They are the worst!! I’m french Canadian and let me tell you : we are NOT the same. When it comes to a point where they hate each other in a heartbeat tells everything 😂
I go every so often as it’s only a 1 hour train and I have lots of family there. The people aren’t mean especially if you speak a little French. I mainly know some Creole Patois but they’re always so polite about my language barrier.
It’s happens in the United States too. Ugg’s are just a stereotypical American thing. Its the same thing as Americans laughing at Mexican pointy boots. I’ve seen teenager point and laugh at someone wearing them. They weren’t try to shame and bully them. It’s more of a novelty thing that you find amusing
That's a new low. Tweens can be delicate, how awful to do that. Paris is pretty but the people tend to be intentionally unkind. There are so many other places in Europe that are beautiful and have better humans.
I grew up in Paris and I was definitely a little bit excentric in how I dressed. You'd be surprised how many times grown strangers bullied my teenage self walking down the street bc I committed the crime of wearing colours that aren't neutral 💀 but that's Paris specifically. The rest of France has really chill people actually! I recommend vacationing in Lyon instead, it's so much nicer and people aren't snobbish like that.
I went to Lyon and mostly everyone was super nice. I had one woman make a weird comment when I got off my flight. She was offended I wanted to stand instead of sit on the subway that literally has bars to hold for standing. I'd just been sitting for 8 hours I wanted a break 🤷♀️
I visited Paris once when I was 17. I was lost and trying to find the train station. People were obnoxious. No one tried to help me. I ended up in tears, lost hungry and scared. It took me 5 hours of walking in circles to find the train station that should have taken me 10 mins to walk to if anyone had been willing to help. I have travelled all over the world since but will never return to Paris. They are the most conceited, self absorbed, rudest, ignorant people I have ever come across.
did you ask for help? not trying to excuse what happened to you as people should ideally give their help to people in need but also context is important, a lot of people in paris are extremely stressed and busy during working days and typically won't look out for anyone. not saying it's a great thing but it's sad that this one although very bad experience is the reason you won't return to paris ever
(And if she was really honest, it's not that Parisians don't want to speak English, it's that Parisians don't want to speak to _people_ who speak English. 😂)
One guy asked me if I was a Prostitute in Paris because I was foreign and dressed nice. And I replied “ If I was you wouldn’t be able to afford me” 😂😂😂
I literally know no one who has gone to Paris that has says the people there were nice. Doesn't matter what you look like...if you are a tourist they don't like you.
I thought it was fine everyone seemed nice and I didn't have anyone be mean to me but then again I'm oblivious sometimes so maybe there were and it went over my head haha ignorance can be bliss
italy has some of the nicest people in europe, maybe even the whole world. they are instantly warm and friendly to you and want to know more about you. its a very welcoming and beautiful culture
I don’t expect people in a different country to speak English for me but I would like them to not be mean when I’m trying my best to speak their language.
Like yeah, that would be the rudest thing. French myself, I can see the différences between mean laugh and "aww cute" laugh, and I get why people can be self concious after that
Yeah this knee jerk assumption that "if a local treated you badly it MUST be because you were being an obnoxious tourist" is so rife online, but in real life I've seen people who really were being extremely polite and trying hard with the local language still get treated badly.
@@curbstopI am. It would not go well, because I am a no nonsense individual and I speak French (among other languages) at a business proficiency level. My confidence would remain unshaken, but my ire would come to the fore because people in NYC can be standoffish, but are rarely unkind. And, I would not silently put up with Parisian bullshit. The universe loves me, because everytime the opportunity has presented itself to live, work, study in Paris, I've ended up in another much more soulful European country
Parisians are the meanest people I have EVER encountered. You go to them in the street and can be like “sorry excuse me…” and their response is “NO!” and then they walk away quickly
I saw a Parisian man get so angry at a an Asian girl for mispronouncing “bonjour” that his coworkers had to hold him back and drag him away. I definitely wasn’t treated very well the three days I was there, though I expected it as a poc. Southern France was lovely though. I do try to learn a bit of a language before going to any country I visit, but it’s unreasonable to expect any tourist to know more than a few words. I’ve been to twelve countries in the last year, I can’t be fluent in all of their languages. I also live in a city with international tourism, and I would never expect them to speak fluent English. It would be xenophobic, imo.
@@michelle5952 paris airport has many lovely black people working there. Some Asians too. Lots of middle eastern people in the city as well. Part of paris has indian. Been to paris a few times to and from rural France. The non friendly people i met in Paris were not French. Speak some French and smile. Some taxi drivers will try to rip you off (a lot are not French).
This really changed my mind about visiting Paris. My sister's fiancee, a French himself, hates Parisians and Paris itself. As someone who also grew up in smaller town, I told him "'Oh, I kinda hate Seoul too" and he retorted, "'No 'kinda', I hate, hate Paris." I guess it must be THAT bad. 😐
I've had the honor of helping folks from other countries at a store I worked at. Very few were abrasive, most were very kind. I speak English and understand a little spanish. I was still able to find ways to help non english speakers find what they needed. You have to really LISTEN.
On my first visit to Paris in 1977, I wore Birkenstock sandals. I got the pointing and expressions of horror at what would become a fashion statement 40 years later. I was so far ahead of the curve...
honestly, even french people avoid going to Paris (except Parisian) haha, all you do in Paris is to visit the main monuments in other places you see people wearing socks and flip flop on the streets Paris is just ✨special✨
@@nau304 So true. Everytime I visit another country I try to not spend too long in the capital. When my foreign friends tell me they wanna visit France, I give them a bunch of places names and avoid paris
Girl you just described the entire plot of mean girls. Their behavior made you BUY NEW SHOES. I get it, in Europe, wearing the ugg slippers outside is a bit weird, but French always go overboard. However, they do treat each other this way too, so that’s that.
What gets me is that they will comment on stranger's weight openly. Like I'm not a snowflake but that's not ok. In my country commenting on someone's appearance is done by those that are ill-bred so I was surprised in when in France that it's done by everyone Source: I lived in France and speak French
I don't know where you went but I'm French and no one ever speak about someone's weigh except for your relative maybe. It's not something that is tolerated and it is extremely disrespectful to do so. I've never heard or had someone talk about my weight and never heard any of my friends telling me that they experimented that. So you are definitely a very rare case if it actually happened to you. Just one bad experience shouldn't make you think that all French ppl are like that.
I am Latina and never nice... just kidding. If people were laughing at me coz of my shoes, I would prop tell them to f*** off and throw the shoe at them them.
I had some family come from francs to visit (just outside of Paris) and they tried to be shady but booooy were they SHOCKED when my sister and I gave them the same attitude but WORSE….. y’all just need to be more confrontational
well,, as a fellow Frenchie I'd like to apologize on behalf of my country BUT pls go visit other places than Paris bc parisians are indeed mean. like it's even a thing among French people to say parisians are pretentious etc, they often mock other areas of France so.. but Paris can still be cool tbh! just depends where you go yk
There are quite beautiful cities to visit in France. I would suggest Lyon (it's like a mini, cleaner Paris with delicious cuisine), Strasbourg (very beautiful and picturesque) or Bordeaux (very bourgeois + there is, just an hour away, Arcachon, where you can enjoy the beach and where I had the absolute best oysters of my life).
@@2Sylphida this was so cool of you to post places and the reason to visit there. If I ever have the privilege to be able to visit I will take this advice ❤️ I’d love to visit another country someday and show my daughter when she grows up- how beautiful the world can be. America seems like a trap. I’d do anything to get out of here just for a little bit.
I agree, I feel like it’s a lot of big cities but French the are unapologetic themselves lol. France is gorgeous and southern France is one of my favorite places! Marseille and Avignon or just 😘😘😘
When I was 16 I visited Paris for the first time and was really excited to practice my french. Everytime I tried (to waiters, cashiers, etc) they would scoff at me and speak English back. So yeah, they're mean.
Sorry but it's not our job to practice with you the language you want to learn. We have to work and the job is already boring and exhausting. Most of the time we don't have time.
@@salambo6512I dunno man, I'm kind and polite to all the tourists who ask for help in my city even when their English is very poor and broken. Doesn't take much to show foreigners your country's best side.
I didn’t like Paris at all, it’s just not my vibe. I didn’t expect anyone talk to me or go out of their way for a random American. Italy was so much more beautiful and fun to me honestly.
