Well, French people DO work – though, it may be a bit strange to Americans. The standard work week is 35 hours as opposed to 40. Really…what’s a difference of 5 hours? When I was working a 40-hour week, I spent at least 5 hours a week not working – maybe more.
Most Americans probably get around 2 weeks of vacation a year – give or take. The average French person could get somewhere around a month or two. That’s not slacking – that’s fucking lucky.
The productivity rate in France is high even though they work less.
Obviously, they do work – they’d just rather not spend their entire fucking life doing it, so get the work done & go on vacation.
2 – FRENCH PEOPLE ARE ARROGANT & CONCEITED
Well, yeah – some of them. I suppose an arrogant disposition seems strange to most Americans since there aren’t any people in the U.S. that are like that.
3 – FRENCH PEOPLE ARE ICY & DIFFICULT TO MEET
I think that with something like this, it’s important to make the distinction between a “French person” & a “Parisian”.
In a large city like Paris, the ratio of icy assholes to friendly people increases exponentially – just as it would in any large city.
4 – FRENCH PEOPLE NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT FOOD
Never, ever…all French people will talk endlessly about food – especially French food. When eating French food with the locals, they will tell you many, many times why everything that you are eating is great, the origins & history of its greatness & all of the different ways to prepare & eat this great & fantastic food.
This is usually justified & educational. However, when it’s the 23rd time you’ve heard the story of a certain cheese, it’s process & the life story of the farmer & the first cow that squirted the milk that this cheese was made from, you could get a bit exhausted.
5 – ALL FRENCH PEOPLE ARE THIN
My response to this is a resounding “BULLSHIT”.
All French people are not thin. Granted – the percentage of obese people in France is much lower than in the U.S. 11% of the population in France is obese as opposed to 32% in America.
But, it’s rising. That is because no culture is completely immune to fast food burgers & frozen dinners.
They love good food, but are rapidly succumbing to the feeding habits of millions of fat, lazy Americans.
Well, that’s one way to dominate the planet – kill them all by feeding them shit.