Are people in france nice?
Like the first person said, Paris a big city. People are trying to get to work on time and clueless, lost tourists are stopping in the middle of the street / subway platform. It’s not as “bad” in smaller towns. There are also several things that Americans tend to do that may be acceptable in the US (questionable) but that are rude according to French culture. For example, walking into a small store and not greeting the person working there, *assuming* everyone in Paris speaks English and just starting to speak a foreign language to them without being courteous enough to ask first if they understand it, etc. Most Parisians I know are only rude in response to the tourists’ rudeness. Parisian waiters are rude to everyone- even other Parisians. Don’t take that one personally! lol That reminds me of another thing – in France, they won’t bring you your bill at a restaurant until you ask for it. Americans think they’re getting bad service and get all nasty about it when the French are just do