😅i live in italy but totaly loved France, i think their meanness is the same, even though I'd kinda correct myself there, in italy they don't laugh at you like she is saying they did in Paris, but they stare at you until you almost ask them whta they want
@@Ziphozonke yes.. I lived in Florence.. they are not nice and friendly. But feel the need how unfriendly and cold we Germans are.. it's insane.. happy to be back and people are indeed not unfriendly here
The only thing that Different in people's stories about Paris is what they were wearing when they got yelled or laughed at by some frech equivalent of chaws.
I was lost in Paris in 2008. I knew no French. The Parisians were SO kind and helpful. They walked me back to the train, used sign language to help me find my way, they were AMAZING. My experience is clearly different than others but maybe some folks need to give them a chance. To me, they were very compassionate.
@@mellonbee1204 Filipino here! I'd be super duper careful if I were you. Especially if you're going to be visiting the more popular places like Manila. ( But still be careful nonetheless no matter which area of the Ph you plan to go to ) I hate to tell this, but some Drivers ( Be it Tricycle drivers, Jeepney drivers etc ) or even some vendors have a knack for taking advantage of Foreigners most especially if they can only speak and understand English. They'll make you pay double or triple the price of something you're supposed to pay for.
The problem with the French isn't that they expect you to speak french fluently in France, it's that they expect you to speak french when they're outside of France. I live in Germany close to the french border. The only french people that speak german or english are those that work in Germany or in the scientific fields.
I think it’s also that they expect you to speak THEIR VERSION of French. I speak basic Canadian French (not a lot but good enough) and they would reply to me in English 💀 or worse, pretend to not understand what I’m saying.
they are the worst. they come to portugal and don't speak anything but french. like, I'm sorry, this isn't the 19th century, yours is not the international language anymore. either learn English or be humble
Omg that‘s so true. I live in Germany and I was walking around when a French guy passed me and randomly started to speak in French to me and stuff. To this day I still don’t know what he said to me.
please understand if you are french that as an American I do not care. I'm going to be a polite southern lady no matter how you act, but don't be surprised if I bless your heart for being rude.
dear polite southern lady, let me say you are also always welcome to come to Germany. We don't have so many beaches, but we have wonderful Bier and bread!
I love this ❤. It’s harder to be nice to someone when they are being mean to you than to just snap back. You are an example of how to live a better life
I went to Paris and people were actually very kind. Someone at the bakery gave me my macarons for free and when they realized i couldn't speak French, they would slow down and enunciate so I could try to learn and didn't react when I answered in English.
To be honest I haven’t experienced anything of the sort when visiting France, including Paris. People did correct me if I butchered a word in French, but they were overall friendly and happy to help me. 🇪🇸👋🏻
I was studying French in high school and part of our program was that we got the opportunity to go to Quebec City. I got to go and was able to speak a bit of French to people, it was enough to get by and it was how I started conversations out of respect. I would usually ask once I was uncomfortable (because I didn’t know many words that I needed in shops and whatnot) if the person I was being helped by knew English. One time we stopped on our way back at a gas station to get food/use the bathroom, etc. and I was speaking to the convenience store cashier and asked her if she knew English because I didn’t know the things I wanted to ask for in French. She said yes and then immediately said “but you should be speaking French” as if I was unaware. I also had this moment where I was like, I get this area is French speaking, but the French colonizers did take over a group of native people to get here and by default you should know their native language. I didn’t say that but I was just like wtf lol.
listen this girl is super pretty, but in europe people kinda expect you to look more 'normal' or toned down if that makes sense? like over the top make up/hair/clothes/fillers even teeth, like the whole 'american vibe' are generally seen as clownish. especially in france!(uk is a different story) i personally think everyone can look as they wish, just trying to explain why ppl might act weirdly to someone like her. i love her channel myself so pls dont shoot the messenger 😅
I was kicked out of café for asking how much the chocolate truffles cost. The man said “get out, get out, leave!” He shooed me away and closed the door behind me lol 😂
What an effing d0u€he b@g he was. This was his macho way of saying "if i have to translate in English how much these all cost, then {you} cannot afford it!" Hopefully, someday, somebody, somewhere, punches his lights out for that type of behavior. They would be doing him & the World a favor. I actually loved Paris as a teenager, running free on the Champs' Elysees all night long (something no one should do these days), but I was not immune to being made fun of by other women and a couple of older men. Hope that didn't ruin your trip to the 2nd most fabulous city in the World! (sorry-I am totally biased toward NYC, being from here!) 🍭 🍫 🍬
My family is French on my paternal side and French Canadian on the maternal. French people have no filter, they say what they think the moment they form the thought. Also, French Canadians are considered like hillbillies to other French people.
Weird! Because my daughter went to Paris to learn to speak more fluently in Parisian French and everyone spoke English to her as soon as they realized she was Canadian. She had to politely ask people if they would speak French to her because that was her main reason for travelling there. A lot of them said they were trying to learn English better. Either way though she said everyone was really nice to her.
This happened to me when my parents sent me to immersion camp in Paris lol. I found that of the people in Paris, immigrants were wayyy more friendly and accommodating, willing to help me learn and gently correct me.
It's weird because everyone was super nice to me in all the places I went to in France (Paris, Marseille, Provence, and La Ciotat). I must have gotten lucky. All I did was start conversations saying (in French) "hello, do you speak english?" and they responded quite well to it because I was greeting them, being polite, and putting in the effort.
I think that’s the biggest thing! Most people in America (no offense to myself, or anyone else) are very entitled and think we’re superior so they just assume everyone speaks English. I saw a Reddit post or some thing one time that a guy who is originally from America would go to this café in Paris. He would witness the cashier not really care about American customers unless they actually put in the effort to ask if they spoke English in French and he would be like “of course how can I help you” but if they made no attempts at all in French he would act like he couldn’t speak it
Everyone I encountered in Paris when I went in 2018 was super nice to me too! I speak some French so I think that helped but genuinely everyone I encountered was friendly and kind towards me and I never got any weird looks or anything lol
@@rachaelschroll7705 only they’re mean and laugh at you even if you attempt to speak French which then discourages people from trying to speak it. I was literally 14 when I went Paris and got laughed and ridiculed multiple times for trying to speak French. Plenty of other people have have a similar experience
as a French all I can say is that they are a lot of very uptight traditional st*pid people that you need to ignore but also a lot of open minded very nice ones. But the proportion of judgmental uptightness is big, yes ^^ But tbh it's kinda a lot in our culture to be annoyed and judge sometimes, so it's not really to be taken seriously. everyone judges and gets judged by other ppl sometimes and everyone just brushes it off and that's all. It's kind of a generality of judging and getting judged but giving zero f*cks if that makes sense ^^'
Trauma is a real thing. The fact that you felt you needed to purchase boots to fit in better shows that they bullied you. Best thing you could’ve done is keep being yourself wearing clothes that you brought. Sounds awful, don’t make excuses for peoples bad behaviors. ❤
I remember standing on the train in NYC and three French teenagers sitting in front of me began to obviously laugh at my shoes, pointing and all. I was wearing black patent leather-esque platform boots with a lot of hardware. Their mockery was SO obvious. I already felt uncomfortable about actually wearing these shoes out. I wanted to hide. Or at least mutter a swear word at them in French. This was years ago and I still remember it. I've actually gotten compliments from NYCers the one other time I wore those shoes. And never has anyone mocked anything I've worn here, leave it to the French to.
french canadians do that as well. purposefully speak french when they know you only speak english (it's bylingual country and i'm an immigrant cut me some slack!) but they won't even try to speak to you in english even when you ask them things in english and they see that you're not native, they just answer to you in french, and i'm convinced they do that to you on purpose, no way in hell you can't speak english living in canada!!! and this happened to me A LOT. i'm from russia, if i saw a foreigner who's trying to speak to me in english i'd help them the best i could, not be a total dick about it, like "oh you came to my country and you don't speak russian then fck off". especially when english is an offical language in canada!!! so frustrating. i don't know, i've heard french speakers have some beef with english speakers and they're protecting the use of french, but why take your anger on me when you see i'm clearly struggling and do the best i can.
I don't get it. I am from an African country, Djibouti, but when I was on vacation in Paris, people were nice to me. I live in another European country for a very long time, and I forgot French, and even with my destroyed French language, they were nice to me. When me and my cousin and I were lost and couldn't find a restaurant we were going to an old French couple who helped us in the right direction and we found the Korean restaurant we were going to. Maybe we looked good and dressed well that everyone was nice. We were not overly out there with our outfits, too. I really do think the platinum blond is intimidating them.
You can’t expect someone to know how to dress down to a t when they’re visiting a foreign country a lot of Americans don’t even know they look American. Making fun of foreigners for how they dress is ridiculous.
