NOW I GET WHY PEOPLE SAY THE FRENCH ARE RUDE… | PARIS STORYTIME 

Good. Eye for a eye. That'll teach that stinky french

personally, I think the French are just rude and insulting. If you slap back MORE rude and More insulting towards them, they will respect you and then will be your BFF.

@@anastasia10017 in my case they threatened me that they will call police if I won’t stop raising my voice. So irritating cos they don’t even speak English.

@@anastasia10017 je pense, pour ma part, que vous souffrez d'un complexe de supériorité qui mériterait d'être soigné. Des Français, en France qui ne parlent même pas Anglais, quelle honte!!!

@@denisscheffmann9240 mais quoi ? Je parle le français parfaitement et je trouve les Français sont toujours mal polis, ingrats, égoïstes et malappris.

Lol Canadian are mostly hypocrite, they won't tell you what they really think. French will always stay honest.

"Nice" (ie; a spineless coward with more concern for others' feelings than any principles) ... the worst thing to be called... but true, Canadians are the epitome of "nice".

You sound almost... French... 😂

@@lescommercantesdindochine1954 very passive aggressive and fake not nice but somewhat polite if it doesnt concern their convenience..

@@lescommercantesdindochine1954 cordial, polite, kind - "nice" is a generic term for these. But if you wanna play RU-vid philosopher like you've been watching too much Jordan Peterson to understand how everyday people use certain words, sure, you could look at people being "nice" as a bad thing🤔😐😑

This is why I’m taking lessons this autum

You are french maybe

Better to bark in German to Parisians. That REALLY puts them in the place!!!

They know english too… if you look irritated by something they said.. they will follow you and pick at you until you break… and deny you access to their tourist attractions… it happened to me at the catacombs. Rude people. Oh and dont ask for help with out saying “Bonjour, je m’appelle” or they’ll scold you… its a nightmare .

you're cringe@@billyungen

I love this comment! Thank you

Half the french people she recalls encountering in this story are nice to her. Then she looks at the other half and goes: "oh, french people amirite?" It's just plain dumb.

The French outside of Paris are consistently and uniformly kind, understanding, helpful, and courteous. When I finally got over my Parisophobia (which I previously thought was Francophobia) and visited the real France, I was shocked at how nice everyone was. I am a big, fanatic, enthusiast for France now.

@@GreenLevi-ec6pz its kind of telling that millions of people only need to spend a few days in a foreign country to all report the same thing: French people are rude. France was amazing… but i did get refused entry to the catacombs because the ladies at the entrance taking tickets were very rude and me giving them attitude caused them To refuse my ticket. Nasty nasty rude people. And then at night all the migrants are trying to rob you 😂😂😂😂. And no one covers their mouth when they cough or sneeze…. And no air conditioning anywhere…. Its a real experience 😅

@@billyungen I just think parisian natives are aggravated by the hordes of poorly dressed, crocs wearing american tourists that they had to endure the sight of growing up. It's like they never quite figured the right balance between being comfortable for a long day walk, and not looking like you just got off the Pirates of the Caribbean Ride at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Orlando Florida. Japanese tourists on the other hand, very classy. Chinese tourists are rude and poorly dressed.

We are just blunt people. No secrets to be kept here. it’s not like in America where people will call u “pretty for a fat person” in France it’s more like “tu gros garçon”

That’s good to know

Off course because this is the daily attitude, and not only in Paris

Really? I’m Parisian and I never noticed actual rudeness. I suppose we are not as sugary as North Americans and that can be misunderstood as rudeness. I mean I’ve had negative experiences in NY, Boston, Rio, Buenos Aires as well as many good ones. But I do agree that we stand to be colder especially to non French. But it’s not personal. It’s just us. 😉

No, it’s usually just tourists and foreigners . It was something I noticed. Once you get out Paris everybody is kind. I was warned to avoid that city and go to the west

​@kath6720 LOL just do an honest internet Search, and you will find how the rest of the world Feels about the French and their rudeness. Sure you'll find rude people all over the world. But the French have fine-tuned it.😊

I had bad experience even with a hospital receptionist, while seeking any doctor to help me with infection/fever that needed antibiotics I left the hospital after she yelled at me that I didn't go to the right place she asked me to go

Oh, is not only in Paris but in other french cities too.

