5 THINGS THE FRENCH WOULD NEVER PAY FOR!

[@OuiInFrance]

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[@sonitourret1374]

je suis sûr qu'à peu près 50% de l'audience de cette chaine est constituée de français. C'est très amusant, et fort intéressant, parce que quand vous parlez des français en opposition aux américains, nous autres français apprenont comment on fait aux états-unis.

[@fleurdavril1465]

Votre remarque est tres juste...

[@LilStrangeSquirrel]

Oui je suis tombé sur cette chaîne par hasard et ça me permet de voir ce qui est propre à la France et pas forcément de mise dans d'autres pays

[@sonitourret1374]

@@LilStrangeSquirrel exactement

[@oosakasan]

Ouais c'est marrant comment 90% de ces trucs n'ont rien à voir avec les Français... C'est juste des trucs qui existent aux Etats-Unis et peu d'autres pays.

[@krashcash]

Oh whale

[@Adrienmon]

French here, and for me the concept of Dinner and Movie in a theater is an absolue and final NO. Even just having people with pop corn and all kinds of sweets while watching a movie I paid a seat for, and some dude makes noise with it or with his mouth makes me real mad.

[@ricklavie7315]

And that increases their fat and blood sugar.

[@philippe8742]

That's why they have some with dinner and some without., so you can pick.

[@cat_city2009]

I'm American and I think it's an incredibly stupid idea. I had never heard of this until I saw this video.

[@theboiteamusique]

J'adore manger du popcorn au ciné. Ça fait partie du délire. Le son du film couvre largement le bruit des popcorn à moins qu'on soit psychorigide..

[@Adrienmon]

@@theboiteamusique Un délire qui devrait être classé dans les crimes contre l'Humanité

[@emjizone]

11:45 I worked in a French tourist restaurant for a few years and I can assure you that all tips went into a pot that was then shared among the employees at the end of the month, including the cooks and the cleaners, because the last thing the employers wanted was rivalries and jealousies among employees, and it was important for all employees to stay together and aware of participating in a common effort. The doctrine was: no individual reward for a collective effort. I know it's not the case everywhere, but it's quite common. So, when you leave a tip to a waiter in France, tell yourself that, depending on the place, it will not necessarily go into his or her pocket alone, but that it may be perceived as a reward for the entire restaurant team, and that this waiter will probably tell the cooks that the meal as a whole was appreciated.

[@lucgonzo]

About deliverer, it can be a little different tho ( in France ) I was working as deliverer in a pizzeria ( that was also serving on site ) the tips given by peoples eating inside the restaurant was like your place, shared etc... but the tips that was given by a customer to a deliverer was only for the deliverer ( which had only this tips ) So i guess there is several systems XD

[@emjizone]

@Onoya Yes, food delivery is generally not considered catering: you're bringing things to people, which is very different from letting them into your service place. So habits are different, even when a company does both.

[@lucgonzo]

@@emjizone what do you mean by catering? ( i'm french, so you can provide french translation )

[@emjizone]

@@lucgonzo By catering I mean catering. "Restauration" en français. Livraison et restauration: deux activités qui se complètent bien et se superposent parfois, mais néanmoins assez différentes. Plus différentes, je dirais, que par exemple la restauration et l'hôtellerie.

[@lucgonzo]

@@emjizone ok, thx. The restaurant i was working in was doing both delivery and restauration, that's why we had a separate system for tip for the deliverers and the rest of the staff

[@thierryf67]

How can you enjoy your meal (with friends or family) if you are in the dark looking at a movie ? On the opposite, how can you enjoy the movie while listening people you even know eating, masticating, drinking near you ?

[@jeanmichel2642]

that's the point: is it American to enjoy a meal?

[@Darkdenice06]

have you ever tasted food in america ? what's to enjoy ?

[@molikeur]

🙄 Vous donnez une mauvaise image de la France

[@thierryf67]

@@molikeur vraiment ? quelle est la mauvaise image que mon commentaire porte ?

[@molikeur]

@@thierryf67 je parlais des réponses a votre commentaires désolé

[@Off_the_clock_astrophysicist]

I hate the whole tipping thing in the US. While I am eating, I hate to be interrupted. Even more if it's by someone who is desparate to make a living wage. The experience with the wait staff is completely different in France. Like everyone else in the culture, they love food. They also generally seem to particularly love the food served where they work and will be happy to recommend (or sometimes even push) a particular dish. It's usually a good idea to allow oneself to be swayed. Once they've brought the food, they seem to know when to reappear. And that is not 6 times to interrupt a conversation at the table or to catch customers in the middle of a culinary experience.

[@lijohnyoutube101]

Do you think its in part due to table turn? In most restaurant (especially lunch) the focus is that 20 mins and out experience for the US.

[@Jadizi]

You hate to be interrupted, ESPECIALLY by someone desperate to make a living wage. Someone so desperate to please you that they continuously make sure that you don't require anything so that they can feed themselves as well? Because if you aren't pleased they don't get paid? Fuckin cunt. Snobby, dusty, pale ass fuckin cunt.