@Nocebo Affect It is an overall thing. Just dress nicely, don't be loud af. Also, be kind and trust most people will be kind to you. I am in the sales, and trust me reading the room is one of my specialities. It usually almost always comes down to kindness, looking well (by dressing well and not too much out there) and don't be loud with friends and families. Just be polite with everything and most people will be kind to you too. Not you directly but I am talking about in a general you.
@@acacius9903 I also have never been mistreated by any French person. I’ve been to France many times, Nice, Cannes, Saint-tropez, and Paris. I’ve been to Paris more than 6 times I’ve never been mistreated by any Parisian at all. In fact I’ve had Parisians to go out of their way to help me and everybody seems more interested in me when they find out I’m Brazilian and I don’t speak any French. That said I have witnessed people being mistreated by Parisians so I don’t discount the bad experiences of other people. I guess when it comes to Paris it’s a hit or miss and no in between for most people.
What's there not to get? You had a good experience and most don't. Congrats on being one of the few but don't discount other people's experiences just because you happened to have a good one. People say Americans are idiots but really those people need to take a look around and assess themselves
Style your hair in an ‘undone’ bun and wear very light makeup (maybe just a mascara and lip balm) and you’ll look less of a tourist. Either that or just ignore them 🙂
Trust me as a french person who lives in the suburbs near Paris, most french people dislike going to Paris because of the attitude of the people there. When I went to a school in Paris, a lot of (not all ofc) people were so snobbish and ignorant but the further you go from Paris, the nicer the people are. At least in the suburbs, they reply to you when you say hi to them...
I can’t agree more ! I also live in the suburbs, and what you say is totally relatable I couldn’t agree more at this point… I’ve heard that Parisians even have kind of stereotypes about us too… 😅 One day me and my brother went to buy something in a store, and the cashier didn’t say a single word, but us « Bonjour ! Merci ! Au revoir !» He didn’t do anything but showed us his neutral face. Clearly, the further of Paris you get, the nicer the people are. And yes, at least here we answer when someone says « hello » ! Also, which side of the Suburbs do you live in ? :o I’m curious
As an Indian I don't have any problem to walk in the French streets with slippers, half pants and a cheap shirt no matter what people say.....I don't give a ***k what people say 😂
You know what, this is a really weird stereotype, but to be honest with a few very minor differences, all across Europe I saw people mostly dressing the way that they are dressing in America. Paris was the only exception, and to be honest it's not even that they're more stylish or interesting with their dressing, they're just more formal 🤷🏿♀️
It's not even just French people who live in France, I had a family friend growing up who grew up in France and she was one of the meanest/ most judgemental people I've ever met 😭
In my French classes in school, there we had the topic of the Paris house numbers or addresses which are divided into the poor normal and rich section. So if you give your address, they would know which social class you were in. Well I think this social dynamic explains a lot.
As a Parisian, I've never heard of this, but I know that there are places (I mean arrondissement) that are more affluent than others (like all over the globe), so it makes sense that telling someone you live in such-and-such a place would give them an idea of your social status.
I went to Paris this year and this woman let her child run straight into me. It wasn’t like the kid meant it but it wasn’t a light running into either. He fully smacked into my side as he ran past me. I pulled a face and looked around bc there were a bunch of people around me and who tf would let their little child run around like this? I looked up and made eye contact with this woman following the boy closely behind, clearly his mother. and she was close enough to have definitely seen him run into me. I looked at her to see if she was gonna apologize for him but as she walked past she lightly bumped my shoulder and glared at me! What did I do?????
That's totally normal. I've been living in Paris for 10 years now and I just don't understand the cognitive dissonance: you HAVE to say bonjour the minute you enter a shop but when you walk on the pavement all politeness disappears??
Lol, actually, when I was in France I was 5, just started learning french and once in a restaurant i said "bonjour" perfectly, really, including french "r". Waiter was so pleased with me because he thought that my family speaks french too. But when they started to speak english, he autommatically changed his mind about us😆.
I'm German, live close to the border and I used to go to France all the time, yet not once have I met any mean people even though I was fat with no fashion sense 😕
I went to France recently and it wasn't the people I interacted with that I had problems with. The people I tried talking to (in both English and bad french) were really nice about it. My problem was that they walk in the middle of the sidewalk and when I step over as much as I can they don't. They just slam into me. It happened about 15 in a week. Like please just step two inches to the side
You are beautiful. Maybe because you stand out. Don't worry about what anyone thinks of you. Be happy and just smile. Don't change who you are for stuffy people.
americans, get over your "i don't expect people to speak English" complex. I'm Portuguese and I expect it when I visit a major European capital. am I supposed to learn polish if I'm spending a week in warsaw? then three days in Budapest, should i learn hungarian too? that's just the way the world works. how do you think people from different nationalities communicate? it's in English, for the most part
THANK YOU!!! A lot of Europeans are so smug, they really don't realize a European vacation is a once in a lifetime IF THAT for Americans. We don't typically get paid vacation time and if we do there are usually stipulations about how much we can take at once, and then don't get me started on how much the trip itself will cost, around $10,000USD per person for a couple weeks if not more. We also do not get the luxury of learning a second language fluently in public schools.
@@MaryAliceComedy 😂😂 ok, how many languages do you speak? have you traveled at all? because i only speak three, that really limits it for me. should I just stay in my little corner of the world? do you know how long it takes to actually speak a different language? not say hello please and thank you. i mean, actually speak it.
Girlll the French can be so mean sometimes 😭 I used to work in a hotel at the front desk and when we check people in we can see their nationality and they’re never willing to speak English, even when they’re able to. I’m okay with that because I’ve learned French in school but when you make the smallest mistake while talking french they just start scolding you like wtf?? This happened so many timesssss
Facts. I've had similar experiences. It's so bizarre. They can be complete a-holes about their language if you make a minor mistake, but then can barely squeak out a word of English themselves or elect not to speak it at all even if they're fluent. It's giving entitled.
I'm sorry That's you had to experience That. Not all french People are like this. I personnaly love when people try to speak french and i always encourage them, like many other people around me.
I’ve been to France and the amount of judgy looks I got just walking on the street was extremely uncomfortable. At first I thought it was just me but after hearing this, yup. They were judging me lol. I have no desire to go back.
I visited two different places in France. First was in Normandy, where the people were very nice and welcoming (it was so beautiful ). Second was Paris, where we were immediately harassed by their military with their machine guns in their hands. (They said it was because we were standing in a big group huddled together and we weren’t allowed to do that). It was very pretty over here too but I was shocked by some parts of the city to that we’re covered in garbage and many beggars. Most of the locals ignored us but quite a few showed their dislike openly. Seeing The Eiffel Tower was cool but the experience was overshadowed by the very aggressive scammers and street vendors.
It’s funny bc I think French “style” is overrated and they just hold onto that stereotype bc most fashion houses were started there.. even though that was nearly 100 years ago 💀
went on an exchange trip to France and our teacher was, granted, very loud and overzealous. we got plenty of laughs, but mostly judgmental stares. it’s a small country compared to the US and they’re constantly flooded with tourists, so you can’t blame them too much
On behalf of the ⭐majority⭐ of the french people I invite you all to come to the South. Like seriously please. Day n night. Southern french are frank whereas parisians are just stressed and indeed kinda mean
ive never been to france but new york has a lot of french people and one time a french lady ran into me and didnt say anything. also times where they wont say excuse me even if theyre clearly the one in the way.
I love this girl sooo much!! She just soo real and funny… like she literally says what we are thinking…. Going and being made fun of enough to buy a new pair of shoes is something we would all do but never admit to…. Love it
France isn’t full of mean people but Paris is. It’s like here in the US when you go to LA, you get the same treatment in public. No matter who you are, people who think they are better than others will point and laugh and give looks. It’s so odd but like you said as long as you don’t get embarrassed it’s not a you problem it’s a them problem.
Longtime LA resident here. There are some cultural flaws here like every place has (mainly being flaky or performative in social relationships) but we do NOT point and laugh or even stare at strangers' outfits, unless you're surrounded by really gossipy old ladies, a party of influencers, or a person who's clearly on a substance. In fact, in many areas here it's pretty common to dress really weird or quirky or to be in costume for some kind of job, so while you'll get a few curious glances, you're not gonna get that sense of hostile scrutiny everywhere you go. Again, not saying LA is perfect, just saying this one PARTICULAR kind of thing, we really don't do.
