FRENCH CULTURE SHOCKS | 10 random first impressions | Kiwi expat in France (French subtitles)
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Why ARE there so many pharmacies in France? What's up with their detached shower heads? This video explores 10 random French culture shocks or remarkable features about life in France. And no, it's not the clichés about French people smoking and dog poo in the street - it's the lesser known cultural differences between France and New Zealand, which I am sure are also shared amongst many expats in France.
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VIDEO GUIDE:
1. Level of education in France: "00:42"
2. French rules around food: "02:18"
3. Square pillows and funny shower heads: "04:03"
4. La Bise: "05:50"
5. The ridiculous amount of pharmacies: "06:53"
6. Different approach to time: "07:48"
7. Lack of sports/gym culture: "09:32"
8. The French hate to wait "10:41"
9. Accepting/giving compliments: "12:18"
10. Socialising in Paris: "13:21"
The definition of a culture shock is the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone when they are suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes.
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Ahah... en fait pour répondre à ta question. Si on ferme l'eau par moment c'est pour ne pas gaspiller l'eau: quand j'utilise le savon il est inutile que l'eau coule.. je la rallume pour me rincer..
Bonsoir !
CQFD ! Merci !
aussi on a des pommeaux de douche décrochables pare qu'on éteind l'eau pour mettre le savon et pas l'inverse
Merci!
tout simplement.
Merci, quelqu'un qui a compris! 😅
Moi ce qui me choque justement c'est les pommeaux de douches fixe XD tu reçois l'eau au dessus de toi en pleine figure ! C'est tellement plus pratique de pouvoir le prendre et le bouger comme tu veux !
That's so true. When it's fixed you can't really shower properly I think.
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Julie 57 Le pommeau de douche fixe c'est l'horreur! Surtout pour se laver les parties intimes. Comment tu te laves les fesses avec un jet d'eau qui tombe du plafond? C'est impossible aussi de nettoyer correctement sa douche sans le pommeau parce que tu ne peux pas rincer la baignoire par exemple alors les baignoires ne sont pas toujours aussi clean qu'en France. Dans les constructions recentes on voit de plus en plus de douches- telephones quand meme.
Il existe des pommeaux qui s’accroche au mur de la douche mais que tu peux prendre dans ta main aussi, on appelle ça une douche téléphone ici au Québec. c’est ce que les gens utilisent au Canada et aux États Unis en grande majorité. Ça m’étonne toujours de voir des choses si simples qui sont utilisés depuis des décennies chez nous et qui n’ont toujours pas traversé l’Atlantique.
Caroline Albert Aux etats-unis à ma connaissance les pommeaux sont fixés au mur. En france en revanche il y a des douches telephones qu'on peut aussi bien utiliser mobiles qu'accrochées à la barre.
La base:
tu éteins les lumières quand tu n’es pas dans la pièce
Tu éteins la télévision quand tu n’es pas dans la pièce
Tu éteins l’eaux quand tu ne t’en sers pas
Tu vérifies tes accords et tes conjugaisons quand tu n'es pas certain.
@@alfreddelatourquipenche8287 vous voyez ?
@@alfreddelatourquipenche8287 😂😂😂
Apparemment, tu éteins aussi la grammaire et l’orthographe, quand tu ne t’en sers pas...
@@lebidule tu fermes ta bouche pour ne pas faire chier notre cher ami john
Because you have to hug the pillow! It's the best feeling in the world.
We don't hug people, we hug pillows ;)
awwwww
L’eau n’est pas gratuite, certains foyers ont des ballons d’eau chaude d’un certain volume, d’autre l’ont au gaz et le gaz coûte un bras. Aussi, c’est un geste pour la planète que l’ont nous a inculqué nos parents et professeurs dès notre plus jeune âge, ça fait partit de notre éducation.
@@NotEvenFrench yo boyfriend serious, ya.
Of course you should stop the water when you put soap/shampoo, otherwise you're just waisting water (and your money) through the evacuation system.
Nice video BTW!
lol in canada the water is free so people dont to that !
It has nothing to do with wasting money. Its about the environment
Lol i know its was just a fact ! I know its stupid to do that but when money is not involve people dont care and thats sad
Zied Zayani yea, they just basically ensure that their body is thoroughly rinsed before stopping the water to soap and scrub before rinsing the soap away to avoid water wastage. I like that.
Zied Zayani tu c’est pas
Since I'm French, I feel like it should be useful for you that I correct or to add a few comments on what you said
2. We don't eat nachos with knives and forks, this is just ridiculous xD
Pizzas and burgers sometimes, it depends in what kind of restaurant or who you're eating with
As for the bread, a fly may have landed on your plate as well. I mean, everybody washes their table before they eat, or put an cloth on it, so I really don't see the problem. Saying that the bread plate is a level over what we do is kind of condescend.
3. I've never slept on suge a huge pillow, and don't know anybody who does so. Maybe you can find huge pillows like that, but also smaller that are squared or rectangle-formed.
The attachment has nothing to do with modern, either the person wants to install it or not, it also depends on if they own their house or not. And I find the fact that the shower are detached much more practical when it comes to wash you feets, legs, intimate parts...
People stop their showers most of the time because they're using their soap at that moment, they don't need water, it's better for the environment. We also don't let the water run while we wash our teeth.