[@Off_the_clock_astrophysicist]

@@lijohnyoutube101 It could very well be. I never thought about it. At a popular restaurant once, the waitress took my plate with half the food still on it. I still had my fork in hand. No "Can I clear that for you" or "Would you like a box for that". Needless to say, that restaurant never saw me again.

[@stayfocused1041]

How right you are! These constant interruptions in the middle of conversations or savoring meals are very inappropriate. It is reflecting a poor sense of boundaries and poor etiquette, which should be taught to wait staff working in high end restaurants.

[@Jadizi]

@@stayfocused1041 Fuckin Karen convention up in this bitch. 🙄

[@tifmedia4595]

In restaurants in France, bread and water is offered. It's not an obligation, it's just that in our culture, we don't let someone die of hunger or thirst....

[@oscur_destal]

It's only offered if you are already paying for a meal.

[@tifmedia4595]

@@oscur_destal YES

[@tifmedia4595]

@@oscur_destal Of course, today, there are very few people (in France) who cannot feed themselves and it must be remembered that restaurant owners are not philanthropists; they are there to make money. But this tradition has been going on for centuries. There is a law which I believe has not been removed from the civil code, a person who cannot afford to eat can ask the town hall for a ticket which will allow him to go to the nearest bakery and will be entitled to 100 grams of bread per day free of charge.

[@Benoit-Pierre]

@@oscur_destal partly wrong. a big minority ( say 15%) of restaurants always leave water jar on the table, and/or bread basket. when they do it, it can cause freshness issue, but it's much appreciated. it mostly depends on the occupancy rate, and exact hour. in example : if the restaurant expects most tables will be occupied by 19:30, employees will provide all tables by 19:15, while it's still easy to walk around. but if you arrive at 22 in week day, since the table is unlikely to receive a customer it won't be fitted. some restaurants will provide water and bread just after you seat ( technically, they bring you the menu first, and then water and bread ). but ... some go further. Buffalo Bill will provide you snacks like chips or nuts for free (after menu, before order ) and rarely fruit juice . some Japanese restaurantS even offered me free sake. I have put plural to restaurantS ! ( jap cooking in France ) only if we had ordered alcool before. it's completely illegal of course. it just happens. in France, in several different town . had free extra wine glass only 3 times over 42y in typically French restaurants, twice in country side, once in Paris. in fact, once, was very late, was 20mn before the boss fires every one out. he grabbed a bottle of red wine to serve to last customers, and poured to 3 or 4 tables ( extra and free ). when he came to me, I said « no thanks, in am not keen of red wine ». he asked me 3 questions about what I like and why, and he opened just for me a new different bottle of red wine which did not match at all my previous answers, and still I liked it. he proved me wrong. that bottle just skipped what I did not like, but without fitting my likelihood criterias. and he gave the rest of the bottle to other customers. it was a social and culinary experience ( and of course it's illegal :it's called pushing alcoholism ). I never had regular restaurant in my life. I tend to always visit a new address. and I frequently have funny experiences.

[@dragweb7725]

actually it's an obligation, there is a law in France that says every food serving service have to be able to give free water for customers. As for the bread, it is indeed more like a tradition

[@aaaaaaalexis]

For the meal at the cinema it's mostly because it must be unbearable to hear everyone eating around you while you want to enjoy the movie

[@goku445]

someone mentioned smell too.

[@benkai9921]

And also because the cinemas (in France at least) like to upcharge a lot, a small coke bottle can cost the same price as a 6pack of 1l bottles, nobody would want to pay for a 80€ meal . You're mostly paying for the right to consume them in the cinema but it's not uncommon to see people sneak fast food past security

[@olivier2553]

It only shows that the food is bad and the movie is bad.

[@aaaaaaalexis]

@@olivier2553 no

[@ke3p3r62]

About Boutique Studios: In France, most sportif activities you quoted are made at the associative level in public building. That means you don't pay for any profits to a company but only enough to paid the fitness/Yoga etc teacher or equipments. I would say, we are 5 years ahead of you on this XD

[@GuitarZeroPlus]

I really don't like being interrupted all the time during a meal at the restaurant. I know it's part of the norms in the USA and Canada but as a French it really annoys me. Why not paying waiters a livable wage instead?

[@Lostouille]

Parce qu'ils ont 2 extrêmes , des serveurs payés une misère et d'autres qui tapent des pourboires de 5000$ selon la zone où ils travaillent. Ils verraient le salaire d'un serveur complet comme une injustice :/

[@Fripon403]

En France c'est inexistant pour mon expérience = =

[@pwp8737]

Mon Dieu! Quelle horreur. Restaurateurs would scream "communism" at the prospect of paying living wages to any of their staff. They prefer to outsource the wages to the customers and boost their profit margins. I work in a restaurant, and can say without a doubt every single owner is a tax cheat.

[@robertmurray8763]

Yes, Australian say the same thing they hate being interrupted by the waiter. Australia tax is in the price and only tip for exceptionally good service. Waiting staff earn a good wage.

[@csnide6702]

but how will the restaurant owner exploit his staff and buy a bigger boat with the proceeds of their hard work...?

[@themealena817]

Friends and I in US at a restaurant : Waiter : Is everything correct ? Me : yes. ..every 5 or so minutes. Waiter : Is everything correct ? Me : No, we are permanently beeing interrupted.