@@Kay-kg6ny are you really invalidating my life experiences with a certain place just because your experiences in said place have been different? If so I’m not sure how to respond. People in LA do behave the way you’re claiming they don’t. It’s not really a big deal or a huge criticism it’s just a reality
I was on an elevator once in Italy and it was full. This French woman yelled at a man that was going to walk on the elevator like she owned it. I was like Wow.
I've been to France, Paris many times and they were extremely kind and helpful, I also wore uggs in the snow and no one cared, I'm also platinum haired....
I’ve always had the complete opposite of this! I’ve lived in Paris on and off since I was a kid and Parisians are so nice to me! They even go out of their way to help me 😅 I’ve literally had multiple people come up to me a day to see if I needed help ♥️
I am half French, and I hate French people because I swear they ALWAYS judge but like all the time, and it's just so frustrating and mean. And in Paris people are always grumpy :/
My French professor at college said it himself (and he has traveled there too many times to count): the French do not like tourists. Period! And don’t go looking for a public bathroom because they’re rare there. Good luck!
I live here since 9 years and I think they just hate women, even other women.... when there is a beautiful woman in the street or the metro, it's like she should be ashamed of being beautiful or just taking care of herself... what shocked me the most is the mean looks from women...
I worked at a hotel for 7 years, French Canadians ARE super mean, people from Paris, or Haiti are very nice. Huge difference. Every single French Canadian sports mom is a KAREN!
@@moomoosquiggles9137 French and English Canadians are VERY different. The French are so mean that they deliberately dump their raw sewage into the rivers that go to the English territory. They are incredibly spiteful and entitled, as they get funded by English Canada. They are the most corrupt place and the source of most politicians. They get many special privileges. It is really funny when the French from France come over and mock them since the French Canadians hate Canada and think they are the same as the original original French. Every time I have been backstabbed, I later found out they were French. 😄
"I don't know if it's the blonde hair" yeah that's it🤦🏼♀️😂😂😂 nah people shouldn't be mean no matter where you are. This is what gives me public anxiety 😂 I don't have the self esteem to deal with judgement 😂❤️
This happened to me but in Seville Spain. Granted I’m from Florida and we wear flip flops when going out so that that’s what I did. Nobody was rude but I was self conscious for some reason. I ended up buying a heeled sandal by the end of the day 😂
Blair “I don’t really find them mean”
Also Blair “the openly pointed and laughed at me” 😂💀
No she said she doesn't find IT mean, meaning the fact that they don't speak English.
She said French people (generally) compared to Parisians (specifically).
Well they thought she was wearing them as a joke. Cause their uggs..
i was listerally gonna say this exact thing
@@NstyEN Yeah Parisians are a different breed of French people even French people know this 💀
Ok so they are in fact mean
Yes they are ! I live in france and i can definitely ensure you that
But less racist than the Germans though
They are the worst!! I’m french Canadian and let me tell you : we are NOT the same. When it comes to a point where they hate each other in a heartbeat tells everything 😂
@@mylenestpierre6105 omg yes I’m from Quebec too! I think we’re generally pretty friendly people!🥺😊
I go every so often as it’s only a 1 hour train and I have lots of family there. The people aren’t mean especially if you speak a little French. I mainly know some Creole Patois but they’re always so polite about my language barrier.
“They’re not mean”
[gets bullied into buying new shoes]
And what happens if you cannot buy shoes? What if you just don't want to? Like, let me alone. Ignore me
@@YazminM2222because they have higher standards over there go somewhere else if you can’t dress properly
France is very weird trust me
@@The_Cook531yeah
@@Rachedg I’m from France and peoples are sus 💀
I don't care where someone is from, mocking strangers in the street for their outfits is garbage behavior.
It’s happens in the United States too. Ugg’s are just a stereotypical American thing. Its the same thing as Americans laughing at Mexican pointy boots. I’ve seen teenager point and laugh at someone wearing them. They weren’t try to shame and bully them. It’s more of a novelty thing that you find amusing
French reporting, and I second this.
It’s ok, even the French admit Parisians are mean
Yes when we went to the French countryside, everyone was so much nicer and more “normal”
I have a friend from Lyon, she said she didn’t like Paris because Parisians are snobs 😂
@@darshkaur5684which country's countryside don't have nice people?
(Damn...weird sentence...)
@@chisoey2986 People in Lyon are also very snobbish.
@@chisoey2986 even most people in Paris hate Parisians 💀
when i was a CHILD visiting france, i was audibly scoffed at when i said “merci” to a cashier. I WAS TWELVE?
That's been my experience too
You would think they would appreciate when visitors use their language.
That's a new low. Tweens can be delicate, how awful to do that. Paris is pretty but the people tend to be intentionally unkind. There are so many other places in Europe that are beautiful and have better humans.
😂
That honestly would have wrecked me for the rest of the trip. I have no problem admitting I was fragile af at 12
I grew up in Paris and I was definitely a little bit excentric in how I dressed. You'd be surprised how many times grown strangers bullied my teenage self walking down the street bc I committed the crime of wearing colours that aren't neutral 💀 but that's Paris specifically. The rest of France has really chill people actually! I recommend vacationing in Lyon instead, it's so much nicer and people aren't snobbish like that.
Lyon looks horrendous tho, its full of garbage and prostitutes, i was almost kidnapped in front of my hotel, one of the worst places ive ever visited
I went to Lyon and mostly everyone was super nice. I had one woman make a weird comment when I got off my flight. She was offended I wanted to stand instead of sit on the subway that literally has bars to hold for standing. I'd just been sitting for 8 hours I wanted a break 🤷♀️
@@c457jajsudbe lol maybe she thought you were being passive aggressive by standing... There are weird people everywhere lol
@@ioa8456 I have no idea what Lyon you're talking about, but it's not the city I visited that's for sure 😂
I’ve heard people in the French countryside are much nicer too! 🤞
I visited Paris once when I was 17. I was lost and trying to find the train station. People were obnoxious. No one tried to help me. I ended up in tears, lost hungry and scared. It took me 5 hours of walking in circles to find the train station that should have taken me 10 mins to walk to if anyone had been willing to help. I have travelled all over the world since but will never return to Paris. They are the most conceited, self absorbed, rudest, ignorant people I have ever come across.
Woow..that's terrible! I'm sorry that happened to you!
Wow that was so bad 😢 i'm sorry it happened to you, you deserved better 😔
@@nghiluu4996 you’re a faker
Damn!
did you ask for help? not trying to excuse what happened to you as people should ideally give their help to people in need but also context is important, a lot of people in paris are extremely stressed and busy during working days and typically won't look out for anyone. not saying it's a great thing but it's sad that this one although very bad experience is the reason you won't return to paris ever
Blair they have cigarettes and black coffee for breakfast don’t expect much from such people 🤣
Breakfast of champions!
Lmao 🤣
but that's the best breakfast!
Righttt LOLLL! Exactly
For real, we'll see who's laughing when the air in their lungs run out💀
So if the French are making fun of you
Does that mean you got French fried? 😭😂
French Toast 💀
💀💀
Underrated
🤣🤣
Absolutely underrated comment 😂
“They’re not mean they just shouldn’t have to speak English!”
“But they also openly scoffed and proceeded to point and laugh at me” girl that’s mean
(And if she was really honest, it's not that Parisians don't want to speak English, it's that Parisians don't want to speak to _people_ who speak English. 😂)
@@jacksyoutubechannel4045 thats what we have the Brits for! no one takes the piss out of the French quite like the Pommes! Gawd bless them people!
One guy asked me if I was a Prostitute in Paris because I was foreign and dressed nice. And I replied “ If I was you wouldn’t be able to afford me” 😂😂😂
Perfect!
Which is exactly what they would say ;) 😂😆
Is your mother is would be my first response 😅😅 take that
That's funny.
@@dseb99 would they though? Or would they offer their services.
I literally know no one who has gone to Paris that has says the people there were nice. Doesn't matter what you look like...if you are a tourist they don't like you.
I mean… that’s just plain entitled and childish. It’s literally PARIS!! Move then 😂😂😂😂. Most Americans don’t complain about being a “mixed” country.
I thought it was fine everyone seemed nice and I didn't have anyone be mean to me but then again I'm oblivious sometimes so maybe there were and it went over my head haha ignorance can be bliss
When I was there everyone was surprisingly nice, but I guessed it was because my mom knows a little French so she tried speaking that
When I was there everyone was nice but I didn't visit for a very long time so idk
They sound like a living version of what I imagine people think about me when I travel according to these comments😳
When i was in Italy & met other tourists.. they all said the French were so mean and they liked Italy better lol
Italian living in Paris. Yes. Everyone hates them. Literally EVERYONE. It's not a stereotype!