France sucks

​@@wonderfullralucayeah but mostly in Paris

I live near Strasbourg and the people are very passive agressive to me because I am not french

Do you know that there is 70 million foreign tourists in France a year... And 90 million French tourists a year. How to say you we don't need your for our revenue. Sorry for your bad experience tho.

They import their behavior in my country (Belgium)😢

It's been 15 years here in France and the anxiety never goes away haha :c

Omg totally the same experience they are soooo rude and not welcoming at all 😮‍💨I am soo excited to finish my master and leave ! Period

I lived there for 3 years. Always the same -- plain rude.

Or maybe you’re just not fitting in

Exactly

Oh well. One less generalizing Anglo amongst us.

​@@Alex_G-ex1qdInstead of being defensive and typically arrogant about the billions tourists who spend in your country, why don't you socialize better?

Kindness is not part of their culture. Period ! I’m feeling such a relief that I am not the only one who think that they are sooo rude like it’s crazy !

Rude, judgemental, snobby France is overrated

I have had some similar experiences as well! 😢

I feel like you over treated horrifically. Awful customer service, awful person who did it. However, was in Paris a year ago last October and I was treated very kindly by every stranger I spoke with.

Good to see that kindness is not in our culture when it's daily... Generalisation bro. And you want us to be nice with strangers with that ? Between the rude and imperial attitude of tourist and the generalisation on internet that we are not helpful and nice while I tried my best to help tourist who DON'T speak French... Sorry, but just let us live and forget us ?

What she called "yelling" is probably not even yelling lol

In French, the equivalent for "The customer is always right" is "The customer is king". Thing is, the French aren't exactly above sending their kings to the guillotine when they misbehave. But yes, a lot of behaviours that North Americans think are perfectly fine when dealing with service personnel would be considered rude or insulting in other countries.

That’s a whole different thing. She wasn’t expecting the employee to tolerate rude behavior on her part or to say she was right. She wasn’t the problem.

Nope same customer service applies in South Korea and Japan! The customer is important! Actually in many cases they have even better customer service than USA/Canada.

@@zabryant01 yeah so true this thing is just an excuse french use to make themselves feel better about having a ghetto country

😅😅😅 sounds about french.

You nailed it. Many French are nitpicky when it comes to others' behavior but 100% blind and deaf when it comes to their own...

LOLZ ... try going to China where they push you out of their way to grab food, spit on the floor, or India where rape is a national sport ... but the French are rude. Wake up.

Everyone knows that US tourists are assaulted, stolen, when they come in France, people spit on them, cut them in pieces and throw their bodies in the sewers. This "rude French" or "French hate US" thing is an US invention and is nothing but a pile of B.S. It's called cultural differences. Most of the French are more reserved than loud Anglosaxons who shout and yell every 5 minutes for anything, but are probably more open minded than many other nationalities. As someone living in the Paris area, i've often tried in the past to communicate in English with foreign tourists, whom English speaking tourists. The impression was that i bothered them more than anything else. Like in any major world capitals, a lot of people deal with harsh daily life problems, and are stressed. Go in NYC or London, and enjoy. Individual people and crowds are 2 different things, when one take the time to communicate. The French are rude, for sure. It's probably why France is still the most visited country in the world, with about 90 million tourists each year. Maybe that the ones who come here are all masochistics, i guess. US streets full of degenerate weirdos everywhere are probably better, for sure. This problem with the French in the US has much deeper reasons. US have zero history, immigrants from Europe, for the most. It's why they constantly need to spread their vomit on other nationalities, to compensate their inferiority complex. In addition, it would be better to avoid to give lessons to others, from a place where mass shootings are the national sport. I really think that a lot of people in US should definitively try to cure their problem with the French in good mental institutions. And if you don't like France, no one is forcing you to come there. Stay in your holes, you will feel better, and so did we. Boring in the long run.

Yes, because everyone is kind in US, for sure, with streets full of degenerate weirdos everywhere, and cops who act like prilmitive pigs with foreign tourists. A lot of liars on this topic. I really think that Anglo US audience should definitively try to fix their problem with the French in good mental institutions. Boring in the long run.

