Re: CHAT: A pretty bad language joke :]

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Finally, one more piece of advice, which explains also the reaction of the
>waiter: in France it's considered very rude to ask to be served
>differently than
>the way you were served (unless of course it's too cold or the meat is not
>cooked the way you asked before), and French people expect everyone to
>use their
>rules of politeness in their country, even foreigners. Most of them are
>just too
>stupid to even imagine that in other countries they may have other rules.
Wow, obviously the reputation Parisians have is pretty much on the spot.
>
>
>Parisians are absolutely awful with foreigners aren't they? Once with my
>boyfriend we had a problem with the controlers of the metro, and when my
>boyfriend asked for an explanation in English, the man just ignored him.
>Next
>time I go through an equivalent situation be sure that I will pretend to
>speak
>only English :) .
Perhaps if I ever go to Paris, i'll only speak English, or Spanish. Maybe
brush up on my Tagalog to throw things off ;).