I experienced the opposite with Italians. I find it very snotty especially when it comes to their food
italy has some of the nicest people in europe, maybe even the whole world. they are instantly warm and friendly to you and want to know more about you. its a very welcoming and beautiful culture
@@_peepee_ Yes we are. Thank you. I'm American Italian, though...does that count?? 😁
@@stefanmarchione6757 lmao no
I don’t expect people in a different country to speak English for me but I would like them to not be mean when I’m trying my best to speak their language.
Exactly!!
Like yeah, that would be the rudest thing. French myself, I can see the différences between mean laugh and "aww cute" laugh, and I get why people can be self concious after that
Yeah this knee jerk assumption that "if a local treated you badly it MUST be because you were being an obnoxious tourist" is so rife online, but in real life I've seen people who really were being extremely polite and trying hard with the local language still get treated badly.
We are not mean! We actually really love when people are trying to speak french!
@@maestyasaes8368You guys are mean.
I would love a true New Yorker to go there I'd love to see the showdown between this type of French and a hard headed New Yorker 😂
What is a true New Yorker? Actual question.
@@launicaastrid Just someone born and raised in ny I think.
@@curbstopI am. It would not go well, because I am a no nonsense individual and I speak French (among other languages) at a business proficiency level. My confidence would remain unshaken, but my ire would come to the fore because people in NYC can be standoffish, but are rarely unkind. And, I would not silently put up with Parisian bullshit. The universe loves me, because everytime the opportunity has presented itself to live, work, study in Paris, I've ended up in another much more soulful European country
@@FancyForestPerson 😄
Or a Bostonian lol.
Last time I was in Paris I literally cried😭
I just couldn’t take the meanness lol
Same 2 people yelled at me and my sister for no reason 🥺
@@elle7981exactly bro they ain’t ever seen this Mexican fury if they think they finna laugh at mr
You probably deserved it lmao
@@Pradapussy I’m Mexican and I’d cry lmao we don’t even stereotypically have fury what are you talking about 😂
Oh wow
Parisians are the meanest people I have EVER encountered. You go to them in the street and can be like “sorry excuse me…” and their response is “NO!” and then they walk away quickly
Yeah, it's called a major city. We don't have time.
@charles you don’t have time to be polite? Give me a break..it’s just arrogant and aloof
@@ashleybriones2445 You clearly never went to NYC or London. And we're polite enough.
@@charles1413 lmao you have time to be assholes though
@@charles1413nah I’ve been to Mexico City thousands of times bigger and more populated and people aren’t mean like that
I saw a Parisian man get so angry at a an Asian girl for mispronouncing “bonjour” that his coworkers had to hold him back and drag him away. I definitely wasn’t treated very well the three days I was there, though I expected it as a poc. Southern France was lovely though. I do try to learn a bit of a language before going to any country I visit, but it’s unreasonable to expect any tourist to know more than a few words. I’ve been to twelve countries in the last year, I can’t be fluent in all of their languages. I also live in a city with international tourism, and I would never expect them to speak fluent English. It would be xenophobic, imo.
oh man 😅 I'm a poc going to france next year, any tips? 😭
@@michelle5952 paris airport has many lovely black people working there. Some Asians too. Lots of middle eastern people in the city as well. Part of paris has indian. Been to paris a few times to and from rural France. The non friendly people i met in Paris were not French. Speak some French and smile. Some taxi drivers will try to rip you off (a lot are not French).
Was she a child?
This really changed my mind about visiting Paris. My sister's fiancee, a French himself, hates Parisians and Paris itself. As someone who also grew up in smaller town, I told him "'Oh, I kinda hate Seoul too" and he retorted, "'No 'kinda', I hate, hate Paris."
I guess it must be THAT bad. 😐
I've had the honor of helping folks from other countries at a store I worked at. Very few were abrasive, most were very kind. I speak English and understand a little spanish. I was still able to find ways to help non english speakers find what they needed. You have to really LISTEN.
On my first visit to Paris in 1977, I wore Birkenstock sandals. I got the pointing and expressions of horror at what would become a fashion statement 40 years later. I was so far ahead of the curve...
That’s fashion for ya
You were a fashion pioneer
You were a time traveler from the future. 😂 😎
Those were some ugly Hippie shits in the 70s and still ugly Hippie shits now.
They will still laugh at Birkenstocks though
honestly, even french people avoid going to Paris (except Parisian) haha, all you do in Paris is to visit the main monuments
in other places you see people wearing socks and flip flop on the streets
Paris is just ✨special✨
if you go to southern cities, people are less judgmental and more chill
they are less stressed and stressful xD
omg yes thank you, I H.A.T.E Paris and I live in Brittany
For real
overstated as any other capital.
@@nau304 So true. Everytime I visit another country I try to not spend too long in the capital. When my foreign friends tell me they wanna visit France, I give them a bunch of places names and avoid paris
Pointing and laughing at someone isn’t what I would call “nice”
Lol I noticed that. She mentioned the speaking English thing then went on to describe other ways they are mean
My 5 year old knows better than that...just saying..
That’s what happens when you put a whole city on a pedestal. The population thinks they’re better than everyone else.
New Yorkers suffer from that same energy
“They’re not mean”
*proceeds to explain how so many of them are mean*
Girl you just described the entire plot of mean girls. Their behavior made you BUY NEW SHOES. I get it, in Europe, wearing the ugg slippers outside is a bit weird, but French always go overboard. However, they do treat each other this way too, so that’s that.
French don't go overboard, Europeans and Asians just dress better than north Americans.
@@malihakarim1696 México is "North América" as well and even us dress better that people from the States.
@@Osw-Aldo-class babe. Depends on what class you're comparing yourself to.
@@LisaSoulLevelHealing people from the States lack of class Babe. Travel around and you'll spot easily the tourists from the states.
@@malihakarim1696what does dressing better have to do with judgibg and embarass others
so they definitely are mean, you just have thick skin
I went to France recently, and let me tell you: I never met anyone as nice as the French. They were so generous and sweet.
The problem is that foreigners think that France is limited to Parisian population. The whole of France is not like that
What gets me is that they will comment on stranger's weight openly. Like I'm not a snowflake but that's not ok. In my country commenting on someone's appearance is done by those that are ill-bred so I was surprised in when in France that it's done by everyone
Source: I lived in France and speak French
My eating disorder would be soooooo triggered. Good to know to stay away from there while I continue recovery right now, thank you for sharing this!
Damn, I went to France all the time when I was a fat kid and I never met any mean people
@@hippiegypsygirl frennie got mad
I am from Paris and I’ve never done that or heard anyone do it, I don’t know what part of Paris you’re talking about but not everyone does this.
I don't know where you went but I'm French and no one ever speak about someone's weigh except for your relative maybe. It's not something that is tolerated and it is extremely disrespectful to do so. I've never heard or had someone talk about my weight and never heard any of my friends telling me that they experimented that. So you are definitely a very rare case if it actually happened to you. Just one bad experience shouldn't make you think that all French ppl are like that.
See I’m Latina, we are so nice until you’re not, I think I’d scare some Parisian people if they laughed at me like that 🤣
I am Latina and never nice... just kidding. If people were laughing at me coz of my shoes, I would prop tell them to f*** off and throw the shoe at them them.
I would love to watch you walk around Paris spreading latina heat
as a fellow Latina I agree. we are super nice and patience until u choose war, then u gonna get it cabron.
Same
Same girl 🇵🇷
I had some family come from francs to visit (just outside of Paris) and they tried to be shady but booooy were they SHOCKED when my sister and I gave them the same attitude but WORSE….. y’all just need to be more confrontational
Good for you!
"they're not mean they are cruel" 😂
well,, as a fellow Frenchie I'd like to apologize on behalf of my country BUT pls go visit other places than Paris bc parisians are indeed mean. like it's even a thing among French people to say parisians are pretentious etc, they often mock other areas of France so.. but Paris can still be cool tbh! just depends where you go yk
Where would you suggest to visit? That was nice of you to say to her by the way. 🙂
There are quite beautiful cities to visit in France. I would suggest Lyon (it's like a mini, cleaner Paris with delicious cuisine), Strasbourg (very beautiful and picturesque) or Bordeaux (very bourgeois + there is, just an hour away, Arcachon, where you can enjoy the beach and where I had the absolute best oysters of my life).
@@2Sylphida this was so cool of you to post places and the reason to visit there. If I ever have the privilege to be able to visit I will take this advice ❤️ I’d love to visit another country someday and show my daughter when she grows up- how beautiful the world can be. America seems like a trap. I’d do anything to get out of here just for a little bit.