May it work. From others I just read that they had to respond in kind to get what they wanted. Some people aren't dicks to you because they are unhappy but because they think they think you're easy prey. If kindness doesn't work, I'll try rudeness, and if this works because the guy statrs taking me seriously, I know that this is the right way to deal with such people and learn more French swair words.😎

But you catch the most flies with garbage - LOLOLOLOL

No one in France is "doing their job". They are lazy, beyond measure, and work at 40% capacity, for a human.

Hmm … your name is Karen right ? Just kidding 😉

How many freedom fries did you eat back in the day, Karen?

People in the South don't like Parisians either. I live here.

sounds like: "We don't have any of your English beverages"

Incredible I got the same experience in the US, I've been asking for a "café gourmand" and they told me they hadn't that. But then I asked if I could have little deserts with my coffee and they did it! That's exactly what a café gourmand is! Americans are so rude to ignore things from my local place! 😛

@@Clery75019 French people always think theyre being so cheeky and smart with these kind of responses.. get over it. Yall are rude and everyone knows it not just Americans.

Respectfully, that is absolutely no excuse. Every American who’s ever had a job has started at minimum wage with absolutely no health benefits. And remember, our healthcare is not free here. Because employers are required to provide healthcare options for full-time staff, most entry level jobs are part time. So you’re under paid with no ability to move up. And that includes every server and every store clerk you run into. There is simply no excuse in the universe to be hateful to someone you don’t know. It’s actually considered morally wrong by most people in the world. It’s pure narcissism actually.

That, and the fact that no one forces them to do a job they don't like.

@@fluffymajestic8656 They are not hateful, they are exploited and pissed. To avoid an interaction to be polluted by egocentrism it takes everyone involved to care about the others. Yes all tourists deserve to be welcomed and should enjoy an excellent time with friendly people pleasing them... but if these tourists don't give an F about what these people endure, and call them narcissistic they can go "se faire foutre". Dearly.

@@Florence3121 Well it could be argued that living around Paris (and inner city is even worse...) isn't an economical dream, and that for most people there's a lot of pressure to take and keep wathever job may help. As I said, they leave as soon as they can, best ones first. Losing best elements is human ressource's management at its worst, and it shows.

@@Bloodysugar you missed the point. Everybody is exploited and pissed at some point in their working career. That’s just part of the free market. It sounds like these people were perfectly respectful and polite, but this guy just started screaming at them. There’s no excuse for that. It’s funny that you appear to think the whole world has to care about someone in order for them to be polite. In America, we would call a person who thought that way a douche. Yes, we know that’s a French word. And we also know it’s American connotations are lost on your entire country lol. (Just a joke mate, I know their are nice French people).

This sounds awful… I’m sorry that happened !

This "lady" needs to be fired because she's as useful as a broken clock.

@@Ariellelaparisienne This sound invented!!

So true

Universal Law of Attraction

@user-mc6yj6sm3j If you say so, dear Elliott 🙂 I would very rude if I contradicted you 🙂

I'm sorry there are so many jerks out there that you have to just get used to being treated rudely. That is unacceptable!!!

When people are rude at you for having health issues. Just start crying. That gets them. Do it even if you have to fake it. People need to relearn compassion. When I found out I have breast cancer now. I cried alot to people over the phone demanding that I pay ahead of time for medical procedures that I didn't have the money for all at once upfront. And we're telling me that I couldn't have my double mastectomy unless I paid. That was a lie. As soon as I started crying and losing it over the phone. Boy, did their tune change. And no, I didn't have to prepay. And I just had my double on this last Tuesday. So use the water works. Turn the tables on the rude ones.

The rudest ,meanest people ever were French Canadians in Quebec

Ah ok so glad you had a positive experience when you visited ! ☺️

Might be because rude employees are soon ex- employees there. 😎

Same but they represent Disney. I took my daughter to Spain on the transfer a young man told me to educate my 5 yr old to be quiet I was so upset he was showing off in front of his he and friends. I was a single mum with my happy child 1st time on a plane on a sunny holiday she was just happy and giggling not crying but yeah shame on the French!!

