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I am french, I have never taken 2 hours for lunch and 99% of teh people I know do not take such breaks. I guess only the people in Paris do that, but that is not real france. but we clearly take the necessary time to have a good meal without rushing. it is a lunch break not a pit stop. Regarding cooking, buter is in the north, in the south it is olive oil. But 100% agreement, fat is equal to taste, but only good fat like butter, duck or a proper olive oil.
I work in La Défense, the business district of Paris, and it's rare to take 2 hours for lunch. And in my previous companies it was similar. And when there's an emergency, we sometimes have lunch in 15 minutes and work late. Not all jobs are the same, there are a lot of differences depending on the profession.
Hello Helena ...The fundamental difference that I have seen during my years of study in France ( I 'm Scottish ) is a philosophy of existence which can be summarized in a simple way : the important thing is not to succeed "in life" but to succeed YOUR life ... the nuance is essential and explains those things that many foreigners do not understand ... especially Americans and Asians .
So well said - this is the right approach for the French people. Bravo l’Ecossaise pour avoir mis en avant la philosophie de la grande majorité des français- Vive l’Ecosse !
You are so gorgeous I'm happy you mentioned Helena woods, I follow her calm life videos Some other u tubers won't dare to mention the name of others for reasons best known to them
I'm in France travelling at the moment but would like to spend more time here but Brexit has spoiled this ! I've considered buying land or property in the future but not sure where to start ❤France !
To debate is "débattre" in french which could litterally be translated: to un-battle. It means that you avoid the physical fights by debating with words. Dunno if it's related with the fact that the french are the people who fought the most wars.
It’s not that in America that we just accept it, it’s just that if we do we get grounded, or expelled. My friend got expelled for arguing on a subject in math. My friend was right-
"At work for example, people have at least a 2 hour lunch break": Absolutely not! I dont'know where you live in France, but this is absolutely not true!!.
Well in small towns like Granville where I live shops and public services still close between 12 noon and 2pm . France (unlike the uk for instance where you can find large cities) has a great number of small towns . Also she might be talking about some workplaces where days are split to meet the rush hours requirement .. Anyway the main thing is that she enjoys being in France.
Well it depends a lot regarding of where your work Many places of work have mandatory meal rules where you cannot legally take less than one hour pause
All the companies I worked in so far in Paris had 2 hour lunch breaks, and a lot of my employee friends have the same experience here. But I know it depends on the company and the contract you have, but that's just my own experience + of a lot people I know! :)
Technically, Lunch Break doesn’t exists. It’s the standard break put at lunch time (meaning you don’t have more legal break time in the day). So the minimum time for Lunch Break is 20 minutes. In reality, it’s often a bit more EXCEPT when office is closed for lunch (which is the case for many third sector job sector except food store) lunch break is the time of closing. Break are unpaid time, so it’s not a problem if it’s so long.
1h lunch break. Be we take it. But no, not 2h. Also it's not slow. It's actual pause, and resume. Don't come work in Paris expecting the pace to be chill. Bu yeah, work call at home, while absolutely a thing, aren't a prerogative. The employee can say "I can't now" or even send a vibe of "don't call me at home" and the boss will typically have to comply. You can't fire people easily in France so everyone is a bit more stuck with each other and management is a bit more about finding good cooperation with people (although it's not a massive switch either and the system very much has its own issue. Missing the anglo work framework is perfectly understandable IMO)
A lot of clichés... What you say regarding lunch breaks is exaggerated (1 hour break is common, 2 hours certainly not). The "art of slow living" applies to people with no kids leaving in Paris, but not at all to couples with kids living in the suburbs. And I laughed at the effortless elegance. What you describe is a microcosm, very Parisian. The only 2 things which are true everywhere is the importance of pleasure and the fact that french people mostly work to live and not the other way round.
I saw a documentary on Josephine Baker. How the French accepted her for what she was. Where in the USA there was a lot of discrimination against Blacks at the time. Especially in the southern part of the US. Her celebrity status didn’t matter in the US at the time. There’s a lot of things I like about French culture.
See my comment about Americans. There still is a LOT of discrimination. Conservatives were outraged that a Black managed to become president even though he had played by all the rules that they themselves measure success. I'm sure many referred to Obama as that n- - - - - r in the White House.
Look up the story of a man named Eugene Bullard; it's very interesting. He's an US soldier who fought for France in WWI and WWII. I'll let you discover his story; it's much more than that.
Josephine Baker is a French legend. Gaston Monnerville, born in French Guyana (South America), was the President of the French Senate for more than 20 years, from 1947 to 1968. According to the French Constitution, this position is the second most important one after the President of the Republic; if the latter is incapacited, the former takes over pretty much as a US VP would. It doesn’t mean there’s no xenophobia in France of course, but overall it’s not a racialised country.
That was also why so many black jazzmen came to France to play and becoming famous. Playing at St Germain des Prés in Jazz clubs. Sydney Bechet, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis were those of them. Miles Davis later said: while invited to the Paris International Jazz Festival, discovered a city in full excitement in May 1949. He would later write in his autobiography: "It was my first trip abroad, and it forever changed my outlook on things. I loved being in Paris, I loved the way they treated me. [...] That's where I met Jean-Paul Sartre, Pablo Picasso and Juliette Gréco. I had never felt so good in my life.”