France is gorgeous. I love it 😻
I agree, I feel like it’s a lot of big cities but French the are unapologetic themselves lol. France is gorgeous and southern France is one of my favorite places! Marseille and Avignon or just 😘😘😘
The confidence you have to have to drip foundation on your face while wearing a white top… I could never
Right?
I held my breath while she was doing this ha ha ha 😂 xoxo
When I was 16 I visited Paris for the first time and was really excited to practice my french. Everytime I tried (to waiters, cashiers, etc) they would scoff at me and speak English back. So yeah, they're mean.
Sorry but it's not our job to practice with you the language you want to learn. We have to work and the job is already boring and exhausting. Most of the time we don't have time.
@@salambo6512 you could at least not scoff and be mean about it though..?
@@salambo6512I dunno man, I'm kind and polite to all the tourists who ask for help in my city even when their English is very poor and broken. Doesn't take much to show foreigners your country's best side.
@@salambo6512At least she tried to learn French. Imagine going to America and tried speaking English only to be scoffed at
It is funny how French on the other hand when they come to my country they start talking French expecting everyone to knows it loool.
I didn’t like Paris at all, it’s just not my vibe. I didn’t expect anyone talk to me or go out of their way for a random American. Italy was so much more beautiful and fun to me honestly.
Don't worry, Italians also hate American tourists 🙃
italians are so much friendlier 🥲🥲
Spain too! i highly recommend visiting! All my family their said no don't visit France, go to Italy they're great
😅i live in italy but totaly loved France, i think their meanness is the same, even though I'd kinda correct myself there, in italy they don't laugh at you like she is saying they did in Paris, but they stare at you until you almost ask them whta they want
@@Ziphozonke yes.. I lived in Florence.. they are not nice and friendly. But feel the need how unfriendly and cold we Germans are.. it's insane.. happy to be back and people are indeed not unfriendly here
Paris is such a polarizing place. It's always interesting learning about the different experiences people have.
No it's not. Lol
The only thing that Different in people's stories about Paris is what they were wearing when they got yelled or laughed at by some frech equivalent of chaws.
If they’re pointing my footwear I will point at theirs too and laugh as hard as them 😅
You're nicer than me, if the were me I might throw my shoe on to their face.
I was lost in Paris in 2008. I knew no French. The Parisians were SO kind and helpful. They walked me back to the train, used sign language to help me find my way, they were AMAZING. My experience is clearly different than others but maybe some folks need to give them a chance. To me, they were very compassionate.
Your experience is clearly one in a million 😂
You hit the jackpot
Good to know. I always give people a chance.
I can't take risks like that in my fragile mental state I'll just visit Hawai'i or the Philippines
I bet it’s because you’re special 😂
@@mellonbee1204 Filipino here! I'd be super duper careful if I were you. Especially if you're going to be visiting the more popular places like Manila. ( But still be careful nonetheless no matter which area of the Ph you plan to go to ) I hate to tell this, but some Drivers ( Be it Tricycle drivers, Jeepney drivers etc ) or even some vendors have a knack for taking advantage of Foreigners most especially if they can only speak and understand English. They'll make you pay double or triple the price of something you're supposed to pay for.
The problem with the French isn't that they expect you to speak french fluently in France, it's that they expect you to speak french when they're outside of France. I live in Germany close to the french border. The only french people that speak german or english are those that work in Germany or in the scientific fields.
I think it’s also that they expect you to speak THEIR VERSION of French. I speak basic Canadian French (not a lot but good enough) and they would reply to me in English 💀 or worse, pretend to not understand what I’m saying.
they are the worst. they come to portugal and don't speak anything but french. like, I'm sorry, this isn't the 19th century, yours is not the international language anymore. either learn English or be humble
Loool that's so funny the germans do the same in northern italy close to the border with austria, they live in italy but barely speak italian
Omg that‘s so true. I live in Germany and I was walking around when a French guy passed me and randomly started to speak in French to me and stuff. To this day I still don’t know what he said to me.
Same in Belgium but everyone from Flemish speaking side learns French and English too
please understand if you are french that as an American I do not care. I'm going to be a polite southern lady no matter how you act, but don't be surprised if I bless your heart for being rude.
Polite southern lady you are very welcome to come to italy, we have better food and better beaches 🤣🤣🤣💖
@@fran791 I have been and I loved it!!! I can't wait to go back. Everyone was kind.
dear polite southern lady, let me say you are also always welcome to come to Germany. We don't have so many beaches, but we have wonderful Bier and bread!
I love this ❤. It’s harder to be nice to someone when they are being mean to you than to just snap back. You are an example of how to live a better life
@@fran791 and wayyy better people😂
I went to Paris and people were actually very kind. Someone at the bakery gave me my macarons for free and when they realized i couldn't speak French, they would slow down and enunciate so I could try to learn and didn't react when I answered in English.
To be honest I haven’t experienced anything of the sort when visiting France, including Paris. People did correct me if I butchered a word in French, but they were overall friendly and happy to help me. 🇪🇸👋🏻
I was studying French in high school and part of our program was that we got the opportunity to go to Quebec City. I got to go and was able to speak a bit of French to people, it was enough to get by and it was how I started conversations out of respect. I would usually ask once I was uncomfortable (because I didn’t know many words that I needed in shops and whatnot) if the person I was being helped by knew English. One time we stopped on our way back at a gas station to get food/use the bathroom, etc. and I was speaking to the convenience store cashier and asked her if she knew English because I didn’t know the things I wanted to ask for in French. She said yes and then immediately said “but you should be speaking French” as if I was unaware. I also had this moment where I was like, I get this area is French speaking, but the French colonizers did take over a group of native people to get here and by default you should know their native language. I didn’t say that but I was just like wtf lol.
You should have said that!!! Right in her face.
Do you speak the language of the people your ancestors colonized? You know what they say about people in glass houses…
Quebec people can be such assholes for no reason. English is still an official language even if you’re in Quebec.
@@sarah7589 they aren't the ones going around telling peoples who are trying to talk to them what they should and shouldn't speak
@@nevadadepner0118 actually Quebec’s official language is French and only French…
If a girl THIS beautiful gets this treatment then im gonna be treated like a slave tf
I wanted to visit but guess I won't be now.
@@qwr742 Same, i'm scared now 😬
The thing is, woman like her aren’t considered beautiful by French standards.
Take care of yourself
listen this girl is super pretty, but in europe people kinda expect you to look more 'normal' or toned down if that makes sense? like over the top make up/hair/clothes/fillers even teeth, like the whole 'american vibe' are generally seen as clownish. especially in france!(uk is a different story) i personally think everyone can look as they wish, just trying to explain why ppl might act weirdly to someone like her. i love her channel myself so pls dont shoot the messenger 😅
I was kicked out of café for asking how much the chocolate truffles cost. The man said “get out, get out, leave!” He shooed me away and closed the door behind me lol 😂
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What an effing d0u€he b@g he was. This was his macho way of saying "if i have to translate in English how much these all cost, then {you} cannot afford it!" Hopefully, someday, somebody, somewhere, punches his lights out for that type of behavior. They would be doing him & the World a favor. I actually loved Paris as a teenager, running free on the Champs' Elysees all night long (something no one should do these days), but I was not immune to being made fun of by other women and a couple of older men. Hope that didn't ruin your trip to the 2nd most fabulous city in the World! (sorry-I am totally biased toward NYC, being from here!)
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There may be a language barrier but everyone understands the middle fingerr
My family is French on my paternal side and French Canadian on the maternal. French people have no filter, they say what they think the moment they form the thought. Also, French Canadians are considered like hillbillies to other French people.
French hilbillies? Lmao. That's a first
Weird! Because my daughter went to Paris to learn to speak more fluently in Parisian French and everyone spoke English to her as soon as they realized she was Canadian. She had to politely ask people if they would speak French to her because that was her main reason for travelling there. A lot of them said they were trying to learn English better. Either way though she said everyone was really nice to her.
This happened to me when my parents sent me to immersion camp in Paris lol. I found that of the people in Paris, immigrants were wayyy more friendly and accommodating, willing to help me learn and gently correct me.
@@SmartStart24immigrants in paris is not French 😂
French people hate the French-Canadian accent so they refuse to speak French with French Canadians.
It's weird because everyone was super nice to me in all the places I went to in France (Paris, Marseille, Provence, and La Ciotat). I must have gotten lucky. All I did was start conversations saying (in French) "hello, do you speak english?" and they responded quite well to it because I was greeting them, being polite, and putting in the effort.
