"French People Are Rude!"

[ekumunng]

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@hareem01

Is there any truth to this statement? I keep hearing this from various people (from different nationalities) but I find it hard to believe. I’ve been to Paris and had no bad experience with the locals but that was a short stay and was almost 12 years ago. So, anyone recently went to Paris? Was it bad? Would you consider moving to Paris?

I lived there for few years and I’m going back there again next week for another 7/8 months. I don’t find them rude, they are busy with their lives. They don’t have the concept of gap/shap like Spanish or Italians have, that doesn’t make them bad. Language is an issue (as it will be for any other place on earth) but they tend to keep to themselves which I like.

I’ve been to many places/countries and found the same.

[Sady]

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I think they’re not so friendly with tourists if the tourists dont speak French. Some can be rude but mostly unfriendly. Some completely ignore you as if they did not hear you when you try to talk to them. It can get difficult if you’re lost. Dont expect any help from the locals unless you’re lucky enough to meet an expat who speaks English. So try not to lose your way in the first place.

[Humaira_Noor]

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@Sady

I think they’re not so friendly with tourists if the tourists dont speak French. Some can be rude but mostly unfriendly. Some completely ignore you as if they did not hear you when you try to talk to them. It can get difficult if you’re lost. Dont expect any help from the locals unless you’re lucky enough to meet an expat who speaks English. So try not to lose your way in the first place.

Ohhhhhhhh…

[shaasavera]

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@Humaira_Noor

Ohhhhhhhh…

Matlab agar koi Lahore aaye aur usko Urdu aur Punjabi aati ho aur koi aur aaye jis ko Urdu aur Punjabi nahi aati. Aap kis ko zyaada pasand karengi? French log bhi aise sochte honge

[Deeba1234]

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I think thay have a reputation for being a bit stand-offish (as in they mind their own business, don’t chat to strangers much).. Of course people say that about Londoners as well..

I don’t find them outright rude though..

[KKF]

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yes…i’ve a personal story to back it up.

i had arrived in Paris early in the morning from India. it was my first ever visit to any foreign land. i had to go to my hotel to spend a day there as my next flight to Canada was on the following day.

at the airport, i asked at least 15 people how to get transportation to the city centre bus terminal where from i was supposed to take a taxi to the hotel. no one even bothered to stop and help me.

my sin was that i did NOT speak French and my English was ‘masha Allah’ too at that time.

finally, one British guy, who spoke English of course, stopped and helped me like a gentleman…he took me to the pier from where i was to catch my bus. i thanked him but NOT the French folks who did NOT help me.

btw, i was supposed to go to MAYUR terminal…i pronounced it as it is spelled - Ma-Yoor! The British guy, my messiah, my savior, told me talk it is pronounced as Mayo terminal.

[KKF]

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@Deeba1234

I think thay have a reputation for being a bit stand-offish (as in they mind their own business, don’t chat to strangers much).. Of course people say that about Londoners as well..

I don’t find them outright rude though..

probably…

maiN to itnaa ‘friendly’ huN k jo ajnabii mujh se bat nahiiN karte maiN un se bhii baateN kartaa huN…bhale vo laakh muNh banaayeN!