[@jp47906]

never happened to me , in the US the best service ever!!!

[@Kenshiro7954]

​@@jp47906 seems you have never been in the US. Their will to appear friendly is so exagerated, this is a 110% red flag

[@jp47906]

I@@Kenshiro7954 I lived in the US for 15 years , best time ever!!!

[@rosiebowers1671]

@@jp47906 And you've never been interrupted in the middle of a sentence or with your mouth full by a waited asking how everything is going? Calling bs on this one.

[@nufcjoker9057]

@@jp47906 why lie ?

[@Philippe.C.A-R]

Yes totally agree for the fitness trends: Bikram yoga is still popular in France , meanwhile it was already falling apart about 10 years ago here in the US.

[@bernardsimon8432]

Definitively no flags! French know where they live !

[@mussardi8867]

Excellent !

[@hazelhatswell4268]

@@mussardi8867. Totally agree👍

[@debreaction6280]

🤣

[@PinkDiamond7777777]

Ah, you didn't see the finals in Qatar.

[@synewparadigm]

Barbes à Paris ? 😂

[@sherrieshatzen3801]

I agree with your assessments. I would add to this that while the French always politely say "bonjour" (hello) when entering any business establishment - restaurant, supermarche, boulangerie, magasin, etc. this would not be the case in the US. In the US it is normal to strike up a conversation with a stranger near you in a line at the grocery store, with another passenger in an airport, on a bus or train, in a theater-in any public place--this is not the case in France. In general the French are more attentive to "la politesse" than Americans & beng courteous is different in France than in the US.

[@ccmarcum]

I sat down on the Metro in Paris one afternoon and was surprised when the man next to me, dressed casually, an older fellow, spoke to me He had his phone out but we chatted some in limited French. He was talking to his wife but as a little joke, and asked me to wave at her. It was all very innocent and good humored. I acted a bit flirtacious and I'm sure he enjoyed teasing her when he got home. I have never been treated rudely when in Paris and love visiting. Wish I could live there. Your videos make me homesick.

[@sebastienfoulc8600]

Food is sacred in FRANCE ! So are our meals! That’s why we have 2 hours lunch breaks. Eating doesn’t mix with anything else. Certainly not with watching a film at the movie house. French cuisine takes time to prepare and time to eat. A typical meal starts with an apéro , followed by cold or hot entre, followed by main course sometimes 2 main courses, followed by salad and cheese plater, followed by dessert and coffee. That’s at least 1.5 hours meal, at home on Sunday with family, it’s more like 2 to 3 hours.

[@jfrancobelge]

Meals are a moment to share with other people around the table, even everyday lunches and dinners at home. At my home the rule is: at meal times no cell phone is allowed (if someone calls we call them back after eating), and the TV is off.

[@auntisthenes2754]

We USED to have 2 hours in many places ! It's very uncommon now because few people have a job of proximity or need to avoid excessive heat AND can truly rest at "lunch" around 13.30, 14H. I appreciated it in my agricultural jobs in my youth / quick shower, collective meal, siesta..for those who stayed on site. Today, I barely know what to do with myself for one hour if it rains ! i know my teamleader too feels heavily how indiviluastic people have become. Cell phones aren't our friends, for starters..

[@kaunas88]

In Spain no tipping is required and at most one might leave 1 Euro as a tip if feeling generous. In a place like California tips and tax can easily add 30% to the bill which is a lot. In Spain the price on the menu is the final price.

[@Peggy-Kay]

I tried the dine in movie once, and never again! It was distracting waiting for the food to show up in the dark and when it did, i hated missing part of the movie dealing with it. Then I couldn’t see what I was eating and could hardly get the food on a fork, much less cut anything. Never again!

[@playlistmusiquederolf7104]

it is true that eating while watching a movie does not allow you to immerse yourself in it. the experience loses in intensity. Above all, I like to "lose myself" in the film I'm watching to the point of having the impression of living the events. the sounds of candy wrappers and cutlery (when it's not the other spectators who are talking) take me out of the world in which I was immersed. it is extremely unpleasant and irritating.

[@aesma2522]

In Italy when I was a kid (not sure how it is now) there was an intermission in the middle of movies, you would leave the movie room, go to the toilets, pick up a snack, maybe a gelata, discuss the movie with your friends/family, then after about 15 minutes back to the movie. An interesting compromise.

[@lisamccormick6]

They had this too when I was young. (American) It's not a thing anymore, but i wish it was. It may have been just certain theaters did this, but I liked it.

[@truthjunkie63]

I love the French take on food and eating.

[@tywinlannister8015]

Frenchie here finding these remarks spot on. That's very accurate in my experience.

[@ivansmith654]

Here in Perpignan, the city actually has a city employee with a scooter with a small 12 volt vacuum cleaner bolted to the scooter with a very larger hose to vacuum up dog waste, and spray some scented soapy water (all in one system) off the sidewalk and street of Perpignan 5 days a week that work with the street cleaning crew! The French are picking up dog waste more a more with 135 euro fine the streets are cleaner than 20 years ago!

[@michellemobakeng5938]

Paris had a float of such scooters. Can't remember why the operation was stopped.

[@mata2723]

@@michellemobakeng5938 I think because they told it is no longer needed because people got "educated" to clean themselves (and if not be fined....)