I think that’s the biggest thing! Most people in America
(no offense to myself, or anyone else) are very entitled and think we’re superior so they just assume everyone speaks English. I saw a Reddit post or some thing one time that a guy who is originally from America would go to this café in Paris. He would witness the cashier not really care about American customers unless they actually put in the effort to ask if they spoke English in French and he would be like “of course how can I help you” but if they made no attempts at all in French he would act like he couldn’t speak it
@@rachaelschroll7705 I worked for a man from Paris and this seems like something he would do.
Everyone I encountered in Paris when I went in 2018 was super nice to me too! I speak some French so I think that helped but genuinely everyone I encountered was friendly and kind towards me and I never got any weird looks or anything lol
@@rachaelschroll7705 only they’re mean and laugh at you even if you attempt to speak French which then discourages people from trying to speak it. I was literally 14 when I went Paris and got laughed and ridiculed multiple times for trying to speak French. Plenty of other people have have a similar experience
You must be special. Bless your heart.
as a French all I can say is that they are a lot of very uptight traditional st*pid people that you need to ignore but also a lot of open minded very nice ones. But the proportion of judgmental uptightness is big, yes ^^
But tbh it's kinda a lot in our culture to be annoyed and judge sometimes, so it's not really to be taken seriously. everyone judges and gets judged by other ppl sometimes and everyone just brushes it off and that's all. It's kind of a generality of judging and getting judged but giving zero f*cks if that makes sense ^^'
Weird, last time I went almost everyone spoke English and was very polite and helpful. I guess everyone has different experiences.
That was my experience too visiting Paris in 2019
You were in another country
As a tattooed woman in paris, the amount of older women who would gasp and point, scoff at me in disgust.. I was shook
Trauma is a real thing. The fact that you felt you needed to purchase boots to fit in better shows that they bullied you. Best thing you could’ve done is keep being yourself wearing clothes that you brought. Sounds awful, don’t make excuses for peoples bad behaviors. ❤
I remember standing on the train in NYC and three French teenagers sitting in front of me began to obviously laugh at my shoes, pointing and all. I was wearing black patent leather-esque platform boots with a lot of hardware. Their mockery was SO obvious. I already felt uncomfortable about actually wearing these shoes out. I wanted to hide. Or at least mutter a swear word at them in French. This was years ago and I still remember it. I've actually gotten compliments from NYCers the one other time I wore those shoes. And never has anyone mocked anything I've worn here, leave it to the French to.
I'm really sorry for you.
french canadians do that as well. purposefully speak french when they know you only speak english (it's bylingual country and i'm an immigrant cut me some slack!) but they won't even try to speak to you in english even when you ask them things in english and they see that you're not native, they just answer to you in french, and i'm convinced they do that to you on purpose, no way in hell you can't speak english living in canada!!! and this happened to me A LOT. i'm from russia, if i saw a foreigner who's trying to speak to me in english i'd help them the best i could, not be a total dick about it, like "oh you came to my country and you don't speak russian then fck off". especially when english is an offical language in canada!!! so frustrating. i don't know, i've heard french speakers have some beef with english speakers and they're protecting the use of french, but why take your anger on me when you see i'm clearly struggling and do the best i can.
My father visited in the '90s and told how they raised prices and made fun of Americans to their face. Awkward mean and expected no lash back.
Call them frog under your breath but loud enough for them to hear, they'll understand that
Omg Im using this at work(in general)
I don't get it. I am from an African country, Djibouti, but when I was on vacation in Paris, people were nice to me. I live in another European country for a very long time, and I forgot French, and even with my destroyed French language, they were nice to me. When me and my cousin and I were lost and couldn't find a restaurant we were going to an old French couple who helped us in the right direction and we found the Korean restaurant we were going to.
Maybe we looked good and dressed well that everyone was nice. We were not overly out there with our outfits, too. I really do think the platinum blond is intimidating them.
i feel like they just hate americans...
You can’t expect someone to know how to dress down to a t when they’re visiting a foreign country a lot of Americans don’t even know they look American. Making fun of foreigners for how they dress is ridiculous.
@Nocebo Affect It is an overall thing. Just dress nicely, don't be loud af. Also, be kind and trust most people will be kind to you. I am in the sales, and trust me reading the room is one of my specialities. It usually almost always comes down to kindness, looking well (by dressing well and not too much out there) and don't be loud with friends and families. Just be polite with everything and most people will be kind to you too. Not you directly but I am talking about in a general you.
@@acacius9903 I also have never been mistreated by any French person. I’ve been to France many times, Nice, Cannes, Saint-tropez, and Paris. I’ve been to Paris more than 6 times I’ve never been mistreated by any Parisian at all. In fact I’ve had Parisians to go out of their way to help me and everybody seems more interested in me when they find out I’m Brazilian and I don’t speak any French. That said I have witnessed people being mistreated by Parisians so I don’t discount the bad experiences of other people. I guess when it comes to Paris it’s a hit or miss and no in between for most people.
What's there not to get? You had a good experience and most don't. Congrats on being one of the few but don't discount other people's experiences just because you happened to have a good one. People say Americans are idiots but really those people need to take a look around and assess themselves
Style your hair in an ‘undone’ bun and wear very light makeup (maybe just a mascara and lip balm) and you’ll look less of a tourist. Either that or just ignore them 🙂
Trust me as a french person who lives in the suburbs near Paris, most french people dislike going to Paris because of the attitude of the people there. When I went to a school in Paris, a lot of (not all ofc) people were so snobbish and ignorant but the further you go from Paris, the nicer the people are. At least in the suburbs, they reply to you when you say hi to them...
I can’t agree more !
I also live in the suburbs, and what you say is totally relatable I couldn’t agree more at this point… I’ve heard that Parisians even have kind of stereotypes about us too… 😅
One day me and my brother went to buy something in a store, and the cashier didn’t say a single word, but us « Bonjour ! Merci ! Au revoir !» He didn’t do anything but showed us his neutral face. Clearly, the further of Paris you get, the nicer the people are. And yes, at least here we answer when someone says « hello » !
Also, which side of the Suburbs do you live in ? :o I’m curious
@@s.k.9110 i live on the east side :)
@@raenia3655 Same !! 😆
Parisians being so mean to tourists is kind of hillarious when you realize most of the city's income comes from tourists.
As an Indian I don't have any problem to walk in the French streets with slippers, half pants and a cheap shirt no matter what people say.....I don't give a ***k what people say 😂
They'll respect someone in a clown outfit more than "American" fashion lol
Understandably so tbh
There is no such thing as American fashion
100% agree
You know what, this is a really weird stereotype, but to be honest with a few very minor differences, all across Europe I saw people mostly dressing the way that they are dressing in America. Paris was the only exception, and to be honest it's not even that they're more stylish or interesting with their dressing, they're just more formal 🤷🏿♀️
Yea it’s nothing how you imagine it be. All those damn rats shook me😂
Paris syndrome is too real lol
It's not even just French people who live in France, I had a family friend growing up who grew up in France and she was one of the meanest/ most judgemental people I've ever met 😭
In my French classes in school, there we had the topic of the Paris house numbers or addresses which are divided into the poor normal and rich section. So if you give your address, they would know which social class you were in. Well I think this social dynamic explains a lot.
As a Parisian, I've never heard of this, but I know that there are places (I mean arrondissement) that are more affluent than others (like all over the globe), so it makes sense that telling someone you live in such-and-such a place would give them an idea of your social status.
I went to Paris this year and this woman let her child run straight into me. It wasn’t like the kid meant it but it wasn’t a light running into either. He fully smacked into my side as he ran past me. I pulled a face and looked around bc there were a bunch of people around me and who tf would let their little child run around like this? I looked up and made eye contact with this woman following the boy closely behind, clearly his mother. and she was close enough to have definitely seen him run into me. I looked at her to see if she was gonna apologize for him but as she walked past she lightly bumped my shoulder and glared at me! What did I do?????
That's totally normal. I've been living in Paris for 10 years now and I just don't understand the cognitive dissonance: you HAVE to say bonjour the minute you enter a shop but when you walk on the pavement all politeness disappears??
Lol, actually, when I was in France I was 5, just started learning french and once in a restaurant i said "bonjour" perfectly, really, including french "r". Waiter was so pleased with me because he thought that my family speaks french too. But when they started to speak english, he autommatically changed his mind about us😆.
Scoff back at them. Don't let them bully you.
I’ve never met a nice French person tbh 😅
nice to you doesn't mean the same thing to us. There are many decent French citizens.
