How To Survive French Grocery Stores and Bike Rides - Well, Bike Crashes

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How to visit a French grocery store matched with a bike crash on the day I was trying out to be a bike tour guide. - Splitting the day up into two videos within one video is as confusing as one video making two videos about a video videoing a video. Do you see what I'm dealing with here?? Thanks Lottie for the amazing art! It's not in the vlog, but if you check out my new avatar on Instagram you'll see her fantastic rendition of my glorious beard.
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@sig4311 7 лет назад

Sac OR Cabas not both at once those auto checkouts crack me up with that. For the reccord Cabas is a "old french" word for "a bag that use for groceries". You'll hearr old people using the word alone because well a "cabas" IS a bag no need to precise it ^^

@JaySwanson 7 лет назад

Awesome! Thanks for the clarification, I would have made that mistake the rest of my life.

@sig4311 7 лет назад

Yeah the auto checkout machines are saying both words because in some region old people got confused a bit. So they say both. But the voice should pause more clearly between the two to make it known that those are two separate words ^^ Don't mess with French eldery talk or they get cranky and if there is one thing that you learn dirt quick in France when you work retail "Don't ever under ANY circumstance piss off a grandma XD "

@JaySwanson 7 лет назад

Yeah, grandma is always the last on my list to piss off. The machines also always tell you "une hotesse va intervenir" with a little image of a blonde woman, and it's usually a scruffy dude who ends up helping you out.

@sig4311 7 лет назад

Well over here we got little bit of both actually. But given that the "hostess" is generally securrity guy or girl. I assume you live in a corner of Paris were not that many woman work security ^^

@Rahulkumar-xh3ng 6 лет назад

Well, no one would have thought to give this detailed Grocery tutorial, definitely is a life saver for first timers! 👍

@JaySwanson 6 лет назад

Hopefully it averts some awkward moments =D

@kelerenmillham6451 7 лет назад

Catching up on a few vlogs after after a week of extra rehearsals and a ridiculous amount of time spent on our ridiculously complex taxes. The music/editing the last couple blogs has been stellar! Everyone's going to have their perspective on your editing, humor, etc. which is great....but never let it impinge on your spontaneity. It's what makes the vlog authentic, funny, introspective, and undeniably you.

@JaySwanson 7 лет назад

You'll love tomorrow's then, haha. Miss ya!

@susanmathis1682 6 лет назад

Best comment ever! We agree.

@susanmathis1682 6 лет назад

Loved the view of the landmarks as you walk.

@anonymom66 6 лет назад

This is super helpful. I am going to Paris for the first time in two weeks and my anxiety about "doing it wrong" in the grocery store is only outweighed by my fear of "doing it wrong" going through a Metro turnstile. I'm also afraid that a cashier is going to bark at me in French and I won't know what she's saying, and the few French phrases I know will desert me. I have bought groceries all over Germany, Holland, Austria and Norway so I don't know why I'm having angst. Sacre bleu!

@JaySwanson 6 лет назад

Glad this helps! Just remember that making an effort is better than nothing - as long as you're trying, people will see it and give you much more grace than if you didn't. You'll do great!

@capedluna 5 лет назад

I am glad thia videos exist I was going to comment on a grocery video. I know a lot of them vary. It seems they are like some US stores depending on subject like weighing your produce,Walmart has that buut it is always broken. Our Publix has a sushi section that prepare them daily. Nice to know they have self checkouts as well. The bag thing reminds me of Aldi or Ikea, we don't have our own bags as much as some stores try to push the idea so good advice.

@michele9502 6 лет назад

I feel like I'm gonna end up commenting on all of your videos but every time I watch one I get so so homesick for paris lol, and when I head back I'm definitely going to your bakery bc that looked amazing!

@JaySwanson 6 лет назад

I'm glad you're enjoying them! Homesickness for Paris is a real thing =)

@louislark9983 6 лет назад

Phenomenal feasible food shopping tips Jay.

@samanthagaudet1461 4 года назад

I subscribed in March. Now I’m addicted. Watching a lot of your older videos. Hope you are doing well.

@dudehere1981 5 лет назад

Love your informative and interesting videos Jay! The music you put in between dialoges is good too. I am coming to Paris in April and staying in bastille. Oh, I'm in Washington state also. (Seattle)

@JaySwanson 5 лет назад

Thanks! Happy travels and hello to the PNW!

@petersmith2040 5 лет назад

I remember doing grocery shopping in Nice for the first time back in 2010 and I was surprised that they don't provide plastic bags for my groceries. Luckily, a couple standing behind me at the cashier was from the UK and I asked them in English where can I get plastic bags and they pointed to me the bags where I can pick them up. Those reusable plastic bags are really expensive though.

@JaySwanson 5 лет назад

But thankfully very reusable =D

@rachelmartineau8102 6 лет назад

Thank you very informative I will use your advice on grocery shopping.😊

@JaySwanson 6 лет назад

I hope you stay well fed =)

@frankparent463 5 лет назад

I flat out died at the Yoda flavour!!!