@mollyjones4746 You should've told him to mind his own business and that your daughter is not hurting anyone.

Most of these polls are done by Americans or the Brits.

vos propos illustrent de façon parfaite pourquoi certains Américains, de par leur attitude ne sont pas appréciés en France. A titre personnel je me passe parfaitement de leur présence.

@@denisscheffmann9240 The French will write in French so others can't understand. Especially when it is addressed to someone who has stated he doesn't speak French. This is the height of rudeness and why many don't want to deal with the French.

@@harlanabraham7772 Were you among the Anglos pretending to 'Pray For Paris' back in the day?

​@@denisscheffmann9240Je n'aurais pas mieux dit ! Ce comportement est tellement méprisant et insultant envers l'histoire du Québec qui est marquée par la volonté de préservation de la langue français face à la supériorité numérique des Anglais...Cela dit, les touristes anglais sont infiniment plus courtois et respectueux, ils essaient toujours de parler français lorsqu'ils voyagent en pays francophone.

You just put into words this little contradiction I sensed in many French people. I always said I admired the french because they fight for their rights and usually complain when they are being used in some way by the system....but yeah, at the same time, that indignation seems to not based on a real humanity. I'm portuguese and I've met many many europeans from all over during my travels....and even the nicer french people seem to have a bit of 'wall'. One thing I notice is french people on average are closed-off to what happens in other places. They may find something cool about, the US, for example...but in practice....even amongst europeans, they were the most closed off I met. Even trumping many nords lol But I'm sure if I spent more time in France for a season I'd find plent of open people too.

Oh this hit me so much. I thought i was the only one to feel it and for 20 years now. I felt understood when i read your comment. Thank you

Broke, no jobs, falling behind country and they have the nerve to be so arrogant about their craphole

@@icecreamisgoodtbh So what crap hole do you come from.

❤

I'm French and it happened to me I don't know how many times. It seems these people working at the RATP are always frustrated and don't enjoy working there !

Is exactly that. I have been living in Paris for the last 20 years and for 6 years I worked in tourism in Versailles, and I realized how rude some tourists can be. I was always glad to help, but people was always giving orders and not even saying hello (bonjour and merci is the basis!). So I started being rude too (rude Parisian style) 😂. Now I still glad to help people (I’m a lawyer now) but sometimes, we, parisians, we are just running out late for a meeting, for work, and the tourist are not moving in the metro, or even blocking it or are trying to ask for directions to people…guys we are not always available to help you 😂 and of course, not all French speak foreign languages too and that is a problem too.

⁠@@nela277 this is insightful. So it sounds like you can get typical rude Americans and they can spoil the experience. It probably also feels herding cattle with entitles Americans. It would probably be hard not to see them in a certain light. So long as this isn’t the French experience as a whole, I guess I shouldn’t be too worried? I’m learning French because I plan to move out and of America one day, and I sometimes get discouraged because I don’t want to move to France if I’m going to be treated badly

They do the same in London, however there is no need to be rude.

​​@@jokerjovies5806my best advice would be to avoid Paris if you decide to move here. Honestly as a french person myself, I would warned you that Paris is like super expensive to live in! Transportation and housing are like double compared to some other big cities. Maybe try Annecy, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Avignon, etc, smaller cities than Paris, but with still some tourism will probably help, I live in one of these cities myself and most people in service here (especially young people) will be able to answer you if you need to use English to ask something. Another advice, even if your french is not perfect, saying Bonjour every time you enter a shop or want to address someone is SUPER important and will go a long way to avoid rudeness in return.( I'm saying this because a lot of Americans tourists tend to just put their purchases in front of me without even an hello and when I say Bonjour to them they answer with "How much?"😅)

yet nobody complains about this in any other city interesting

Ah that is so great ! I’m glad your experience was so positive 😊

Maybe you were Looking rich. Thier behaviour change immediatly at the moment they see they can take benefit from you😂