[@brunagh]

​@@michellemobakeng5938oui, les motos crottes 😊

[@cbll1962]

One of the things I do love about France is that a living wage is paid. I generally round up and maybe add a few Euros. My house is in a small town (about 6000 people, give or take), many are retired. So, the dog poop situation has not improved. But, when I'm in Paris, I have noticed an improvement. Thanks for the videos 💗

[@tomleger4336]

If 11 euro an hour is a living wage, sure

[@PinkDiamond7777777]

@@tomleger4336 Agreed. The SMIC is far too low.

[@PinkDiamond7777777]

The Paris streetsare not clean at all. It's... like hopping over lego. Hygiene of all, not just few, dog owners would be nice.

[@e.1419]

@@PinkDiamond7777777 After living in Marseilles, Paris doesn't seem too awful, in Marseilles you're f*ed if you don't look down all the time, and if you don't risk stepping in shit, it's dead rats, random garbage, people's spit, overflowing garbage bins, on already wayyy too small sidewalks (often taken over by parked cars). I've been to Paris, and yes it smells like piss, there's rats and it's a dirty city too, but at least the city officials haven't totally given up on it.

[@e.1419]

​@@PascalDupont-ft7hd d'accord papy, retourne regarder la télé

[@iDraKzy]

Also, tips in France and in Europe in general don't always go to your waiter, they are either split evenly between the waiters of the restaurant or doesn't go to the waiter at all. If you want to be sure the tip goes to your waiter, give them cash

[@zgazdag1]

Agree 100%.... NEVER tip in Europe with credit card.... NEVER... this goes 99% always to the owner, not to the stuff... Use cash as mentioned...

[@maximes2613]

only french I've seen displaying their flag are Bretons, they are verry proud of the Gwenn Ha Du (Breton flag, litterally "black and white") but it's more like having a small flag on their window, their bag, ... but I've never seen people having big flagpoles

[@clementparigi]

It's the same in Corsica. Never seen a big flagpole but definitely a lot of small corsican's flags everywhere.

[@Roark3675]

I would never spend my hard earned cash on a gun. You can add this to the list.

[@auntisthenes2754]

If I was rich enough to live in the countryside, I would go hunting, I think. I'd try my hand at archery and marksmanship, but mostly tracking. I can profundly relate to THAT tradition, which is slowly disappearing here espite a need for it. But buying a gun to feel what ? Safe ? Empowered ? No way !!! Shoot myself, yeah, I can relate but it also means you probably should NOT own a gun. I did a team-building exercise recently. Variations have been commonly used to teach how to argument. But based on NASA astronauts teams "requirements" and a 45 caliber was on the list of important things, which WE needed to rank from 1 to 15 (we didn't know it was a TRUE list.) I was bewildered that it figured there, not in the last position either or why nobody argued indeed why they needed a deathly weapon. Of course, to blow your brains out ! Just walk out of there, job's done, Bob's your uncle, whereas your chances to miss and die slow are VERY possible. And yet, I can relate. Just didn't think for a minute that astronauts would think that way ! My respect went way, way down in seconds.

[@marcinsobczak2485]

If you live in France maybe you should. For self defence...

[@Dererumnatura99]

For a french abroad the tips in restaurant can be very embarracing as you are never sure if you did it well ( not enough or to much) so you try to read the waitress reaction and she then thinks your weird for staring at her etc ... Also having someone checking every 10 minutes if everything is fine or filling your glass of water after everything sip feels very intrusive for some of us.

[@catmeg7672]

Diane je regarde votre chaine regulierement et j'apprecie le fait que vos remarques sur les differences entre la France et les Etats-Unis ne sont pas des critiques. Je vis aux Etats-Unis depuis un certain temps et je suis pratiquement toujours d'accord avec vos observations. Merci.

[@auntisthenes2754]

On devrait se détendre un peu sur certains points, c'est clair ! Elle ne le dit pas comme ça, mais moi oui. J'ai beaucoup travaillé avec des étrangers (très peu d'Américains) et j'ai compris qu'on était "raides" assez vite, mais pas toujours pourquoi car peu sont suffisamment confiants pour échanger franchement. On n'a jamais guillotiné personne ! Récemment, quoi..🤣

[@christianc9894]

In the past the service was to be added to the prices of the meals. We even had a "covered" package. But it was decided one day that all prices at all places of sale must be displayed and in net prices. "Menu" prices and "a la carte" prices have been set up. The person who enters a shop or a restaurant knows by looking at the prices at the entrance how much he will pay. There are no nasty surprises at the end. The displayed price includes taxes and service. This is now the rule in the European Union. This does not prevent leaving a few euros if the service was well done, this is added to the server's salary, but it is not mandatory.

[@jean-loupdesbordes4833]

The idea about tips at restaurants changed during the end of the fivties when the law obliged every restaurants and cafés to show their prices as "service -compris" to avoid extra-charges pushing the bosses to officialise their employees.

[@auntisthenes2754]

Which may be done one day. Not that i'm a big fan of delation either for those who pay their employees, Getting papers and keeping them for migrants who aren't refugees and work their ass off can be very tricky, even for people who came here in all regularity and wh'o've lived here many years.