@JaySwanson 5 лет назад

😂

@ertfgghhhh 2 года назад

It is not hard for me to imagine a big array of mayo in France. Js

@ashleyclarke4043 5 лет назад

Awesome thank you for these tips :)

@JaySwanson 5 лет назад

Happy to share =D

@Kaisersozze 2 года назад

Do the automatic check out have an english language option? Actually would have been interesting if you went through it.

@JeffBeltran 7 лет назад

my part of the world requires your own bags as well. But since you're taking requests, can we do a "find Jeff a beer" Friday?

@JaySwanson 7 лет назад

Already have. I'm on the hunt for your visit

@hungrysoles 4 года назад

You should do one on how to use taxis in Paris to see if it's the same as using taxis in large American cities.

@3506Dodge 5 лет назад

"survive"? Do many people die shopping in france?

@JaySwanson 5 лет назад

Every day 😕

@RFM- 5 лет назад

i like the stupid answer to a stupid question. actually silly @@JaySwanson

@ClassyWhale 5 лет назад

Buying veggies in Beijing was really similar, except there was a person instead of a computer to tag each bag.

@JaySwanson 5 лет назад

Just hanging out pricing them for you? Sounds helpful =D

@markhathaway9456 5 лет назад

At my local grocer there's a "deli" and there you can get sliced lunch meats (charcuteries) which are then bagged, weighed, and labeled. So, a lot has become common.

@pattyk101 7 лет назад

Weighing the produce before you go to the checkout used to be the way it was done here in the US. I guess we've moved ahead on that one and left the French behind.

@JaySwanson 7 лет назад

It's certainly more convenient as a shopper to skip the weighing process.

@Coder6719 6 лет назад

Geek in me is showing through but when you started in on the, tomatoes are a fruit but their found in vegetables... never mind, I lost it. Good stuff.

@JaySwanson 6 лет назад

High geekery at it's finest

@DFTBAndy 7 лет назад

Nice, it turned out well :) Even though the "you've already seen this" bits felt too long...

@JaySwanson 7 лет назад

Good to know!

@nicole8950 Год назад

One stupid question: can I pay in cash at the grocery store? Is that an option or it makes you look super weird?

@louislark9983 6 лет назад

Jay how much is a bike tour US dollars per person?

@ShannaTrenholm 6 лет назад

That creepy French peanut butter kid (on the canned peanut butter) creeps me out!

@3506Dodge 5 лет назад

The machines are made by NCR in Texas. So many of the differences between France and U.S. have disappeared.

@JackBest 7 лет назад

Great video again man your editing is amazing could i maybe have a shoutout in your next vlog

@JaySwanson 7 лет назад

Thanks! You had like ten in my live edit haha

@djabdi 5 лет назад

Paris and London are pretty similar when it comes to shopping

@JaySwanson 5 лет назад

👍

@LeWebDad 7 лет назад

Hey Jay! I think we need to come up with a Kickstarter project to create jackets with built in sacs cabas. I just discovered you from @CharliMarieTV 50k sub boom! and recently moved to Paris. Are there more vloggers like you in town that you hang with? I'd like to make some more vids too and thought it would be cool to meet some similar peeps. -Mike

@JaySwanson 7 лет назад

A sac cabas in your jacket would be so handy! I love Charli too, it was so cool to be a part of that moment with her - I was genuinely super excited haha. And yeah, when did you get to Paris? I don't know any youtubers here yet

@LeWebDad 7 лет назад

Wife and I arrived last year coming from Amsterdam and trying to make Paris our new hood. Would be cool to talk videos and making fun stories here. Your intros rock!

@manoul71 6 лет назад

a true parisian for sure

@jac3346 5 лет назад

Hi Jay, thanks so much for all your great videos - your vlog about using the metro was the best explanation I’ve seen, so glad I found it! Speaking of French groceries, I was wondering if you had any advice about bringing home dairy products (Paris to New York), as far as keeping them relatively cold; can’t bring ice packs on the plane and I’ll be staying in a hotel. I won’t buy them until the day I leave, but I’m wondering what I should put them in for the plane ride (I checked U.S. customs site, the Comte and butter I’m hoping for are allowed according to what they say). Any thoughts?

@JaySwanson 5 лет назад

Maybe try to buy them the day you leave and buy frozen snacks in the airport?

@ph11p3540 7 лет назад

That store had no parking for private vehicles. They really place a lot of faith in their public transit system.

@JaySwanson 7 лет назад

I can't imagine buying a car here - Paris is actively trying to make it more inconvenient to have cars. They want to reduce their usage within the city as much as possible.

@sachableicher4370 7 лет назад

Phillip Mulligan It's in the middle of the city and the people who go there live less than 5 minutes away so there is no need for a private parking lot.