Everyone knows that US tourists are assaulted, stolen, when they come in France, people spit on them, cut them in pieces and throw their bodies in the sewers. This "rude French" or "French hate US" thing is an US invention and is nothing but a pile of B.S. It's called cultural differences. Most of the French are more reserved than loud Anglosaxons who shout and yell every 5 minutes for anything, but are probably more open minded than many other nationalities. As someone living in the Paris area, i've often tried in the past to communicate in English with foreign tourists, whom English speaking tourists. The impression was that i bothered them more than anything else. Like in any major world capitals, a lot of people deal with harsh daily life problems, and are stressed. Go in NYC or London, and enjoy. Individual people and crowds are 2 different things, when one take the time to communicate. The French are rude, for sure. It's probably why France is still the most visited country in the world, with about 90 million tourists each year. Maybe that the ones who come here are all masochistics, i guess. US streets full of degenerate weirdos everywhere are probably better, for sure. This problem with the French in the US has much deeper reasons. US have zero history, immigrants from Europe, for the most. It's why they constantly need to spread their vomit on other nationalities, to compensate their inferiority complex. In addition, it would be better to avoid to give lessons to others, from a place where mass shootings are the national sport. I really think that a lot of people in US should definitively try to cure their problem with the French in good mental institutions. And if you don't like France, no one is forcing you to come there. Stay in your holes, you will feel better, and so did we. Boring in the long run.

Narrow it down, what ethnicity was he/she???

Totally mean to ask your friends what was wrong with you! For a 13 year old in a foreign place that must have been upsetting and totally unnecessary for him to speak to you that way, even if you were 13.

@@juliaorpheus He didn’t know I wasn’t German, also I was being a shitbag so I kinda deserved it 😂

Everyone knows that foreign tourists, particularly from US, are assaulted, stolen, when they come in France, people spit on them, cut them in pieces and throw their bodies in the sewers. This "rude French" or "French hate US" thing is an US invention and is nothing but a pile of B.S. It's called cultural differences. Most of the French are more reserved than loud Anglosaxons who shout and yell every 5 minutes for anything, but are probably more open minded than many other nationalities. As someone living in the Paris area, i've often tried in the past to communicate in English with foreign tourists, whom English speaking tourists. The impression was that i bothered them more than anything else. Like in any major world capitals, a lot of people deal with harsh daily life problems, and are stressed. Go in NYC or London, and enjoy. Individual people and crowds are 2 different things, when one take the time to communicate. The French are rude, for sure. It's probably why France is still the most visited country in the world, with about 90 million tourists each year. Maybe that the ones who come here are all masochistics, i guess. US streets full of degenerate weirdos everywhere are probably better, for sure. This problem with the French in the US has much deeper reasons. US have zero history, immigrants from Europe, for the most. It's why they constantly need to spread their vomit on other nationalities, to compensate their inferiority complex. In addition, it would be better to avoid to give lessons to others, from a place where mass shootings are the national sport. I really think that a lot of people in US should definitively try to cure their problem with the French in good mental institutions. And if you don't like France, no one is forcing you to come there. Stay in your holes, you will feel better, and so did we. Boring in the long run.

Ah im so glad you had a good experience that’s so good to hear

Everyone knows that US tourists are assaulted, stolen, when they come in France, people spit on them, cut them in pieces and throw their bodies in the sewers. This "rude French" or "French hate US" thing is an US invention and is nothing but a pile of B.S. It's called cultural differences. Most of the French are more reserved than loud Anglosaxons who shout and yell every 5 minutes for anything, but are probably more open minded than many other nationalities. As someone living in the Paris area, i've often tried in the past to communicate in English with foreign tourists, whom English speaking tourists. The impression was that i bothered them more than anything else. Like in any major world capitals, a lot of people deal with harsh daily life problems, and are stressed. Go in NYC or London, and enjoy. Individual people and crowds are 2 different things, when one take the time to communicate. The French are rude, for sure. It's probably why France is still the most visited country in the world, with about 90 million tourists each year. Maybe that the ones who come here are all masochistics, i guess. US streets full of degenerate weirdos everywhere are probably better, for sure. This problem with the French in the US has much deeper reasons. US have zero history, immigrants from Europe, for the most. It's why they constantly need to spread their vomit on other nationalities, to compensate their inferiority complex. In addition, it would be better to avoid to give lessons to others, from a place where mass shootings are the national sport. I really think that a lot of people in US should definitively try to cure their problem with the French in good mental institutions. And if you don't like France, no one is forcing you to come there. Stay in your holes, you will feel better, and so did we. Boring in the long run.

