The French are so rude! Or are they?

You forgot one important detail about eating: you have to wait for everyone to be served before starting to eat. You will be considered very rude (and somewhat selfish) otherwise.

The French DO NOT eat McDonald's with forks and knives 😂😂😂 That's some next level noblesse right there lol

Okay just some advice. Never use "Tu" with stranger okay. Always use "Vous" as it's a faux pas.

As Taiwanese in Paris, I found ppl are rude at first day as they are pretty direct, sometimes impatient and show it in facial expressions and the voice tone, soon I get used to it as it’s just their way to communicate! So I learned to express myself in the same confident level, not afraid to confront, life became easier XD

I am french and I suppose that all those things about "étiquette" at a dinner are real, but only in some rich families: I eat my burgers with hands all the time and there is no problem... But the "bonjour" thing is 100% real.

"Il a pas dit bonjour"

Nobody: Not a single soul: French people: Bonjour

I had a connecting flight in Paris and a security guy threw shade at me for not knowing French😂😆. I wonder how many of them learn Indian languages before visiting India.

At 5:59 pm. Get in an elevator and start greeting the occupants "bonjour". Keep checking your watch until 6:00 pm and switch to "bonsoir".

You have to say Bonjour to everyone when you walk in an elevator? I'm French and I can tell you, no you don't.... and I'm a very polite person... and very attached to etiquette... Just get in, say a general bonjour, and keep to yourself...

There's a meaning behind why we think it's so important to start by a hello before talking to people (or sometimes enterring the same space, yes, but sometimes). It's because it's a way to recognize the... fact that the other person exists, thet she's there and has her own individuality. It's especially important when you're asking for something, in the streets or in a shop, etc. Like you don't directly "attack them" to use them like a tool, first, you recognize their existence. Sometimes I don't do it, I go directly to talk to the person or just forget the hello part and then feel bad because hey, she's not a tool for me to use !

They are truly serious about the "bonjour" (or "bonsoir" in the evening). Even when you enter a shop you, the customer, say "bonjour". And don't forget the "merci, au revoir" when you leave. It'll become more natural with time. I witnessed an employee in a very famous museum in Paris say that she didn't understand someone who walked up and simply asked "where's the bathroom", only to explain to me in perfect English exactly where it was two minutes later. I had said the magic word.

I work in retail in Paris, with many American tourists. I wish they all know that 1st part. What I hear all day : - TOILETS? LE TOYLETTE ? - PAY? WHERE? (with heavy hand gestures) - ENGLISH? Bonjour is just one word, two syllables. As a French person, omitting this single word changes the perception of whoever is in front of me. Also I remember Genie from Fun Radio when I was a teen :D

me : bonjour french friend : SHUT Up ive been saying bonjour 30 times already on her ahahahhahha

It all makes perfect sense to me. Anyone with a continental European background would understand.

Before going to France I thought this "rude" stereo type was just a hype. But after staying there for 4months for my exchange program I realize they are really rude. Most nationality people suggested me that they are like this because they are racist. The irony is that although the language consider to be sweetest but the people aren't.

The French are not rude. They are just better than everyone else. I know this is true because they have told me many times.

I suggest all the flights to France show a video on French "etiquettes" prior to arrival. After watching this I feel so stressed about visiting Paris.

Agreed with the bonjour part but all the other rules aren't really as strict

I'll try to remember that if someone almost runs me over with their car I have to say "Bonjour!" before my feelings of distress takes ahold of me ;) The only experience I have of French people is from online gaming where they tend to be very rude, and they have a reputation of being rude aswell, so it's not just me feeling that way.