French Tourist are worst in the world??

[Zarvox]

Japs

Nice.

Just to restate what's been said, but do it a little more bluntly: I'll start giving two shits about racism against the Japanese when Japan stops having one of the most racist, misogynistic, and xenophobic cultures on earth.

 

[Jay]

So the French are easily annoyed, arrogant, bitch a lot and are cheap skates. Yep, that sounds about right. I speak fluent French, live in Quebec and I've been to Europe a few times. Haven't been to Paris but lived in Marseilles and this stingma is true and I'm not surprised by this survey or by people's experience. My fiancee wants to go to France soon and I want to make her happy, I just don't forward with dealing with them. We're going to Italy this year for 2 weeks and I speak fluent Italian and lived in Rome when I was young, if anything, Italians are too friendly that it makes me suspicious.

Oh and HowDroll, a good reason why you were probably well treated was that you're cute little lady and the French love helping out the ladies.

 

[Jake]

I spent a week in Paris last year and I only ran into one rude person. Everyone else I met was incredibly nice, even going out of their way to help us at times. I do, however, speak intermediate-level French. My boyfriend ran into a few more rude people on his first day there--the few times he spoke to someone without me. The reason for that?

Boobs.

 

[ElJuski]

They were rude to him because she has big tits?

 

[Chazwozel]

- Male Japanese Teenagers/Young Adults (if your Female): They will ether hit on you mercilessly because they think all American Women are easy (a stereotype that gets played up a lot in Japan apparently) or they'll be too shy to talk to you.

Don't worry the stereotype that Japanese girls will do whatever the hell you want and not ask twice is played up in America pretty well.

 

[AshburnerX]

- Male Japanese Teenagers/Young Adults (if your Female): They will ether hit on you mercilessly because they think all American Women are easy (a stereotype that gets played up a lot in Japan apparently) or they'll be too shy to talk to you.

Don't worry the stereotype that Japanese girls will do whatever the hell you want and not ask twice is played up in America pretty well.

I've met some in my time... it's a dying trend. I couldn't be happier.

 

[SpecialKO]

I wouldn't go so far as to call all Parisians assholes, but they definitely seem to have a thing about the "proper" way to speak French that the rest of the country doesn't seem to.

I speak French with a Swiss accent, like a Swiss person; a little gutteral, flatter inflection, a little slower than parisien french, and supposedly (according to my relatives who speak like Parisians) German mannerisms.

Paris is the only place in France where I've gotten weird looks for how I speak. Hasn't happened in the north, south, or central part of the country, just Paris.

 

[Jake]

They were rude to him because she has big tits?

Eh, why not? Knock yourself out.

 

I had a wonderful time in Paris. In ten days I had two people be rude to me, one waiter and someone at a currency exchange. Big whoop. I was proficient but not fluent in French at the time and I didn't have anyone give me any kind of crap for how I spoke. People were generally patient and polite.

 

[Thor]

Non-urban Quebecers are pretty smurfing intolerant of "filthy Anglos" from everything I've experienced. I can speak some French (I'm not fantastic at it but I can hold a rudimentary conversation) and actually had someone when I was asking for directions mock me by cutting me off and going, "eblah eblah eblah." and wave their hands like I was the world's biggest waste of time.

Annoying.

where did you go?

 

[Green_Lantern]

Chien?

yup

...if that helps "Chien" doesn't sound like if should mean dog...

funny that Japanese are good tourists, but not good hosts.

Would be relevant to this thread to say that some surveys said that French men have bigger... you know what, It is not really relevant. :aaahhh:

 

ld be relevant to this thread to say that some surveys said that French men have bigger... you know what, It is not really relevant. :aaahhh:

Bars of soap? I would, too, if I never used them.

 

[Cajungal]

Baguettes.

 

[CynicismKills]

Tracts of land?

 

[AshburnerX]

Baguettes.

Too bad then turn rock hard after a day or two... wait, where am I going with this? aranoid:

 

[Green_Lantern]

Baguettes.

Too bad then turn rock hard after a day or two... wait, where am I going with this? aranoid:

Dunno, maybe you could use them with girls? I pretty sure they would be impressed by hard rock french baguetes.

 

[WolfOfOdin]

Ahhh, alright Den.

There's a kid in my year of law school who's 100% Spanish, from Barcelona I believe. Another student called him latino and he FLIPPED and replied "I am not a goddamn half-breed" with a lot of venom.

