Why FRENCH PEOPLE are so RUDE ?

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[just_dom]

Not rude, just honest, is exactly what a rude person would say. 😂

[lizbethhc]

"honesty" without empathy is just rudeness and cruelty

[rgrgrgrrg]

There's no sugar coating it. They're rude - just being honest.

[jnmks]

faking kindness??? more like being polite 🙄🙄🙄

[jmtolentino]

You can be nice and honest at the same time. That's having good manners

[rberryllefz]

And they get offended with Germans for being honest.

[Tessa_Wolf_]

I find it funny you think other countries fake kindness, you're that rude you think others fake it...

[JohnLee-kltc]

Rudeness does not Garner respect, in fact quite the opposite. French "honesty" is based on a paranoia that all forms of kindness have some kind of motive behind it.

[k.v.]

A thing I've learned about the french having lived in France for 10 years, is they are rude back to the perceived rudeness you display (not purposefully).
The french are distant. They have a notion of personal space that differs a lot from that of most foreigners. It encompasses politeness in dialogue, mutual acknowledgement when opening a conversation, and initiation of deference by the party that is not "at home". And by deference I don't mean that you should worship them, just that you should be the one initiating the politeness give-and-take. The slightly naive " say bonjour" has a nugget of truth. It's less about saying hello and more about seeing the person as a worthy person to be greeted, as are you. Mutual respect should be mutual, but if you don't initiate it as a guest, you forfeit all right to it.

There's also a big difference in the perception of public place and businesses. In the US for instance, "customer is king". A business is almost an extension of the sidewalk, and personnel is there to satisfy you, while in France, a businesses is somewhat of an extension of the working people's personal space that you enter as a guest. They're there to help you, but still expect that distance and politeness.

They're certainly not very warm (in Paris. You'll find warmer people outside the capital) but that's also a mark of politeness. Warmth and very demonstrative friendliness is for closer people. Or people you hit it off with at a bar. Overwhelming friendliness from a store employee towards you would be deemed undignified and an invasion of your space.

And regarding being "honest".. it's mostly about daring to say no. It may seem very curt, but it's done with the design of being polite to you and avoid wasting time by -social-forcing them to say yes. Take a counterpoint to Japan for instance where people will say anything but no because that no is deemed rude even when it's just not possible to say yes.

At the end of the day it's less about them being rude, and more about them having a separate culture. And way too many tourists demand they be treated by the rules of their own culture.

Sidenote: Having worked in tourism, I can say with confidence that Paris is not that different from Venice or Barcelona in high season. People are just done with tourists (for very valid reasons) and are desperately trying to diminish the amount of tourists they get because it's unsustainable. The cultural quirks I mentioned just add a layer of perceived rudeness.

[jasonmccallan]

France is the one place I've visited that I have no desire to visit again. Terribly rude.

[ZoeChan-sj]

Holy. You may be French but you’re still a human being. Your culture isn’t superior to anyones. Be kind, not arrogant. ❤

[lendondain]

My opinion is that honesty doesn't have to be rude, but the French seem to prefer rude honesty. "Maybe the French people want more to be respected than to be loved." What a self-centric point of view! Being kind isn't about being loved, and kindness does not have to be earned. Being kind is about making someone else's life easier because you actually care about them (even if they are strangers). "How dare strangers dare to speak to us!?" I don't know, maybe because you're a fellow human on this planet whose existence others care to acknowledge and value! Everything about this video is an example of French rudeness.

[pinkmorning]

Ill be honest im an asian and they are so really rude and has the baddest attitude. The way they talked they dont have any feelings at all. Lets be honest. They feel they are above all human creature

[SaintOrCinema]

I haven’t personally found French people to be particularly honest or truthful at all. Especially in relationships 😂 Cheating is very normalised. So I don’t think “honesty” can be given as a reason or excuse for the rudeness

[bobbyhoffman]

Not a great advertisement for France. Come to France, but don't talk to us. We are afraid of strangers, so you should love us because we are honest about our fear of those we do not know. I'd rather go where people fake kindness. I'd rather go to a country where a citizen doesn't have to make a YouTube Short to explain why they're such big jerks. I now respect the French less than I did before watching this short.

[JamieWex]

This video made me and my wife switch our plans from going to France to going to Portugal. This does not make me feel comfortable about France

[SnowFormAvalanche]

“We’re not rude, we’re just honest”
*I don’t give a fuck💀*

[AshtheB]

Basically, New Yorkers and French should be best friends.

[chantydescheneaux]

Defense mechanism? 😂 …you are so rude it’s not even funny…🤦‍♀️

[napsec]

You are kind because you want to, not because you expect the other person to be kind back. What a selfish way of seeing social interactions, it's a cheap excuse for being rude.