[@lechatel]

i absolutely cannot stand a server.waiter who keeps inserting themselves into our meal to ask inane questions about the food....usually interrupting a conversation or when I have a mouth full of food. happily, in France, it rarely happens. Waiters are discreet. I expect the food to be at least acceptable. If it isn't I will say so without waiting to be asked.

[@germangarcia6118]

I will never understand why Americans think this is a good thing.

[@amyspeers8012]

I’m not familiar with the pet things here as I don’t have a pet. Totally agree with the flags. When we lived in the states, we hosted a French student for the summer. He was shocked at all the flags on the Fourth of July.

[@csnide6702]

4th of July , I understand it.... in Border states - I get it..... rest of the time .... WTF , America...?

[@juliennapoli]

Most buildings with a French flag in France are official buildings such as schools, town halls or whatever desk.

[@Clement_Vas_Normandy]

I can't understand this tipping thing in the US ! If I pay the normal price without adding a tip, the waiter is not paid ?? What the hell ?? The waiter doesn't have a fix salary for the job he is doing ?? Yeah, that really sounds like America !

[@eaglenoimoto]

I‘m European and have lived and spend time in several countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America, and I’d say this is more of a „things only done/common in the US“ rather than „the French wouldn’t pay this“...

[@lindsayjohnston7465]

Eating a meal in the dark at the movies is ridiculous

[@FRanceSource]

Loved this. Had conversations with our Vendee friends last year about doggy daycare. They couldn't believe it.

[@Sylvie-de-Bonnevoie]

Ayant travaillé comme étudiante dans un restaurant au Luxembourg, j’ai fait remarquer avec un grand sourire à mes clients que le service était bien compris, mais pas le pourboire. Avec succès …

[@tifmedia4595]

Le sourire et la gentillesse, c'est la clé !

[@jimmyboe889]

Haha c'est vrai que le délire des pourboires comme aux US ça aurait était du rêve pour tout étudiant ^^

[@Alex-mp1zb]

Et quelle est la différence? Le service (= pourboire) doit être reversé au serveur par le patron.

[@Sylvie-de-Bonnevoie]

@@Alex-mp1zb le service compris, même un mauvais serveur aura sa part. Mais si vous avez été bien servi et avec le sourire , pourquoi ne pas donner une pièce en plus

[@Sylvie-de-Bonnevoie]

@@Alex-mp1zb le service compris, même un mauvais serveur aura sa part. Mais si vous avez été bien servi et avec le sourire , pourquoi ne pas donner une pièce en plus

[@billglass5160]

"Poop and scoop services". I'm still laughing! You gotta be kidding, Diane. I've been away from home too long I guess.

[@lisamccormick6]

You can also hire people to clean your trash cans now. It's pretty ridiculous. Lol

[@billglass5160]

@@lisamccormick6 Way too long away!

[@coleendenty9332]

Wow! I am Canadian and work part of the year in France. I havent been to the US in 10 years. People often think that Canada and America are alike but a lot of these things make my jaw drop because I have never even heard of them (like the dinner movie)

[@NRBD2]

Same here. I was half wondering if she was making up stuff just to confuse her French viewers.

[@philippe8742]

Living in Vancouver, and we do have it. Definitely not in the regular theaters, but there are a couple places doing dinner movie.

[@roberttradd1224]

Thank you Diane for sharing your experiences with us. I always enjoy and learn from your videos. . Keep safe and healthy 🙏 💖

[@anthonygens]

As a french person i totally agree about what you said

[@pamelawing5747]

We took our dogs to doggie daycare, now and then, so they could get some stimulation and run around and play with other dogs. We walked them and gave them a lot of attention but they enjoyed just having a day of fun.

[@OuiInFrance]

Yes!!! Some dogs really thrive and love the socialization aspect!

[@adrianguggisberg3656]

Waiters are not there to serve you. They are not your servants, nor are sales persons in stores etc. They should not depend on alms from customers and they should leave me alone. Going to a resto or store in the US is a nightmare. "Hi, I'm XY! How are you today? Can I help you with something?" Bloody hell!

[@CallieMasters5000]

Hey Diane - here's a new service I've heard is popular: for a small fee, like $2, a kid will come by and move your garbage carts from your yard out to the street for pickup, then come back to put them away again after they're emptied. Apparently they try to sign up many houses in one area or subdivision so they can maximize their profits and do many at one time. Disabled, elderly and lazy people enjoy this service, especially if it's for some nice school kid.

[@loloverlord1664]

Ok, as a French nliving in Paris, I must send a HUGE warning to any american coming here. Cinema in France is sacred. We watch movies in silence, that's why we pay a movie theater. Teenagers screaming during horror movies are frowned upon, and can be expelled by security. People talking during a movie can expect to be shushed. People eating loudly in a movie theater in Paris should expect their sit neighbours to hang them to the screentop after credits. Please, do NOT talk during movies, that is so rude and inconsiderate.

[@defalt45]

French here, we don't have much doggy daycare, but for vacations, long trips, etc, we have "chenils", which are more long-term places for your dog to get cared for when you're not here.