4. The bise is not really about kissing people, you just put your cheeks on someone else's and make the noise, but there are no real kisses involved
5. If you doctor gave you 8 medications for a cold just change it, this is also ridiculous xD
6. What you said about the work days is kind of true, but I also think you can only apply on big cities.
7. Ok when someone says he did some sport because he walked up the stairs or went shopping, he's obviously joking, French humour is really special, you'll have to get used to it
8. I have nothing to say about this one, this is absolutely true xD (but you usely don't wait 5 or 10 minutes, much more)
Je n'aurais pas mieux dit ! ;)
For the 8th point I would said that it happens more in big cities, at least in Paris, because we just spend all our day waiting for something. Queues, transports, bank, administrative stuff wich can take your entire day,... And when it comes to live that way every day you get annoyed very fast. It's kind of hard.
Je pense qu'on est pardonnable sur ce point parce que tout est fait pour qu'on passe notre vie à attendre bien qu'on ait mille autres choses à faire.
TheSchwerelos 🙏🏼
3. About pillow there is a reason why bis/squared pillow exist (even if I have rarelly seen a big like that one), with big pillow you can just fold them (as I do) to have a higher position for your head and a stronger pillow (more compression inside when it's folden). It depends on how everyone like to sleep... enjoy that link to know more
www.direct-matelas.fr/blog/accessoires-literie/la-petite-histoire-de-loreiller/
5. Doctors can purpose you "many" madication. But it's your choice to buy all of them. When a doctor purposes medications you can be refund on some of them by the social security, if he does not purpose them you are not refund. It's the main reason i think.
7. French humour is really hard to understand for non-french, do not take everything as a fact.
8. Guilty ... I am one of that french who hate to wait, most of time if i have to wait more than 5 min i just leave then come back later. There is better things to do during those 5 min :)
france24,
To be honest, I'm Polish and I feel like that this things which are shocking for you can apply to almost all countries in Europe:) I do really most of them :) and we turn off the water in the shower because we just save water! :D
In Germany it's done the way.
It just makes no sense to let the water run while you are applying soap or brushing your teeth.
America should really start doing that with the showers. I never thought about doing that but now I will!
@Bas Boone they said ALMOST all. As an Australian that's been to quite a few European countries - they're quite similar really despite the differences. They're all nothing like Australia lol
for the shower it's because in France taking a shower is super expensive, so we save. When you rub yourself, you cut the water and when you finish you put the water back😂😂
@@JaIch9999 Exactly
I mean my shower is attached and I stop the water while putting champoo and soap. You don't need the water running while using them, you'd be just wasting water and the water would wash them away before they properly clean you.
no bread plate because the table is supposed to be clean! 😂🍞
But how do you deal with the crumbs ? It's the only reason to I use a bread plat ;)
@@celiarichard2589 We wash the table before and after eating
You make me laugh so much with the "big pillow" ! because I asked myself exactly the same question in New Zealand "why pillows are so small !"
But your explanation makes sense! indeed after all I don't sleep myself with a pillow but with a "Traversin" and probably for the reasons that you said. Their is too much space on our pillows in France! (Yes I'm french, nice youtube channel by the way, I miss New Zealand and It's funny to listen you comparing the two cultures !)
Clearly ! I miss a lot of things from your magical country !
I have a 50 cm x 70 cm pillow bought in a normal supermarket here in France.
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Hahaha! But when you are reading a book in your bed and you’re seated, you can put all your back on the really big pillow and it’s really cosy 😉
5:45 > Je suis français :) Comme tout le monde en France, nous mouillons notre corp avec de l'eau. On l'arrête pour se savonner. Puis on l'a fait recouler ensuite :) En france, nous faisons tous comme ça😉😉
Bah non ça dépend, si tu as un vieux robinet où tu dois régler à gauche et à droite l'eau, couper l'eau t'oblige à repasser 5min à rerégler la température de l'eau, donc non seulement c'est chiant, tu peux te brûler, mais ça fait pas d'économies
Exactement. J'ai 3 salles de bain chez moi, dont une douche avec les vieux robinets et assez éloignée de la chaudière, donc l'eau met 3 plombes à arriver déjà, et le temps de régler, comme tu dis, on perd un temps incroyable. La baignoire possède un mitigeur classique, donc difficile de savoir la température de l'eau, mais au moins comme elle est juste au-dessus de la chaudière ça arrive assez facilement. L'autre douche, beaucoup plus récente et juste à côté de la chaudière, possède un mitigeur avec température affichée donc c'est ultra rapide. En fait, je suis économe en fonction de là où je prends ma douche/bain ahah!
c'est juste de l'economie bonne pour le porte le porte monaie et la planette
When it comes to compliments, we actually kind of have to accept it. I'm french and when I was a child (like 5 yo), and some people where complimenting me on my clothes for example, I was just embarrassed and shy. And my parents where like "you have to say thank you, he/she complimented you". So yeah, I completely understand the way New Zealanders react, but in France you're supposed to accept that compliment, and thank people (again haha) for their kindness.
Thank you for your videos ! Even as a French, it's super interesting to see that what's just normal for us, isn't for foreign people
number three... quand on prend une douche on ne laisse pas coulé l'eau juste par économie. Laissé coulé l'eau inutilement c'est une question d'éducation, c'est comme laissé allumé la lumière dans une pièce où il n'y a personne... when you take a shower you do not let the water flow just by saving. Letting the water sink unnecessarily is a matter of education, it's like left lit the light in a room where there is nobody ... sorry for the bad traduction...
Education = scolarité /enseignement / formation
Éducation = upbringing
Ton français est parfait. Je voudrais quand même te signaler cette faute de français qui devient de plus en plus répandue : dire "au jour d'aujourd'hui" au lieu de "aujourd'hui" tout simplement.
