Posted on 03/06/2014 10:01:48 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
And don’t look back.
Damn straight.
A lot of these are sooooo true!
I lived the opposite when I went to live in France! Funny.
Wow I can’t believe the French would not help someone get up if they fell on the sidewalk.
They don’t have the public friendliness and “we’re all in the same boat” mentality that Americans have. They keep to themselves more.
And some Parisians (in the days before gps on your phone) actually found it enjoyable to give foreign people wrong directions with a straight face, then laughing hysterically after.
Uh, yeah, try this in Detroit, Frenchies.
I don’t think it’s bull. The guy or gal who wrote it is French, for sure. We all notice these little differences when we travel, and it’s funny to read how we look from the outside.
Man, I did not like the way I’d wait in line somewhere in France, like at a ski lift, and people just shushed right in front of me over and over. And lots of lines in college didn’t look like lines - just chaotic students en masse pushing in front with elbows flying.
And chatting with strangers, wow, did i get into trouble doing that in France. Guys getting totally wrong impressions, lol. And blowing people’s minds if I asked them about products they were buying in the grocery store. They don’t really talk to strangers like we do. One of my work colleagues said it best: if you sit next to an American on the metro or bus, you know his entire sex life before you arrive. Lol! We are more open than we know.
Been to France, don’t need to go again.
New Yorkers don’t give wrong directions purposely but they do it unintentionally all the time.
Just the other day I noticed two guys looking around mystified and it turned out they were looking for the Dublin House, which is on 79th Street, and they were on 96th. Someone no doubt confidently gave them the wrong information. Check smartphone. Back on the subway.
When I first got to NY I was trying to get to Brooklyn and somebody said take any of the West Side trains going downtown. Except the local, of course, but they didn’t say that. When the train started going back uptown, I figured I had done something wrong.
I’m surprised any of them know what a shower head looks like.
“Know thine enemy.”
So wrong.
I laughed.
Q. Why did the French plant trees along the Champs Elysees?
A. So the Germans could march in the shade.
A masterpiece.
One thing I’ll agree with him on - Fixed Shower Heads.
Any house or apartment I’ve lived in, the first thing I do is replace the shower head with a flexible multi-setting head with a long extension.
Gotta keep all the nooks and crannies clean, dontchano!
I never knew some people would have an issue or think twice about a “doggie bag.” There is nothing wrong with taking the rest of your food home that you couldn’t finish at the establishment. You paid for it, and handsomely I’m sure. As for tipping the waitperson more, never would think of that either...They write down what I want the chef to prepare and then bring it out to me. For that total of at most 15 minutes of time they will receive at least 5 bucks plus what the restaurant pays them. Usually 3 bucks so that comes out to $36 an hour. How much more work is it to grab a to go container?
I'm very particular about my showerhead, so I do agree with this guy. It's just that they sell "shower massage" type showerheads for about $15 almost everywhere.
I figure they have to ask the kitchen staff. So that is an added nuisance. But they are all used to it now. It used to be that you would just ask if there was half a steak left but now anything goes.
I like tipping restaurant people. They work hard and they get a low hourly wage, and they probably didn’t come to New York to be a server, so tips are everything.
I also will not go out to eat with people if they drive the waitstaff crazy. Some people do that. I don’t know why. I guess they feel they have them at their mercy.
I just figured out what probably happened to the two guys looking for the Dublin House. They were on 72nd Street and somebody said take the subway one stop. But they took the express. Not that anyone cares, but it solves the mystery.
I will always be courteous to the people responsible for preparing/serving my food seeing as I might not feel too safe eating it if I wasn’t! Any complaints I will talk to magmt afterwards. However, if the food is bad (Got a slab of basically raw turkey served to me once on a BLTT sandwich once) I will just point it out to manager, have it sent back and order something safe, with it being comped. And not frequent that particualr place again if I can help it.
Ugh thnking back if I had eaten that sandwich not realizing it would have made me soooo sick:( Glad that I inspect my food a bit before chowing down.
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