this train. That's why I'm asking the question. Yes or No, man. That's all I need.
I'm an American and I get service like this more and more in recent years in the USA. People in the US are very distraught with the current government and fearful of the future. That makes people less trustful and decent...
Oh my the no before yes thing is the truest thing. I’ve been in France for just over 2 years and I’ve learnt that NO ONE WILL HELP YOU and most of the time it’s so much faster to do things yourself. 99% of the time you’re correct even if you’ve guessed what to do
The shower curtain thing is so true! I literally almost flooded my host mom’s bathroom the first day 😭 And the button thing, too! The first time I tried leaving the apartment, I had a meeting and had to call my program coordinator because I couldn’t figure out how to get out lol
About the turnstiles thing: I think that there's so much crap going on in general in Paris (and in everyone's lives) that we just can't be bothered to scold people who sneak in. There's many control patrols anyway, so they're taking a risk. Most crucial of all, I've sometimes helped people get in-those types that stand around the turnstiles but are afraid to barge in and don't always dare to ask for help: well they might just be tight on money. And I believe most Parisians have been there at some point, maybe as teenagers or when inbetween jobs, riding the bus or metro without paying can save you quite some bucks. The fear of being caught and fined is a pricetag in itself. Often you'll meet people asking politely to go through with you-since the enabler can be subjected to a penalty as well, it's smart to do it only very discreetly, or use the double doors (normally for people with bulky items) where there are some. Then again there's the types that don't bother to ask beforehand and just squeeze themselves in with you from behind, those I've learned to push back before I go through. No pity there. And those that jump the machine, often making a loud noise, they're the young'uns who won't listen (actually nobody listens in Paris, have you noticed? like, occupe-toi de tes oignons), so save your breath; they'll probably grown up someday, and lose some of that agility and cockiness. XD
tes vidéos en français me manquent tellement! also yeah the lack of shower curtains made me seriously reconsider if I had been showering wrong all my life, but no, they're the problem
Damon this whole video is making me laugh so hard. I’m Canadian but dated a Parisian man here, and so started reading French culture books to try to understand why he would do certain things. Literally EVERYTHING you mentioned is a major complaint of people who start to live in France and are baffled at the things. It’s so funny because it’s all so true. 😂
Damon, I went to Martinique, a french-caribbean island and experienced the same thing of asking for something, being told "no", and then figuring out on my own that they were wrong, lol.
We DIED at the grandmas cutting in line part that is so true!!! Happens to us all the time, even outside of Paris, and it is the WORST!! But we’d really love to see the video of you hating on the US too because we left the US to find a better place to live!
First of all I laughed my ass off, loved your vid 👌 As for the shower curtains : I'd say that we have them in bathrooms that are fit for that, most of the time. But then sometimes the place of the bathtub would require a super long "tringle à rideau" because the distance between the walls is greater than usual, and it's hard to find so I feel like we don't even bother here. Also yes some of us do shower on our knees like a dumbass just because we don't have a shower curtain & we're too lazy to go and buy one 😆 Now regarding the metro, I'd say people tend not to give a shit because very few people cheat & maybe they don't have enough money. Also it's a subway ticket, not a year's worth of taxes, so it's really no big deal. + Public transportation should be free anyway, paying for it hinders spatial mobility (especially if you're working class and broke or homeless)
I know that this has nothing to do with the video but do you think you and Jo could make a video about self confidence/self esteem? You two seem so confident and I could get some tips haha
Been here in Oz for nearly 9 years and that was the hardest to get used to, no tipping. Still tough and even harder for my parents when they come, lol. Only place you tip is valet or extremely high-end restaurants. Great videos!
I have always wanted to come to Paris! It’s been number one on my bucket list!! Ironically I’m watching this video in paris! I finally shut up and went!!! I can’t believe it’s been two years since the first video of things you hate about Paris! Crazy how I’m finally here!!!!!! You really do just have to shut up and go!!!
I had to pause and comment: Jesus Christ, I am really struggling with their cappuccino ! On top of the fact that they don't make it right, they also love to think that coffee is their property and not Italian (?) p.s. I am not from Italy, but I have a feeling French are born with the need to compete with Italians. Be it the pasta, wine or coffee. Fun fact: A year ago friend told me about this cute cafe in her neighbourhood where coffee is about 1e - after few times of going there I figured out that the video you made about getting a coffee in Paris for 1e was in that cafe! Peres Pop! Btw I am a girl from Serbia that watched your video 3 years ago about pros and cons about living in Paris (just when I was about to move here) and your videos are still so relatable, especially cause I lived in Nyc for a while and got caught up a bit in the American philosophy of life (push instead of pull).
They only used this channel as a way to get exposure so they could abandon it for projects that made them more money. They're business people first and foremost not our entertainers.
This idea of dancing because it's something you feel like doing, and not necessarily linked to whether there's a good song on is super interesting. Never even thought about separating the two concepts like that before!
Paris is beautiful and amazing, but the people can be a little cold and super upthight about the rules... But then again they read books everywhere and that's charming as hell. Also the saying no before yes thing is so true also from a Dutch perspective
always had a shower curtain in every appartment I lived in france...About the door button I didn't notice it is only in France... I think it is also in Germany...and sweden? but you're right they should be automatic. In France I hate administration and how everything is closed on sunday // In Paris I hate the subway, the traffic and lack of consideration for the cyclist, the fact that you really have to remember how some arrondissements are so much more expensive than others ( I live in the 11th and last time was in the 9th and paid almost double for my beers ...haha...)
The locked door thing is so weird, it happened when I was in Barcelona studying and a German classmate I let sleep on the couch for a night to wake up early to catch the flight back to Germany almost missed her entire trip home cuz my flatmate decided to lock the door....she was pounding on my bedroom door to wake me...luckily i woke up...
Damon I have just started watching your videos and they're a real revelation! I was wondering if you're actually french american and French being your second language that you learned from family speaking it to you or if you went all Rosetta Stone because you accent/ pronunciation sounds incredibly organic and then you have perfect english as well. great stuff, i am a fan so thanks for the content!