NEVER in AMERICA do we think about that ! makes no difference ...and we are cleaner--I take 3 showers a day in summer and let the water flow flow flow ! saves NOTHING !
😂😂😂 Never in USA (America is a continent) do you think about the environment, whether it's water, or AC, or using your car all the time...
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I find a hug so much more personal and closer than a kiss, so I prefer kissing strangers over hugging.
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ı prefer just shaking hands with strangers. Kissing is personal too.
Hugging is for friends or relatives only, you don’t hug strangers
Miss Doodle | But “stranger” is a very loose term. When you go to a party you shake hands introducing yourself and you hug those same people by the time you’re leaving.
Eleonore Bon well they’re not strangers anymore! 😁
Lmfaoo "bread plate"
"WHAT IF A FLY LANDED ON THAT SPOT" : my favourite quote ever
Do flies never land on plates or bread in NewZealand?
@@SuzanneJen or poop on it.
The fly can land on the bread plate also ;)
I always stop the water when putting soap on my body and it annoys me when my boyfriend doesn't. I think it's just waste to keep it running. To me it's really more about saving water than saving euros.
Tu es une femme très observatrice, je trouve réellement perspicace ta vision de la société française. Pour un natif, ton analyse de l'extérieur est précieuse et lui permet de comprendre bien des choses qu'il ne voit plus sur lui-même. Car on n'est jamais objectif sur ses propres mœurs.
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Oui mais en tant que "non-parisien" je me rend compte que beaucoup de chose qu'elle dit ne concernent que les Parisiens... Donc finalement c'est pas si objectif que ça... Je veux bien comprendre qu'on ne peut pas connaître toutes les régions mais en visiter quelques-unes et se faire un avis général est tout à fait possible.
C'est tout à fait vrai , Paris ne représente pas la mentalité , le savoir vivre , la convivialité , de la province , même si il y a beaucoup de Parisiens sympa , et qui vivent à 200 à l'heure .
L'ovni j'allais dire la même !
C'est exactement pour ça que je regarde la vidéo :) Merci Not Even French, you are cool ;)
I went to France for exchange this summer and the day before I left I got a cold. After dinner I told my host mom that I had a cold just so she knew. She gave me 3 different medicines that they had at home, and the next day we went to the pharmacy and got another medicine. I felt so bad when I forgot to take one of them every hour and they would ask if I took my medicine and I had forgotten to. I also need to with "faire de sport". I was asked if i wanted to go out and do sport with my host sister so I went and changed into my exercise clothes. Turns out we just walked around her town and got her Mom a baguette.
I've been laughing for about 5 minutes at that last sentance. Reminds me of when I visit my French family hahaha
Lol. Now that’s my kind of exercise.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm french and i never saw such a big pillow in my entiere life.
I do agree with you. What the hell is wrong with her?🤦🏻
Wouaaaah, attention à l'eau ! L'anti-gaspillage de l'eau lorsque l'on prend la douche est une norme sociale partout en France. La baguette n'est PAS quelque chose de sale (on a confiance en nos boulangers !) et généralement on ne la pose pas à même la table mais plutôt sur une planche en bois (que l'on appelle d'ailleurs pour ça une planche à pain ...). Dans les villes de provinces, la vie est bien plus cool qu'à Paris (moins stressante, moins rapide, moins organisée à la seconde près !) surtout dans le sud de la France, le mieux c'est sur la côte méditerranéenne ; par exemple à Marseille ! C'est une vidéo très intéressante, bravo pour ce témoignage ! ;-) ^^
Thibault DIEDERICHS Ouais enfin la planche à pain sert surtout pour le couper. Après chacun prend un morceau qu'il pose à côté de l'assiette et la nappe est propre normalement.
Bah à Paris tout les gens que j’ai vu au resto ou dans ma famille la pose sur la serviette pour s’essuyer et comme on attend de finir de manger pour s’essuyer la bouche le pain n’est jamais sur la table ☺️☺️☺️
son probleme c'est la table qui peut etre sale, sauf que meme dans les restau elles sont propres normalement
Dans les villes de provinces, la vie est bien plus cool qu'à Paris , surtout dans le sud de la France, le mieux c'est sur la côte méditerranéenne ; par exemple à Marseille !
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Dans les villes de provinces, la vie est bien plus cool qu'à Paris , surtout dans le sud de la France, le mieux c'est sur la côte méditerranéenne ; par exemple à Marseille ! vous êtes pas un peu chauvin sur les bords ! Marseille ; la ville ou le taux de criminalité est le plus élever , ou les gens sont complètements dingues , querelleurs et grandes gueules . le sud de la France les vents violents , les inondations , les incendies les Régions PACA , Languedoc- Roussillon seraient des régions calmes d'après vous . bon vous êtes marseillais toujours dans l'exagération et le mensonge
Pas que la Méditerranée, a Toulouse on est ultra chill, par contre à Bordeaux c'est des Parisiens sans Paris donc c'est des con
éteindre l'eau pour pas gaspiller en fait x)
J'y ai pensé tellement fort... lol. On est quand meme un des rares pays qui tend a ne pas prendre l'ecologie a la légère
On fait quand même pitié à côté de l'Allemagne
Zatoskyy la même Allemagne qui a rouvert ses mines de charbon et importe du nucléaire de France?