@@charles1413 she literally said "I'VE" she was speaking about herself, her experience, she didn't say they isn't no nice people there
Probably because you only went to Paris like all foreigners
Okay. How many french people have you met? Millions?
I'm German, live close to the border and I used to go to France all the time, yet not once have I met any mean people even though I was fat with no fashion sense 😕
I went to France recently and it wasn't the people I interacted with that I had problems with. The people I tried talking to (in both English and bad french) were really nice about it. My problem was that they walk in the middle of the sidewalk and when I step over as much as I can they don't. They just slam into me. It happened about 15 in a week. Like please just step two inches to the side
You are beautiful. Maybe because you stand out. Don't worry about what anyone thinks of you. Be happy and just smile. Don't change who you are for stuffy people.
americans, get over your "i don't expect people to speak English" complex. I'm Portuguese and I expect it when I visit a major European capital. am I supposed to learn polish if I'm spending a week in warsaw? then three days in Budapest, should i learn hungarian too? that's just the way the world works. how do you think people from different nationalities communicate? it's in English, for the most part
THANK YOU!!! A lot of Europeans are so smug, they really don't realize a European vacation is a once in a lifetime IF THAT for Americans. We don't typically get paid vacation time and if we do there are usually stipulations about how much we can take at once, and then don't get me started on how much the trip itself will cost, around $10,000USD per person for a couple weeks if not more. We also do not get the luxury of learning a second language fluently in public schools.
Yeeees every european knows thiiis
Yes you should. Dont you want to experi3nce the culture or the country? Going to a country without learning and speaking the language is tacky
@@fran791 No you are all disrespectful.
@@MaryAliceComedy 😂😂 ok, how many languages do you speak? have you traveled at all? because i only speak three, that really limits it for me. should I just stay in my little corner of the world? do you know how long it takes to actually speak a different language? not say hello please and thank you. i mean, actually speak it.
Girlll the French can be so mean sometimes 😭 I used to work in a hotel at the front desk and when we check people in we can see their nationality and they’re never willing to speak English, even when they’re able to. I’m okay with that because I’ve learned French in school but when you make the smallest mistake while talking french they just start scolding you like wtf?? This happened so many timesssss
Facts. I've had similar experiences. It's so bizarre. They can be complete a-holes about their language if you make a minor mistake, but then can barely squeak out a word of English themselves or elect not to speak it at all even if they're fluent. It's giving entitled.
I'm sorry That's you had to experience That. Not all french People are like this. I personnaly love when people try to speak french and i always encourage them, like many other people around me.
I’ve been to France and the amount of judgy looks I got just walking on the street was extremely uncomfortable. At first I thought it was just me but after hearing this, yup. They were judging me lol. I have no desire to go back.
I visited two different places in France. First was in Normandy, where the people were very nice and welcoming (it was so beautiful ). Second was Paris, where we were immediately harassed by their military with their machine guns in their hands. (They said it was because we were standing in a big group huddled together and we weren’t allowed to do that). It was very pretty over here too but I was shocked by some parts of the city to that we’re covered in garbage and many beggars. Most of the locals ignored us but quite a few showed their dislike openly. Seeing The Eiffel Tower was cool but the experience was overshadowed by the very aggressive scammers and street vendors.
It’s funny bc I think French “style” is overrated and they just hold onto that stereotype bc most fashion houses were started there.. even though that was nearly 100 years ago 💀
They're still opened and running well though, it's not just a tradition.
It's an American thing. Americans are the ones who are obsessed with French style
French "style" is so bland and basic.
went on an exchange trip to France and our teacher was, granted, very loud and overzealous. we got plenty of laughs, but mostly judgmental stares. it’s a small country compared to the US and they’re constantly flooded with tourists, so you can’t blame them too much
Thank you for understanding
On behalf of the ⭐majority⭐ of the french people I invite you all to come to the South. Like seriously please.
Day n night.
Southern french are frank whereas parisians are just stressed and indeed kinda mean
They get mad at you when you try to speak French to them 😭
ive never been to france but new york has a lot of french people and one time a french lady ran into me and didnt say anything. also times where they wont say excuse me even if theyre clearly the one in the way.
Being rude has nothing to do with the country you’re from!
How do you know the lady was french if she didnt say anything?
how do you know that they are french?
because she was speaking french to the people she was with lol
because she was speaking french to the people she was with
I love this girl sooo much!! She just soo real and funny… like she literally says what we are thinking…. Going and being made fun of enough to buy a new pair of shoes is something we would all do but never admit to…. Love it
I legit had zero f's. I wore tennis all over Europe. I wasn't going to be uncomfortable or have any foot issues while walking.
As a French and English person, yes parisians are very jugemental but not all French people.
France isn’t full of mean people but Paris is. It’s like here in the US when you go to LA, you get the same treatment in public. No matter who you are, people who think they are better than others will point and laugh and give looks. It’s so odd but like you said as long as you don’t get embarrassed it’s not a you problem it’s a them problem.
Longtime LA resident here. There are some cultural flaws here like every place has (mainly being flaky or performative in social relationships) but we do NOT point and laugh or even stare at strangers' outfits, unless you're surrounded by really gossipy old ladies, a party of influencers, or a person who's clearly on a substance. In fact, in many areas here it's pretty common to dress really weird or quirky or to be in costume for some kind of job, so while you'll get a few curious glances, you're not gonna get that sense of hostile scrutiny everywhere you go. Again, not saying LA is perfect, just saying this one PARTICULAR kind of thing, we really don't do.
@@Kay-kg6ny are you really invalidating my life experiences with a certain place just because your experiences in said place have been different? If so I’m not sure how to respond. People in LA do behave the way you’re claiming they don’t. It’s not really a big deal or a huge criticism it’s just a reality
Coming from someone who speaks fluent french and has been there several times, they are, in fact, extremely mean.
I was on an elevator once in Italy and it was full. This French woman yelled at a man that was going to walk on the elevator like she owned it. I was like Wow.
I've been to France, Paris many times and they were extremely kind and helpful, I also wore uggs in the snow and no one cared, I'm also platinum haired....
I’ve always had the complete opposite of this! I’ve lived in Paris on and off since I was a kid and Parisians are so nice to me! They even go out of their way to help me 😅 I’ve literally had multiple people come up to me a day to see if I needed help ♥️
I am half French, and I hate French people because I swear they ALWAYS judge but like all the time, and it's just so frustrating and mean. And in Paris people are always grumpy :/
My French professor at college said it himself (and he has traveled there too many times to count): the French do not like tourists.
Period! And don’t go looking for a public bathroom because they’re rare there. Good luck!
I live here since 9 years and I think they just hate women, even other women.... when there is a beautiful woman in the street or the metro, it's like she should be ashamed of being beautiful or just taking care of herself... what shocked me the most is the mean looks from women...
I worked at a hotel for 7 years, French Canadians ARE super mean, people from Paris, or Haiti are very nice. Huge difference. Every single French Canadian sports mom is a KAREN!
Canadians are some of the NICEST people
@@moomoosquiggles9137 French and English Canadians are VERY different. The French are so mean that they deliberately dump their raw sewage into the rivers that go to the English territory. They are incredibly spiteful and entitled, as they get funded by English Canada. They are the most corrupt place and the source of most politicians. They get many special privileges.
It is really funny when the French from France come over and mock them since the French Canadians hate Canada and think they are the same as the original original French. Every time I have been backstabbed, I later found out they were French. 😄
you either typed this drunk or you're trolling. it's literally the opposite if what you've typed.
or you work in the tourism industry in Paris.
@@moomoosquiggles9137 ya everywhere else but Quebec, Montreal or Ottawa lol
this is cap lol
"I don't know if it's the blonde hair" yeah that's it🤦🏼♀️😂😂😂 nah people shouldn't be mean no matter where you are. This is what gives me public anxiety 😂 I don't have the self esteem to deal with judgement 😂❤️
I just saw a comment above pretty much agreeing with taking someone’s photo because they don’t approve of those shoes..gtfo lmao
Tbf blonde hair doesn't exactly have the best reputation
French people aren’t mean,
*proceeds to describe people being mean*
I just went to France for the first and i was shocked at how mean they are.
No smiles, no cues (waiting in line) and no thank yous.
I'm really sorry for your experience in France.
@@schtiglitz To be fair my misses loved it. She keeps asking me to go back. So it cant be all bad.
But i told her "NO"
This happened to me but in Seville Spain. Granted I’m from Florida and we wear flip flops when going out so that that’s what I did. Nobody was rude but I was self conscious for some reason. I ended up buying a heeled sandal by the end of the day 😂