[@auntisthenes2754]

"Chenils" is the old term. I've heard for 20 years+ "centres aérés". Which is where we put our KIDS on holidays !!! As for day-to-day, we suck. My Swiss sister-in-law thought about doing that but calculated that on our side, she needed at the very least 8 dogs to walk everyday, which just wasn't done. As Diane explained. Sitting for holidays is more a hobby you get paid for that she can enjoy, despite HER dog. Huge local uneducated thing. Not the best argument. In any case, it can''t be a job without spaces only the very rich can afford or you inherit. She gets a buck for something she likes now and then, by word of mouth, it's an occupation, not a job. She paints (with some talent) but doesn't want to sale anything.

[@marie-pascaleleonetti1555]

Tout ce que dit Diane est VRAI, mais je ne l'avais jamais remarqué, et je suis française.... bravo !

[@OuiInFrance]

Merci !

[@fleurdavril1465]

Pour le remarquer il faut avoir vecu aux US je pense

[@XR190190]

For people that might be curious. The town shown at 2:30 is Dijon. A middle size town of 400.000 people in the urban area and which is located in Burgundy

[@hwkdfs]

Dijon is at max 160000 citizens. Source INSEE 2020

[@XR190190]

@@hwkdfs keyword: urban area. The city of dijon only is indeed 160.000. Just like Paris is only 2.000.000 in Insee but in urban area (by insee as well) it's 9million and metro area 14million. French cities are divided a lot to give more autonomy and not centralized on the big city in the center

[@christinealessandrini4280]

if we don't have those fitness studios as much as you guys have in the US, it's not because we are 5 years behind (lmfao !) but because we don't really appreciate doing sport inside. We love nature and real air. So we would rather go outside running or else. Also we enjoy talking and sharing thoughts so cycling alone on a bike in a room with headsets on, no way, we find that much too individualistic.

[@Julydazur]

And might not need as much as them to do sports coz let's be honest, we are much more healthy and fit than they are

[@AmauryJacquot]

2:47 in fact, the law in the "code du travail" specifically forbids eating at your desk we had a public service dog poop bikes sqad in paris for a long while "motocrottes" until 2004 (it was considered too expensive by the new mayor elected then) you can't tip with the credit card, as the device's software doesn't have that option. bring a few coins (say 2€), should be plenty sufficient

[@Chadok89]

We do tip in France, but not always, only when the service deserves it.

[@jml4774]

Another great, informative and interesting video. Thanks Diane:)

[@OuiInFrance]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@eugeniawright3829]

We have so much less time off work. It makes sense to have someone to do the onerous tasks so we have more time for fun.

[@loki71183]

I mostly agree to your list. However you did not search at the gym clubs enough there are big franchise nearly everywhere even in average to small cities. Basic fit or l'orange bleue are just coming to my mind. Anyway thanks for the time spent on your video.

[@OuiInFrance]

Hi sorry for any confusion. I wasn't talking about regular gym franchises (which of course do exist in France) but instead big name boutique studios that specialize in a single style workout like CYCLEBAR or Orange Theory in the US.

[@MrBraindead101]

Interesting as always. But as you are always keen to point out, things aren't better or worse, just different.

[@OuiInFrance]

Glad you enjoyed it! And yup, people can live their lives however they'd like. ;-)

[@Tiisiphone]

The idea of being forced to listen to many people chewing, munching and eating noisily is absolutely intolerable.

[@sarahnd]

The whole American flag thing started after 9/11. Before that, if you saw a flag, you knew it was a post office or a government building. I have actually been annoyed since then when trying to find the post office in an unfamiliar town without being able to count on the flag as a signal!

[@alexjack1460]

I Sarah. I think 9/11 just amplify. I always be surprised how American are pround of their country, and can show this feeling easely. Not in a bad way. But here, in France, we let our flag be stole by political right side (extreme part). And i was... a kind of jalous.I love my country, but show a flag was ... innapropriate. Sorry for my awful english

[@sarahnd]

@@alexjack1460 Bonjour Alex. Je suis américaine, mais je dois dire que je ne mettrais jamais un drapeau devant ma maison! Aux États-Unis j'ai l'impression que c'est aussi l'extrême droite (politiquement) qui le font. C’est une sorte de nationalisme (à mon avis) qui me semble un peu agressif. Ça va pour la fête nationale et les bâtiments publics, mais sinon je ne vois pas l’intérêt...🤷‍♀

[@mikeantonio3163]

Maybe there are so many flags to remind them where they are.

[@Benoit-Pierre]

@@mikeantonio3163 just in cas you get lost and was not sure you accidentally crossed a border or an ocean ? funny when you know the difference between birders around USA ( heavily guarded with huge walls ) and around France ( none at all, at so many places. you go to belgium, Italy, Spain by just walking in the country, without even knowing it ). in fact, once, I even went to Germany by accident. 150 km in the country !!! was in belgium , wanted to take the train to Paris, two trains in opposite directions on the same bank, at 2mn interval, took the wrong side. after 1h, arrived at a station that did not sound French AT ALL, went out in hurry. so yes, I traveled from Belgium to Germany by accident, by train, by mistake, and without any police or toll or border Patrol. was 4h late :/ and the most funny : when I got on the train the first time, a man controlled my train ticket, to check I had paid, he did had not catched my mistake. he controlled me on the way back, recognised me, saw his mistake, and apologised for not reading correctly the first time and making me late !!! legally he should have fine me, but apologized ^^

[@TheJudy1943]

Thanks for the Doggy Daycare info. BYW You look great today!