This is a super interesting comment ! It is really true that people are less enthused about work in France… actually it’s the main reason I moved here, because I love their “joie de vivre”. But I guess in some cases it leads to people who really are completely fed up with their job

You guys like cheese and wine only

There's absolutely NO EXCUSE on this earth for yelling at someone in public. ESPECIALLY at visitors to your country. I lived in the UK for 40 years and NEVER saw it once. I have visited the US several times. I lived in Rome for 5 years. I never witnessed aggressive public service and especially YELLING. I have lived in Paris for several years and have seen it many times. Stop making excuses for them. Stop enabling them. It only gets worse when people enable them 🤦🏻‍♀️

Whats disgusting exactly ?

So gtfo of our country.

Just terrible. They obviously are just money hungry.

Why on earth did you tip either one of them? First, who tips for bad or rude service? Secondly, and moreover, in Europe -- and most of the world -- tips are already included in the price you pay on your bill. Americans never get that, and stupidly double tip.

@@neresq- We tipped our service - the silverware snatcher warmed up to us, and was attentive to us, and the waiter at the restaurant near the Louvre treated us good, and wasn't rude to us. Perhaps their behavior is because you and other Parisians don't tip the waitstaff, and they know ahead of time they'll have to put up with ungrateful people. By your comment, I think you're probably as rude to the waitstaff as you were to me.

@@pallasvititoe6404 right on! I was going to say the same thing.

@@pallasvititoe6404 I live in France and, yes, Service charge is included in Restaurant bills. That said, waiting staff are people, if we have great Service we tip them as a Courtesy which is 1) Appreciated and 2) Ensures great Service whenever we return to that Restaurant 😂

Thats super good to heat I’m so glad !

Exactement !

En plus ils vont a paris donc en meme temps... a quoi ils s'attendent?

Tout le monde est politiquement correct avec tout le monde sauf nous. C'est dégoûtant.

Like the idiots who generalize? Apartheid was born in France?

Now thats rude. 🔼

Is stupidity classically American?

​@@pierren___But acturate.

I hope they didn't spit on you. This whole thing reeks of lies.

As someone living in the Paris area, i've often tried in the past to communicate in English with US tourists. The impression was that i bothered them more than anything else.

Pouvez-vous comprendre que les Américains (des USA) sont en général perçus comme des personnes arrogantes, malpolies, exubérantes et quelque peu hystériques.

Everyone knows that US tourists are assaulted, stolen, when they come in France, people spit on them, cut them in pieces and throw their bodies in the sewers. This "rude French" or "French hate US" thing is an US invention and is nothing but a pile of B.S. It's called cultural differences. Most of the French are more reserved than loud Anglosaxons who shout and yell every 5 minutes for anything, but are probably more open minded than many other nationalities. As someone living in the Paris area, i've often tried in the past to communicate in English with foreign tourists, whom English speaking tourists. The impression was that i bothered them more than anything else. Like in any major world capitals, a lot of people deal with harsh daily life problems, and are stressed. Go in NYC or London, and enjoy. Individual people and crowds are 2 different things, when one take the time to communicate. The French are rude, for sure. It's probably why France is still the most visited country in the world, with about 90 million tourists each year. Maybe that the ones who come here are all masochistics, i guess. US streets full of degenerate weirdos everywhere are probably better, for sure. This problem with the French in the US has much deeper reasons. US have zero history, immigrants from Europe, for the most. It's why they constantly need to spread their vomit on other nationalities, to compensate their inferiority complex. In addition, it would be better to avoid to give lessons to others, from a place where mass shootings are the national sport. I really think that a lot of people in US should definitively try to cure their problem with the French in good mental institutions. And if you don't like France, no one is forcing you to come there. Stay in your holes, you will feel better, and so did we. Boring in the long run.

Are mass shootings considered rude in the US ?

@@OTTOMATT-me9cp to me they are