Oui enfin ils ont aussi pris les devants pour gérer l'éoliens de France, alors que notre gouvernement s'entête avec la vision des 30 glorieuses.
Lilith Labrune l'éolien c'est pas viable. Il est soupçonné d'emmerder les oiseaux, ne fonctionne que dans les pleines ou sur des hauteurs (sans intérêt dans des zones creuses ou dans des endroits habités), ne fournit une énergie dérisoire à l'unité nécessitant d'en planter partout et n'est pas hyper écolo pour le recyclage. Sans parler du fait qu'il est nécessaire pour tenir ce bordel de couler des socles en béton. Et comme les 3/4 du territoire sont occupés par les villes, les champs ou sont inexploitables, c'est pas viable. C'est comme les panneaux solaire qui utilisent des matériaux ultra polluants impossibles à recycler. Pour des énergies qui se veulent "vertes" on est loin du compte. La preuve, les allemands sont encore loin d'être autonome avec leurs éoliennes et nous envoient leurs fumées polluant chaque années notre air.
Salut !! J'aime beaucoup tes vidéos et je trouve que tu as une très bonne analyse. L'histoire de la douche m'a bien fait rire. Le pommeau amovible permet de ne pas se mouiller les cheveux. Et on se douche en 3 temps : on se mouille / on se savonne (sans eau) / on se rince. C'est même enseigné dans les écoles !
Pour la bise c'est même pire que ce que tu dis car selon les régions le côté par lequel on commence change. Ça peut donner des situations un peu gênante (quand tu manques d'embrasser la personne !).
Pour le pain il ne se coupe pas, il se rompt (c'est à dire que si c'est possible on le coupe avec les mains). C'est une tradition ! Quant à le mettre sur une assiette chez nous ca ferait rire beaucoup de gens (et puis trouve une assiette assez grande pour mettre une baguette !! 😂).
Pas uniquement à l'école, je ne connais pas les programmes télé actuelle, bien que je pense que malgré les différences il doit y avoir ce genre de truc en commun... Mais je me souviens qu'il y a des épisodes de divers émissions sur le sujet : Celestin, Le Bus Magique (j'ai un doute pour "Il était une fois...."), les Minikeums et sur M6 Kid il y avait aussi ce genre de sensibilisation... sans parler de "C'est pas Sorcier".... Bref en dehors de l'école et nos parents, notre génération été sensibilisé à se genre de geste par ses programmes "Eteindre la lumière" ; "Ne pas laisser couler l'eau" ; "Ne pas prendre trop dans son assiette pour ne pas gaspillé" et plein d'autres recommandation (Je vois d'ailleurs la différence entre ma famille où nous avons pas mal de cousin du même âge que nous côtoyons et la famille de mon copain où ils ne sont que deux de notre génération et où la génération des parents fait un p*** de gaspillage, par rapport à mon côté où ils ont du apprendre les bons geste aux enfants)
non le pain ce coupe normalement. Certains pensent que le pain est le corps de dieu, mon grand pere fait meme une croix sous le pain avant de le couper
3:20 "And now I need dessert after lunch" that totally cracked me up !!
4:20 Pillows, so true ! I had to buy tiny rectangular pillows at Ikea so as to avoid these couch-size square pillows !!!
5:30 Showers, as mentioned in other comments, earth friendly French people save water when showering or brushing teeth, but you are right that detached shower heads without support are a mess !
9:00 Sense of time, peculiar to big cities, when you work close to your home and are submitted to 35 hours per week, you have PLENTY of personal time.
It is so interesting to watch this video, because I’m actually a French now living in NZ. All those cultural shocks, I lived them, but the other way around. One of the most important point is surely accepting compliments. When I first came, everyone was constantly putting themselves down, being so humble that it was just annoying. I couldn’t make a compliment to anyone and, when I was accepting some, people could easily think I was arrogant.
C'est vraiment trop drôle de voir que nos habitudes depuis toujours qui nous semble si normal puisse être bizarre pour quelqu'un d'autre !
6:31 On salut par la bise des personnes que l'on connait ou que l'on a déjá vue. Dans un cadre plus professionnel, on sert la main.
@DevilTrigger ça dépend même carrément des circonstances. Lors d'une soirée, tu ne vas pas faire la bise qu'aux personnes que tu connais, tu passerais pour un sauvage mais dans la vie courante, c'est vrai, pas de raisons de faire toujours la bise. En prime, le chiffre varie selon les régions.
Pour ma part, les seules fois ou j'ai dû faire la bise à quelqu'un que je ne connaissais pas, c'est quand un proche te présente quelqu'un. Sinon, ça arrive mais c'est plus rare. 😉
The shower thing : when we cut the water, it's to save it :) and most of the time, there is a device to hold it properly !
I'm also quite impressed by the size of your pillow, never seen any that big, honest ! And I swear I'm as French as possible ...
Hi! I'm Portuguese living in Luxembourg and I was taught to close the water in the shower so as not to waste that precious liquid.
You stop the water. You put the soap. You rinse.
The bigger a pillow, the more pleasant it is. Grab it.
French children play sports. Adults Avoid it, because efforts are reserved for children, while adults are free to do nothing.
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"Adults are free to do nothing" > this one cracked me up hahaha
@Crypto World So funny! LOL!
Big pillow in France because when a side is too hot for your head you could just turned 1/4 of the pillow and you have a fresh side 😁 nice video you make me learned about my culture especially with compliment I wasn't imagine that was different in other countries as New-Zealand 😱 (sorry for my english not sure of my grammar 😅)
lou del c'est de bien anglais.
grammars great! but thats actually something new i knew about the pillow, wow!