[@benjaminlamey3591]

regarding the tipping, in france we like to know before what we will pay. so the prices that are displayed are inclusive taxes, living salaries of the employees and dividends of the owner. you pay what is displayed and you know before and can plan accordingly. In US, I have never managed to know before what I will pay, whether it is in a shop or a restaurant. therefore I tend to go for the cheapest because I never know, and usually the experience always finishes bad because of the whatever extra that you have to pay and is not displayed and you are not informed of, typical US ...

[@jchow5966]

This is so interesting - thank you for another interesting episode!!

[@OuiInFrance]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ElieStauffer]

20% tiping is king of an "only in US" thing. Europe practice is more like giving a few coins, while some country in Asia doesn't practice tipping at all.

[@YanArMoal44]

In France, prices are inclusive of taxes and service and therefore include the service (around 15% of the total price). But if the service was particularly attentive, you can leave a tip to show your satisfaction. The amount is generally 5 to 10% of the bill. You can pay the tip with the contactless card. The tip is put in a common pot.

[@DorianeRoars]

Oh and on the waiter profession, in mid-level bars and restaurant, they hire waiter and waitress only if they have a lot of experience or they have a diploma from a Hotel & Restaurant School, when they have been taught "the Art of the Table". This ensure to have very professional waiter and waitress (even the non so welcoming waiter in a Parisian brasserie), e.g a "Chef de Partie" in a gastronomic restaurant can make a good living with the monthly salary without tips.

[@RaewynHerrell]

What I have learned from your videos Diane is that life in New Zealand is more like that of France than the US. I love your blog. 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@OuiInFrance]

Thanks so much!

[@kimc555]

We have doggy daycare here in Vancouver 🇨🇦 but never in a mall. Usually they are on a lesser busy retail street. Flags - you see flags but in the last few years - it’s mostly the anti-Covid trucker convoy far right groups that have sort of taken it over. We got the nice booze/food theatres in the last 6-7 yrs. I know UK had it for the last couple decades so I was super happy to get a drink and appy at the movies. Tipping in Canada - same as US. It’s skyrocketed since Covid started. Everywhere has tip options. And there’s no ‘server wage’ in Canada like the US either.

[@fleurdavril1465]

Thank you...but we are talking about France😉

[@lorettaknoelk3475]

Yeah Pure Barre is the inn thing right now in the States. I LOVE it! Pure Barre is so hard!

[@annesikaddour7225]

Hello Diane! I really enjoy knowing the total price before buying when I go to France. On the same level as the restaurant bill, taxes added at the store do not exist either over there.

[@tifmedia4595]

Bonjour, en France, tout les prix sont affichés " TTC ( toutes taxes comprises ) c'est à dire que le prix que vous payez, est le prix affiché - donc pas de surprise ex : dans un restaurant, le menu est à 30 euros, vous paierez 30 euros ( pas de surprise comme dans certains pays où on vous fait payer , les couverts , la place à table, le pain , etc... bien sûr si vous commander plus, vous paierez plus : eau minérale, supplément sauce, le vin etc... par contre si vous allez chez un vendeur pour les professionnels, le pris est affiché HT ( hors taxes ) puisque le professionnel qui achète paiera les taxes et se fera rembourser par le service des impôts

[@Lostouille]

​@@tifmedia4595 c'est surtout tous les pays du monde qui font ça ☠️

[@tifmedia4595]

@@Lostouille Non, pas au Japon ni aux USA où les taxes ne sont pas les mêmes d'un état à l'autre

[@Lostouille]

@@tifmedia4595 Oui je sais justement , tout le monde fait ça sauf les US qui ont "la flemme" parce que les taxes sont pas pareil de la Californie jusqu'à l'Etat de New York ☠️

[@tifmedia4595]

@@Lostouille pkoi une tête de mort à la fin de chacun de tes propos ?

[@hoarauthomas1006]

For doggy daycare you may not know but that something very old, called chenil. It could be a place where you can buy a dog but it's also a place you can keep your dog at home, but also the name for a place where they take care of your doggo for the day. I can remember in kids story books from the early 90's where kids will let their dog at a chenil to be able to go to specific place where you can't bring your doggo. Main difference I think is that the service seems more like a bourgeois things.

[@ericlovestztot3626]

That would be so cool to get my diner in front of my film ! Thank you Diane.

[@jchow5966]

Cultural studies/differences are fascinating!

[@FlepsyCingulus]

Im french but i love the concept of eating in cinemas, i ofteb bring food from thé supermarket

[@stayfocused1041]

You are looking better and better and more beautiful with each video! Please keep blossoming.

[@louise2209]

I can imagine that the fitness boutiques wouldn’t make much of an impact in French lives unlike American lives due to several factors, but one being (probably) is the ability to walk everyday, to local shops, local parks, perhaps even to work etc. Americans aren’t encouraged to walk due to the nature of town planning and lack of convenience, so need convenient places like these to exercise more. In the U.K., you can’t find them either, but there are often classes for specific exercise concepts (such as yoga, whatever floor/group routines are currently fashionable) in schools, community halls and the like instead. We also have sports centres with combined recreational pools and gyms, as well as larger gym franchises.

