Paris Syndrome!

If this is true... Hilariousness. I found people in france easy to get along with, but my french swearing-vocabulary is impressive, so I must've forced some respect that way.

Went there a couple of years ago, everyone was like they don't like people who don't speak french, so say thanks/hello, simple stuff in french. I just spoke full english while everyone else looked like a retard trying to speak french, they got treated shitter than me!

I was 14 when I went to Paris during a French Exchange programme through school ... but I think the people were arrogant in Paris compared to else where. Good job I speak french well kinda xD

sorry but that made me choke on my pizza I laughed so hard

The only prevention, never to go to Paris in the first place.

Peter take me to Paris :3 <3

Jambon

Avez vous une grande saussice pour moi? oui? vava voom :3

Urgh, been to Paris once and the people are fucking rude. I am used to people, usually polish, who don't speak any English trying to buy things at work, and we get there without any rudeness and I help them learn some English at the same time. When I went to France, they just stood there waiting for me to bumble over words in french with no help and got real pissy talking super fast in French and raising their voices etc.
Never would I go back to that country again unless I had to. I'll stick to the nicer places I've been, like Holland Slovakia, Czech repub, Belgium and ofc English speaking places. Would Def go to Germany as they are apparently very welcoming.

You not met Rodwen aka Mizou yet then? ... ONLY JOKING RODDY HUN!! (before I get yelled at by him)

The article is from 20 December 2006

Paris is the most vistited city in the world, there will obviously be quite a few disapointed people.

Anyway, I left Paris whitout regret as people living in big cities are generally speaking unbalanced human beings. I had the same feeling in London; this is not a language or culture thing, this is related to a stressfull environment.
Regarding the language thing, if you go in a foreign country don't expect people to speak english or learn english because you do; its the other way around.

I agree with the learning the language, It's the patience they don't have. Every other country I've been to I've got by on next to no knowledge by pointing, using broken words etc, trying to make myself clear despite the barrier. The French were the only ones to offer no assistance to communicate and started getting very rude. Considering such a huge population of France speak very good English, it's pure malice to avoid using it just to prove a point. And only the French have done that to me.