As a Frenchman living in Loire-Atlantique, the hating to wait part is so true, espacially in the supermarkets, except if you use the scanner things that usually makes it so that tou can exit quicker but if it bugs you're in for a hassle
Pillows aren't just for your head, friend. Many intimate positions require a pillow!
Tried it, doesn't fit :(
BXL BXL genius 🤣
Good one... Will try that now..
That is very true... 😂
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I'm very excited to discover your channel and hear that Kiwi accent. I'm a New Zealander living in Germany and can relate to so much for what you talk about.
Henlo
Not Even French enjoy your precious time back home! I won’t be making it back for Christmas this year unfortunately but at least it’s pretty here this time of year which helps with the homesickness. Would love to collab with you sometime if you’re interested 😊
Germany is far better than France.. Germans are 500% more honest & hard working than Frog eaters!
Himalayan shush you racist fart
Antoinette Emily yea germany is very similar...but still very different
Je viens de la ville de Grenoble, dans le sud de la France, et j'habite depuis 3 mois à paris pour es études, et je peux ta'ssurer que c'est un AUTRE MONDE. C'est incroyable, TOUT est ouvert TOUT LE TEMPS ! En tous cas, au niveau des horaires d'ouverture des commerces et de la quantité de gens présent dans les transports tard le soir c'est complètement autre chose. Quand je reviens à Grenoble, j'ai l'impression d'être dans The Walking Dead. À 22H il n'y a plus personne dans la rue lol. Alors qu'à paris, le jeudi soir à minuit dans le métro, il y a autant de monde qu'il y en aurait à 18h dans le tramway à Grenoble ! C'est vraiment un autre monde, haha
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Et bah moi je suis lyonnaise et je vis à Grenoble depuis 2 ans et je déplore fortement justement que tout soit tout le temps fermé, que tout soit désert... Pour le 31/12 il n'y a rien. Le centre ville est tout petit, peu de choix en terme de boutiques et dans les boutiques elle mêmes ! Les Grenoblois par ailleurs n'ont pas l'habitude de sortir, encore moins en semaine, ils sont très très casaniers et restent chez eux avec leur conjoint.
Grenoble c'est bien pour ceux qui aiment la montagne, les sports de montagne mais sinon c'est vraiment l'ennui ! La différence est déjà énorme par rapport à Lyon alors je n'ose imaginer par rapport à Paris !
A Lemon Girl
Et d'ailleurs le tram est assez parlant :
À Lyon un tram en heure de pointe faut forcer le passage pour rentrer dedans, tout le monde est collé serré.
À Grenoble en heure de pointe, on trouve de la place assise en plein centre ville !
Franchement Grenoble c'est mort comme ville !
Je suis sûre qu'il y a d'autres villes aussi petites que Grenoble qui bougent bien plus !
"dans le sud de la France"
Comment vous pouvez comparer une agglomération de 600 000 habitants avec une capitale de 11 000 000 d'habitants ou une autre ville de 2 000 000 ? Soyez logique... On va pas comparer Grenoble à Mens, non?
je dis juste que Paris n'est pas représentatif de la France de ce côté là (horaires d'ouvertures, animation en soirée etc.)
I'm Dutch and live in France for 15 years now.
My husband does the same with the shower!! I find it crazy, I would get so cold.
hahaha! I totally loved the pillow =D Nice video! I love learning about our cultural differences. I haven't been to Europe yet but these videos give me some insight.
You make me laugh so much with the shower thing !! Turning on the shower and washing in the same time made no sens at all for me because the soap get wash out immediately. The way to shower I was told (I am french, by the way ) was to wet your body, cover it with soap and then rinse. It's logical and so much less wasteful of water ! It's like cleaning your hand and letting the water open while you washing them : so much water wasted for nothing... I guess that European are more concern by protecting the environment and the natural resources. ( last fact and not the least : the water in France is no cheap, let me tell you ! My father would scold my sister and I if we took long shower because of the bill !)
Presea Right, but in America, we don't turn the water off also; neither do we stand under it while washing. So our soap isn't washing off, because we stand back away from the shower, and then go under the water again to rinse. Is it wasteful? Maybe. But turning on and off, on and off is a pain.
@@rockstarnurse2693 So the water just flows for nothing the whole time you are washing yourself, that's ridiculous ^^ Turning it on/off takes less than a second, please...
@@Lili-kj1md Water isn't some great expense to have in the States; so don't NEED to turn it off unless it's a preference. But please, by all means, keep turning YOUR water off/on, off/on the whole time you're taking a shower. There are bigger issues in the world to worry about.
@@rockstarnurse2693 Bigger issues than your own planet ? What an interesting life you must have !
@@Lili-kj1md Yes, it is. Quite interesting actually.
You are so funny. It's true what you say. Took me a while to get my head around the French way of life. Being negative seems to have got stuck in their DNA though. Being positive is a lot of work...
I just discovered your videos and I'm in love with them! Thanks for making them! I binged quite a few of them. You are hilarious. I literally laugehd out loud when you pulled out that huge ass pillow 😂😂😂
Love watching your videos! I lived in France for 2.5 years 20 years ago and now live with MY Frenchie in the U.S. (1st Chicago, now Wisconsin). I am also a French teacher :-). You reaffirm so many things that I learned, went through, enjoyed, didn't like, didn't understand, loved and miss! I never know if these things still hold, so this is REALLY good....for my students too! My husband and I just giggle when we listen to this - merci!
