'Paris Syndrome' leaves tourists in shock
It made me LOL, I dunno. Fascinating, at least. Now I have a reason never to go to France. Or anywhere in Europe south, west or east of Germany. Crazy, crazy, rude people.
I won't go to Germany either.
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French so rude, they drive the Japanese crazy
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French so rude, they drive the Japanese crazy
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I guess i sort of experienced something like this...though sort of the opposite. when i visited france bout 4years ago i remember myself, and everyone i was with, became quieter and more reserved, more "french" if you dare say, and when we were eating in a restaurant there was some loud obnoxious american kid who i couldnt help but hate cause he was being so loud and annoying lol.
if you ever go to europe i'd go to Provence or the more rural places. everyone we met in provence (southern france) were very friendly and nice. plus the weather was a lot better than in paris.
if you ever go to europe i'd go to Provence or the more rural places. everyone we met in provence (southern france) were very friendly and nice. plus the weather was a lot better than in paris.
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Well, it's true, Europeans just don't look friendly. They mostly look gruff all the time. Like me. I always frown. Especially when I'm on a bus or train. Or in a shop. Or in public anywhere. If I didn't frown people could start liking me, oh, the horror....
About restaurants, well, people don't usually make a lot of noise in a restaurant, but they do in pubs. And on streets. I know it comes as a shock to asian in particular, because they like to make tons of noise when they are eating. And not just out of their asses. From everywhere.
This is a stupid post. I don't live in France. (I live in Germany, though, and if you're ever in doubt about coming here, think about the beer. Should be enough of an incentive.)
About restaurants, well, people don't usually make a lot of noise in a restaurant, but they do in pubs. And on streets. I know it comes as a shock to asian in particular, because they like to make tons of noise when they are eating. And not just out of their asses. From everywhere.
This is a stupid post. I don't live in France. (I live in Germany, though, and if you're ever in doubt about coming here, think about the beer. Should be enough of an incentive.)
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Me and a friend that went to france not to long ago. Over here in quebec we speak french for the most part, and its a kinda different french then Frances's but not by much mind you.
So anyways, my friend and me didn't really have the whole tourist attitude, mostly because my friend had been here before, but even when we clearly spoke french in a polite manner most french people we spoke to where going "quoi?".
Like this coner store we went to, me i wanted some gum and my friend wanted a pack of smokes, so in his "quebec french" my friend asked: "Est-ce que je pourais avoir un packet de gome pi des cigarettes". Wich translates to: Could i have some gum and a pack of cigarettes. The look of confusion in the clerks face as he expressed his inability to understand our demand because of our accent kinda pissed us off. I mean whats so hard about that phrase and its not like a Quebec accent deforms the phrase. My friend proceeded to enunciate like you would to some one retarded we then got what we wanted.
But thats not the worst same thing happened at a cafe we went to took the damn waiter 15 minutes to understand what the fuck we wanted to eat... he then started complaining to his manager... we could all hear him and it wasn't like we didn't understand. Calling us tourist american shit, so naturally we went over and in our french we calling him an fucking asshole.
The french really don't make a single effort to either understand other people from other countrys or try and be polite. They expect every one to speak and or have the same attitude as them.
So anyways, my friend and me didn't really have the whole tourist attitude, mostly because my friend had been here before, but even when we clearly spoke french in a polite manner most french people we spoke to where going "quoi?".
Like this coner store we went to, me i wanted some gum and my friend wanted a pack of smokes, so in his "quebec french" my friend asked: "Est-ce que je pourais avoir un packet de gome pi des cigarettes". Wich translates to: Could i have some gum and a pack of cigarettes. The look of confusion in the clerks face as he expressed his inability to understand our demand because of our accent kinda pissed us off. I mean whats so hard about that phrase and its not like a Quebec accent deforms the phrase. My friend proceeded to enunciate like you would to some one retarded we then got what we wanted.
But thats not the worst same thing happened at a cafe we went to took the damn waiter 15 minutes to understand what the fuck we wanted to eat... he then started complaining to his manager... we could all hear him and it wasn't like we didn't understand. Calling us tourist american shit, so naturally we went over and in our french we calling him an fucking asshole.
The french really don't make a single effort to either understand other people from other countrys or try and be polite. They expect every one to speak and or have the same attitude as them.
Shit this thread is slowly going to hell. I want my part.
You don't say "gomme" in french, that's why the guy was probably confused. French use a lot of english words, to the dislike of people from Quebec, chewing-gum and gomme being an example of it.
Quebec accent is also pretty heavy. Hell, I even have a hard times understanding some people from South France. So it's no surprise that it could be confused.
Still it doesn't justify the crappy attitude, but again it's Paris. Go away from it and you will run into nice people, like everywhere else. I mean, have you ever been to a restaurant or a bar in NYC?
You don't say "gomme" in french, that's why the guy was probably confused. French use a lot of english words, to the dislike of people from Quebec, chewing-gum and gomme being an example of it.
Quebec accent is also pretty heavy. Hell, I even have a hard times understanding some people from South France. So it's no surprise that it could be confused.
Still it doesn't justify the crappy attitude, but again it's Paris. Go away from it and you will run into nice people, like everywhere else. I mean, have you ever been to a restaurant or a bar in NYC?
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LoL I guess Japanese tourists that come to Balkan commite suicide then.
Well, if that story is true it's certanly hard to believe that something as awesome as Berserk comes from Japan. I dare them to visit Belgrade.
Why? In Belgrade traffic is horrible as in any other city, but people are friendly. In Croatia you have some of the most beautiful beaches. Balkan's great... Russia is great... Turkey is great... The French, German and all northern Europe is not that friendly, but as you go south you find a lots of friendly people, like in Italy or south of France and so on... In other words all northern Europe countries are a bit cold and not so friendly.
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Nah never been. But enligthen me for when i do go.Albator wrote:Shit this thread is slowly going to hell. I want my part.
You don't say "gomme" in french, that's why the guy was probably confused. French use a lot of english words, to the dislike of people from Quebec, chewing-gum and gomme being an example of it.
Quebec accent is also pretty heavy. Hell, I even have a hard times understanding some people from South France. So it's no surprise that it could be confused.
Still it doesn't justify the crappy attitude, but again it's Paris. Go away from it and you will run into nice people, like everywhere else. I mean, have you ever been to a restaurant or a bar in NYC?
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I guess it written right after "women" implied wrongly 
I'm a bit late in this, but I like to mention that the French are complete douchebags.
However, don't let that fact put you off. Paris (hell, France in general) is absolutely breathtaking. It has the finest architecture I've seen, and the arts throughout the city is fucking awesome. Just pretend to be deaf when you go to France, and don't talk to anyone there. People there are fucking douchebags. Except for those who depend on tourists to survive, like some of the hotel staff. They don't bite the hand that feeds.
However, don't let that fact put you off. Paris (hell, France in general) is absolutely breathtaking. It has the finest architecture I've seen, and the arts throughout the city is fucking awesome. Just pretend to be deaf when you go to France, and don't talk to anyone there. People there are fucking douchebags. Except for those who depend on tourists to survive, like some of the hotel staff. They don't bite the hand that feeds.
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What the hell am i supposed to post? Only thing in this topic was how much everyone loved other parts of europe and how northern europe has mean people. That isn't even part of the topic in the first place. So what I said wasn't spam, I was just one of the few people on topic. You even spamed before me with your 9000 crap so dont' tell me not to post.Albator wrote:Go spam somewhere else. Uncalled bump, useless post, zero content.Malvado wrote:Bump!
I want to go to france now.
