Are Parisians really unfriendly to tourists? A resident goes undercover to find out as the city tries to shed its rude reputation before the Olympics.
has been opened in the north of Paris, the Olympic Village was inaugurated by Emmanuel Macron in early March, and authorities are still desperately trying to make sure the Seine is swimmable by the summer. The country is slowly but surely getting ready for the more thanthat will descend on the capital and its suburbs between July and August. But there’s still something to consider — something a bit less tangible.France gets a bad rap when it comes to friendliness.
“There’s still the cafe waiter who doesn’t speak to you and sullenly serves you a Coca-Cola for 15 euros. I’m not saying that doesn’t exist anymore. But we have seen a real improvement,” said Frédéric Hocquard, the city councilor responsible for tourism and nightlife in Paris. He says that the covid-19 pandemic was the great turning point.
Differences in etiquette are among the first things some foreigners notice when they move to or visit France. American expats and social media content creators Ember Langley and Gabrielle Pedriani devoted a video to the thorny issue of French politesse in their lighthearted TikTok series, “The ABCs of Paris.” In, Langley warns, “What’s considered polite in the U.S. might not be considered polite in Paris.
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