Gym culture in France: "le lever de coude" Glasses up, it's time to drink!
That is so true about French motorisits being reluctant to stop for pedestrians (I'm English). My solution when crossing the road in France is to hold up a hand with my palm facing the traffic. Thus, with a single gesture, you're signalling for them to remain stationary but also thanking them for actually stopping!
I love France I will for sure come there INSHALLAH . Soon
Have been living in France the past year and I love your observations from home, especially the one about going home after work and enjoying sport and having your evenings! Even making me a little home sick!
From this I know New Zealand sounds like the place for me. Always wanted to visit there
Oh my ! Pills are not free! We give a significative amount of our salary or benefices to french state to have the right of being cured . (sorry for the approximative english)
You would say significant or benefits instead but this was still a perfectly understandable sentence. I'm trying to learn French and I hope I get as good as you are at English! 😊
Your English is fine (significant, benefits), and you message clear. I wish more people in the U.S.A. would hear from all you people with "free" healthcare.
I so appreciate that you simply described the differences w/o putting a value judgement, like "weird" or "ridiculous." Also that you shared some POSITIVE differences. You are a breath of fresh air -- thank you.
Je suis Français et j'ai vécu aux Etats Unis pendant très longtemps. You mentioned hugs and it is so so true. One day I came back to France for Christmas and, so used to hugging now, tried to hug my grandmother by force of habit. She did push me away and looked at me like I was mad. Your video is so well done. Je suis d'accord avec toi sur tout! Quant à la douche, all these awkward habits come from war time and the obsession with saving water.
Mdrr comment elle parait shockee qu'on mange un dessert tout ca
Je vois pas comment ils peuvent manger autrement😂
Ce qui me choque c'est que selon elle y a des bureaux de poste ouvert à 20h 😂
En même temps les rosbeefs savent pas manger,ils bouffent même du canasson ces cons xD
si estoy totalmente de acuerdo! pero a la vez NO estoy de acuerdo con lo que usted dijo! la verdad si si no
Dans la plupart des pays du monde les desserts n'existent pas. Voir même les entrées.
TvFChevChelios c'est bon le cannasson...
Well, that's a big ass pillow we've got there ! As a French, I had never seen such a big pillow before ! Lmao 😂😂😂
I Can fully relate to all the things mentioned in this video especially number 9,your content is great keep up the good work
Hi ! That's a really great video, I mean as french people I knew some culture differences but not that much, you made me learn more about my native country, i love it !
Ahaha the showers. Have you ever encountered one like that in a bath with zero casing (like no shower curtain or splashback)? Somehow French people all know how to shower without putting water everywhere. Seriously, 3 years later, I still can't wash my hair at my in-laws without needing to mop up the bathroom afterwards.
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I'm not really a kiwi, but I spent most of my childhood in NZ and until I was about 20, I had a broader kiwi accent than you, so I can relate to everything you say. I've lived in France for a long time but I also lived in England for many years. Starting and stopping the shower, like turning the tap off after you've wet your toothbrush are usual in places where you have to pay for how much water you use. What I miss most about NZ is the attitude to socialising. People were always coming round our house throughout the day, sometimes just for 5 minutes, sometimes for hours, but it was normal and natural to go in and say "g'day" if you passed a friend's house. That's not usually acceptable in France, but in southern England, it's out of the question!Some of the things you say, like "metro, boulot, dodo" are specifically parisian, and why most people from other parts of France say they would hate to live in Paris. Where I live, in Avignon, the sports culture is pretty strong, though it doesn't compare to the Kiwi way, it's normal to workout or play a sport regularly. Kiwis are highly regarded here (I get a much more positive response if I say I lived in NZ than if I say the UK). People respect NZ's concern for the environment, but I think it's mostly rugby. NZ's national religion is popular here and to French rugby fans, New Zealand is "top".Really enjoying your videos but they make me feel nostalgic.
I was born and raised in France, I have lived in LA for 30 years. I used to complain ( I am french.lol) that I could not just stop by to visit with friends but had to schedule for everything. So I guess Paris is now like LA.
I'm living in Avignon since forever and I never knew we had a strong sport culture lmao xDD there's always a time to learn things!
Very nice video! A few actually are quite specific to Paris (Like the issue with waiting, the socialising, and the time management...), but even so, your observations were on point!
I love that blue chair and yellow lamp in the background!!!
Totally agree with most things! However, re sports, everyone goes for a run! Even in the middle of the tourist areas. Crazy!
Go to Parc Monceau on a Sunday morning and it's like a race track!
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We enjoy more others sports than gym. Handball, football, running, basket-ball, swimming, water-polo, rugby, etc. So it's often scheduled as it's once a week.
Haha great video ! I'm a french in australia, and i have the same problems but seen from the other side
You're pretty accurate :p
+Not Even French
I might have been lucky but the Australians i know like to debate, and i'm laid back and i also like to drink so these are not too problematic for me (more for my bank account because it's very expensive there).
I think my biggest problem is, as you said, that they are very open and friendly at the begining but it's really hard to be close friend with them. Also it feels weird for me to hug strangers, just like for you with "la bise" and i'll sound very french but i miss my food :'( finally i miss my old european towns, i feel like most cities have no souls here.
However there are a lot of good things about australia such as sport, weather and beaches !