 

[Shawn]

Working in the travel industry I can give you my ratings.
French are pretty high on my "worst tourist list" due to their attitude and refusal to learn simple concepts such as "Room service closes at 10pm. Stop calling."

But the worst tourist on the list are Indians (Asia). This is a culture where if you are rich enough to take a vacation you consider yourself better than anyone else. Especially with people that serve you. Here at the hotel we cringe whenever we see an Indian tourist based on the following likelyhoods.

*Most Indian tourists do not tip. What makes this even more aggrivating is they are the most likely tourist that SHOULD tip given the circumstances. They often bring their extended and large families with them which results in a lot of work for waiters, bellmen and shuttle services. I remember one incident where we had to argue with a man to give at least a $5 tip to our bellman who had single handedly transported 20+ suitcases to their rooms.

*They can be incredibly cheap. This goes beyond just not tipping. I've been in rate wars with Indian tourists over the dumbest of things from our parking charge to charges for long distance phone calls. I remember an Indian guest fighting the final cost of the room when he thought that the $149 per night charge was the TOTAL price for all three nights he stayed with us.

*You are probably a servant to them. No, they do not see you as paid employees. They think less of you than that. If anything you are there to serve them and only them. They hold you personal responsible for anything they might require regardless of how much of it is actually in your hands. If they ask you to call a taxi for them, and the taxi is late, it's YOUR fault and "you should be ashamed for treating a guest like that".

Multiply these problems x10 if the guest happens to be a Doctor.
Sure they must hand out Medical Diplomas at every street corner in India, but gawd help you if the guest picked one up on his way to America.

 

[Covar]

Ahhh, alright Den.

There's a kid in my year of law school who's 100% Spanish, from Barcelona I believe. Another student called him latino and he FLIPPED and replied "I am not a goddamn half-breed" with a lot of venom.

wow, so on top of being offended the guy was a racist to boot. good to know.

 

[Jay]

Working in the travel industry I can give you my ratings.
French are pretty high on my "worst tourist list" due to their attitude and refusal to learn simple concepts such as "Room service closes at 10pm. Stop calling."

But the worst tourist on the list are Indians (Asia). This is a culture where if you are rich enough to take a vacation you consider yourself better than anyone else. Especially with people that serve you. Here at the hotel we cringe whenever we see an Indian tourist based on the following likelyhoods.

*Most Indian tourists do not tip. What makes this even more aggrivating is they are the most likely tourist that SHOULD tip given the circumstances. They often bring their extended and large families with them which results in a lot of work for waiters, bellmen and shuttle services. I remember one incident where we had to argue with a man to give at least a $5 tip to our bellman who had single handedly transported 20+ suitcases to their rooms.

*They can be incredibly cheap. This goes beyond just not tipping. I've been in rate wars with Indian tourists over the dumbest of things from our parking charge to charges for long distance phone calls. I remember an Indian guest fighting the final cost of the room when he thought that the $149 per night charge was the TOTAL price for all three nights he stayed with us.

*You are probably a servant to them. No, they do not see you as paid employees. They think less of you than that. If anything you are there to serve them and only them. They hold you personal responsible for anything they might require regardless of how much of it is actually in your hands. If they ask you to call a taxi for them, and the taxi is late, it's YOUR fault and "you should be ashamed for treating a guest like that".

Multiply these problems x10 if the guest happens to be a Doctor.
Sure they must hand out Medical Diplomas at every street corner in India, but gawd help you if the guest picked one up on his way to America.

One of my favorite comedians is Russell Peters, who've I went to every one of his concerts when he's been in town. He comes from Indian origins and looks the part. In his routines he goes into great detail how Indians are by far, the cheapest of all races on this planet. To the point he claims, his culture invented the number 0. It's highly entertaining.... mostly because it's true.

 

[HowDroll]

One of my favorite comedians is Russell Peters, who've I went to every one of his concerts when he's been in town. He comes from Indian origins and looks the part. In his routines he goes into great detail how Indians are by far, the cheapest of all races on this planet. To the point he claims, his culture invented the number 0. It's highly entertaining.... mostly because it's true.

Even in retail, Indians are cheap. I almost dread having Indian customers because I know they'll argue with me like Best Buy is some market in Hyderabad.