I think Paris has changed a lot. Never experienced rudeness there and I don't speak any French. French folks I know have also commented on this, something like the younger generation speaks much more English and is more worldly and friendly than previous generations.
Honestly I’m Australian living in Paris and have only had a few negative experiences. The pickpockets are everywhere though. It’s true French people kinda see parisians as seperate haha. I experienced way worse attitude my month in Italy, 5 months in Turkey and my month in Poland was particularly bad. The Polish are horrible
I always find this odd. I've traveled through a few places in France and found people in Paris to be the nicest. Only time I experienced the "rude Frenchman" stereotype was in Marseille and Cannes
It's honestly not even that bad in paris. It helps if you know basic enough French to try to order something. If I worked at a busy restaurant or coffee shop I'd be annoyed if someone came in and only spoke Chinese with no effort to speak in English.
This is where Americans fall over from what I've seen. When talking to a server, they tend to just demand what they want, with no hello/bonjour, and French servers often aren't afraid of showing offense to that.
When I've been to France, I've always greeted them first and they've always been polite and friendly in return. Also, one of my favourite memories of getting served in France is when I tried to use my limited understanding of French to buy something, and he replied in English, so we both carried on speaking each other's language.
I just got back from Paris. Spoke english with most of them and the ones that couldn't, we figured it out the best we could. The only rude person was transit authority, watch out for them
The only rude person was transit authority, watch out for them
Rent-a-cops are a plague wherever you look, mostly because the only people applying for this kind of job are the ones who can't pass the police test, and even police has very low hiring standards these days which means the ones who end up at transit authorities tend to be people who make r/wallstreetbets apes look like Albert Einstein
Asian who's been to France twice with A2 French, my experience in Paris was different. They were extremely friendly, even inviting me to their table or giving me free shots (different times).
This is extremely untrue. I'm like A2/B1 in French and my wife is probably A1 at best. People are very friendly and meet you on your level most of the time. Maybe it's a you problem.
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u/FI_by_45 9h ago
You haven’t been to France