Thanks for the advice, that's very kind of you, i'll definitly go there, i love surfing :)
If you're in need of waves you should go in pays basque (south west of france) it's very beautiful too, but it might be cold now.. sry O:)
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Hi from Paris ;) After having viewing some a few some of your videos, I can't resist to write some words to you to say that... wooww... , I've been totaly impressed by the analysis you're doing of us.
Everything you say about us is so true, so appropriate, so accurate, so clever, so... I miss the words.
I've seen sometimes some videos like yours on TH-cam, but you outstands all of them.
Each word you say reveals a very clever and deep person, beside being visibly as much nice and fun, and it's a real pleasure to have discover you through your chanel.
Welcome in France, we're happy to know you with us.
Very insteresting and funny. Thank you !
number 10 : just in Paris... in the north (and Belgium) you can come everytime you want, the door is always open, come and let's talk with a coffee or a beer... don't know for the other regions...
I live in Brittany and for my generation (I'm 21) and the generation of my parents, it is common to see people come to your house to talk to you but most of the time, we don't have the time to receive them, so we talk to them in front of the house and then they leave without asking anymore.
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For having lived in Alsace, Haut savoie and Paris, you can't come to someone's place without scheduling before.
Living in Toulouse but originally from the Pyrenees... I usually plan stuff last minute. Like, I'll send a text to a friend that will probably look like "Hey I'm in your neighbourhood, fancy a drink?" and we're in for a night out :).
You can text people to ask at the last minute, like don’t come straight at the door but juste say « are you home cause I’m nearby »
5:36 Ils coupent juste l'eau pour se savonner, pour ne pas gaspiller.
great video very interesting, thank you
12:07 So cute when you make the sound of the motorbike after you've been out of the pedestrian crossing! :)
"cut the baguette" omg D: were you with real French people haha
Here in Latin America atleast in the DR we kiss people once on the cheek with a side hug. And you have to say hello to everyone in a room.
Great vid!
J'ai trouvé ta vidéo amusante et intéressante. Je me retrouve dans pas mal de choses que tu as dites ! Merci pour le partage ! :-)
We also have a lot of pharmacies because French are the first european consomator of antidepressants
I'm living in australia and I miss the detached shower (for curly hair it's better too you have no risk of wetting them)
I don't understand the top one, it's like trying to shower under the rain every time...
About the pills, a lot of people will ask their doctor for medication if they are sick and they'll find it weird if he doesn't prescribe anything like if just waiting it out isn't a solution so now most doctors prescribe whatever. It's like a vicious circle
We do take a lot of anti-depressants apparently tho
In australia too the diner time is usually 6pm, for us it's so early!! it's like the afternoon still not the evening
In nz there's like only a few big city and lots of mountains so I'm not surprised you more sporty same with oz
(One thing that really surprised me in oceania is that if it rains you it doesn't stop you from doing outside sport especially in school but in france we're like FUCK THAT ! ^^)
Out of Paris we're not so rushy trust me, it's soooo different :) visites le sud la-bas on est pepere
I think it's about generations. I am from Czech Republic and old people have launch at 12:00 and dinner about 18 - 19:00 (fuck your AM/PM system :-D ) but younger people eating absolutely different in noon I have morning if I have no work day and 6 PM it's really early for me.
vytae9 why don’t you use a ‘shower cap’ to stop your hair from getting wet?
Loool ! I've laugh much with your video! I'm french and it's absolutely true !!! Mostly for the queue !
I like to know how the other people see our french life!
Thank you for that!
Je viens de découvrir ta chaîne ! Je suis française et j’ai tjrs vécue à paris et voir certains chocs culturels concernant mes habitudes c’est très enrichissant !!
Bonne continuation sur ta chaîne 😘😘
About the shower I think that having the shower detached is better because you tend to consume less water : you turn on the water, have water on yourself, turn it off, wash yourself, turn it on and get rid of the soap same when washing your hair, that way you consume less water so it’s better for the environment and your wallet;)
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Also you can directly target some body parts which would never get any kind of pressure with an overhead shower head. So you even save water this way, using the water in a targeted way, no waste.
The question is not why the shower is detached. It's why there is no possibility to attach it if needed. It may turn out handy
Pour ce qui est de l'attente 😂😂
Bah normal que ça nous soûle on va perdre 1h de notre temps à attendre pour un truc qui prend 5 minutes 😅 autre chose à faire 😅
Love your videos Rosie, we need way more kiwis in France !!!
so interesting. good info. thanks
it's was funny when she said she's a kiwi living in France
Hehe yeah 🥝 Kiwi, what's up with that 😂
I never saw a pillow that huge in France XD
I could relate to this a lot. I'm from Ireland which seems to be really similar to New Zealand from what you've mentioned. I've lived in the North of France for 4 years now and I feel like I'm still picking up on new cultural differences all the time!
J'adore the number 8, it's so true !!
Je trouve ces vidéos très amusantes parce qu en tant que française il est drôle d avoir un point de vue américain sur la france. En plus il y a beaucoup de choses qui sont très vraies. Mais par contre au niveau de la conception du temps ça n est pas pareil à Paris qu en province. En province les magasins et restaurants ferment beaucoup plus tôt qu à Paris et on va plus manger le soir à 19h ou 20h, pas trop après, même si ça change de plus en plus et qu il faut toujours nuancer des propos généraux car la réalité est plus complexe. Moi j aurais plutôt pensé que c était en nouvelle Zélande que les magasins auraient fermés tard ;) pareil pour les voitures, on ne conduit pas de la même façon à Paris qu en province et de façon générale dans les grandes villes qu ailleurs, dans les plus petites ville on peut passer au vert bien plus sereinement (faut quand même faire attention bien sûr^^) et les gens conduisent moins comme des fous qu à Paris ;)
Pour le problème des douches je ne m étais jamais posé la question évidemment mais c est vrai que pour nous c est pratique que le pommeau soit mobile pour qu on l adapte à la partie du corps qu on veut laver et si on ferme l eau c est pour ne pas gaspiller de l eau le temps de se savonner etc mais c est sûr qu avec un pommeau fixe y a moins besoin d arrêter l eau. Je suis très fière du fait qu en France la culture générale soit importante et qu on n attache pas d importance qu aux choses utiles, on pense moins à l utilité et la rentabilité mais plus à l épanouissement personnel. C est une culture plus aristocratique de ce côté là mais évidemment dans les classes sociales plus populaires on va plus penser comme en nouvelle Zélande, je pense, malheureusement^^
qui mange sa pizza ou son burger avec des couverts?? Perso je suis française et je fait pas ça mdr
depend du restau quoi
Definitely hooked I’ve always wanted to visit New Zealand and I’m french but not from paris or france and it’s interesting to learn more about paris.
bravo ! your observations are very fine and precise (i'm french).
Tu donnes des horaires de parisiens qui mettent 1h pour aller au travail
Ailleurs tout le monde commence à 8h voir avant et rentrent chez eux à 18 h
Et tout le reste de la vidéo et très centré sur Paris
18 h00 c'est surtout le bureaux non ? Nous en banlieue beaucoup de gens rentre vers 15h30 16h30 femmes de ménages, cantinière ect
C est assez intéressant d écouter cette vidéo et c est vrai que vu de l extérieur certaines choses sont absurdes ! Mais pour les douche si les gens arrêtent l eau c est pour l économiser ! Nous avons beaucoup de sensibilisation au développement durable et à ne pas gaspiller la eau dans les écoles donc le temps de se laver au savon ou shampoing certain éteigne l eau !
exact pas la peine de laisser couler l'eau lorsqu'on se savonne
De plus, le shampoing et le gel douche s'enlèvent de notre corps quand on prend une douche, donc pourquoi s'appliquer le savon et se rincer en même temps ?
Love your videos!
Great videos you have here ! I'm french and i agree with everything you say ! Nice one !
So true, never hug anyone here !
J'aime beaucoup vos vidéos. C'est très amusant, ce regard extérieur. Vous aviez parlé du calme des enfants français, de la façon dont ils éduquent les enfants, et d'un livre qui en parlait : quel est le titre ? Je pense que ça m'intéresserait.
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si on coupe l'eau de la douche de temps en temps c'est juste pour éviter de gaspiller l'eau pendant qu'on se savonne donc comme on a pas besoin d'eau quand on se savonne on coupe l'eau...pour moi ça paraît logique
ou alors tu l'as coupe pas car il te faut 5x plus de temps à faire couler l'eau pour régler la température comme avant que de laisser couler le temps de se savonner :')
@@Assassunn normalement si elle est chaude si tu la rallume elle l'est encore
@@Alexiane067 oui, je parle du réglage quand ta robinetterie se règle des deux côtés où tu dois tourner (je sais plus le nom). C'est trop chiant
@@Assassunn ha ouiiii j'avais pas pensé! j'ai ca chez moi en plus c'est trop chiant
The pillow you found is really a huge one, a lot more than usual.
Rosie you are very good with your info. Even when things discussed are not so great you do it with a positive attitude. Many thanks. Oh... about the New Zealand compliment thing, please accept my compliment with a smile as I am sincere about it. :D
Healthcare system isn't really 'free'. It's financed thanks to the national insurance contributions which are taken each month on your salary (but you can't see this operation, it's your boss's job !)
Par contre j'avoue que, moi même étant française, faire la bise me dérange souvent. Je préfères serrer la main d'une personne. N'étant pas très tactile, ça me met toujours mal à l'aise...
Cela dis se serrer la main est bien moins hygiénique!
c'est pas faux, ou alors tu as les personnes qui confondent te "serrer la main" avec "te broyer les os" :')
Le mieux est à l'asiatique : un salut mains jointes, c'est parfait.
Moi je dit salut sava et je change de sujet super vite pour pas manvancer et faire la bise surtout que jhabite dans le sud et il font trois bises ces cons 😉
Idem je deteste faire la bise. Surtout que parfois on est quand même censé serrer la main et je ne sais pas toujours lequel des deux est le plus approprié. Dans ces cas là j'essaie d'éviter et dit bonjour de loin !
AHAHAHAHA !! La bise!!! C'est tellement vrai et tellement bien expliqué que ca m'a fait beaucoup rigolé xD
Also, thanks to you, Paul and the other expat making similar channels, despite being describred as weird, it does make us feel loved that people are taking that kind of interest with us ;)
Allez salut la compagnie!
So interesting! I'm going to France in November for an architectural study abroad trip. It will be my first time there.
Number 10 is typical Parisian
You are catching the French accent even when you speak in English. Watch out 😀
"7. Lack of sports/gym culture"
OH MY GOD, I KNOW!
I wanted to pay for 3 months of gymn and the only one I found wanted a 1 year contract. Not to mention it was always empty.
Wow. I am living a French life and didn't even know it.... The comment on walking as sports/ excerise, and making appts to meet up with friends ahead of time resonates with me.
It's amazing how everything you said is true. you have us down to a science !