[@Julydazur]

You're so right about the fitness thing. I've seen on YT a couple of years ago, in Colorado, they have a town where EVERYTHING is drive-in!!!!!!! And all you could see was big people driving around... Such a shame!! That's not encouraging at all...

[@caroleanderson4020]

Fellow American expat in France here. I did not know about poop collection services nor dinner and a movie back at home. Here in the little town where I live, there are free dog poop baggie dispensers all over the place and the free baggies are better than the ones you can buy in stores.

[@Fenronin]

for the dinner and movie I would say it's even more the other way around, we don't want to be hear noise while watching a movie

[@marinelab]

I love the concept of doggy day care. The thing that what may refrain French people to use this service is probably its price. It is indeed a real budget around $60/day and 40/ half day (San Diego prices.)

[@OuiInFrance]

Definitely not cheap, that's for sure! Similar prices in and around NYC and South Florida.

[@soleo12]

20€ (bordeaux), for a twice visit a day, 15€ if you drop your dog at day care . i use it when not able to come back home for lunch, but i do come home almost everyday between 12-2PM. I started at 9AM-12 and 2PM-6PM.

[@lazyshoggy]

Yeah, displaying flags at home here is really strange. I'm 42 and I think I saw that maybe two times outside the football (soccer) world cup.

[@momo3118]

Regarding dog one thing that I often saw in the US and is pretty much non-existent in France is the use of crate that is always here inside the living room. It's really disturbing for me because I imagine that you use it for lock your dog inside... but that's so small!

[@SOLARSOUNDZ808]

Despite these look like jails, I've been told the dogs, actually, feel safe in it

[@chammy4]

In Europe, national flags fly out on football match day

[@davidcanal4692]

Southern Europe yeah, but it's very common to see flagpoles adorned with flags in a majority of private houses in Scandinavia for instance.

[@geemo4284]

@@davidcanal4692, isn’t that only to indicate that the family are at home, so for people not to walk too close to the house, as they generally don’t have fences. I don’t think it’s to denote any nationalistic fervour. We certainly don’t do flags, in the UK, except during the footie.

[@carolineg3079]

True for the UK!

[@gordonspicer]

Most French, in my experience, like a bright light over their meal. The concept of a cosy dimly lit supper table if often met with disapproval and even a polite request to turn the light brighter. In fact a central light over the eating area is "de rigeur". is most homes.

[@fleurdavril1465]

You are so right! In the US I was shocked at the beginning when I found out a lot of restaurants are dark, I couldn't see my food...I could never eat in those conditions🤷

[@tifmedia4595]

C'est normal, manger n'est pas que faire travailler tes papilles gustatives. Voir ce que tu manges est important aussi . Mais aussi, l'odorat et l'ouie ! ex : tu prends un repas normal dans un restaurant sympa avec une musique douce et un bon éclairage ; servit par un personnel souriant tu prends le même repas dans un restaurant qui ressemble à une cantine scolaire avec des enfants qui braillent, une lumière trop forte ou trop faible et un serveur qui te balance l'assiette sur la table. Tu verras que ça n'a pas la même saveur 😁

[@xyz987123abc]

How are restaurant prices compared to here? Food quality?

[@s.p.8803]

Prices are ok, you can eat a good healthy meal for a reasonable price. You will find prices outside every restaurant so you won't have bad surprises. For quality, usually good, but there are exceptions, like in every country, so always good to check the reviews.

[@xyz987123abc]

@S. P. To me then it begs the question what do American restaurants do with the cash? The staff is not getting it and most of the food, not sure what to use, is usually of medium quality. 🤔

[@tuxdude1]

I moved to Portugal and live in a small coastal city. We have a moderate sized mall with a 4 screen theater. They have a matinee of €7 and a menu of the day at a local Brazilian restaurant in the mall. So, not the same, but I like it better. The pet thing is about the same here, but I do not think people are as good about picking up after their dogs. When I take mine out for a walk, I see a lot of doggy doo. It sounds like tipping is near identical, but I've never seen a service fee on the bill.

[@cookshok2014]

Very beautiful country 😍😍

[@hunterh1175]

So about the movie dinner thing. What people usually do is just go to the restaurant right after the movie (or go home but like restaurants right next to movie theaters are extremely common and the closest thing you’ll get to a movie diner)

[@psycomaz]

I know some theater they have ice cream but we french hardly buy food like ice cream in theaters. I noticed that you can buy food in theaters in Canada that was odd to me when I visited.

[@hellohjbgjh]

The lady at 9:13 is so graceful and lovely !

[@lynbartram3491]

Flags on individual homes are also not part of the Canadian expression. More frequent perhaps is to see several flags if the family is multicultural…

[@kimc555]

Ya only ppl to be super ‘flaggy’ are the anti-vax trucker convoy ppl.

[@gregjohnson720]

I like the new look of your site. We are in Paris to celebrate our 43rd wedding anniversary which was due to happen (40 years) in April 2020 and you know what happened then (COVID). We are staying at a hotel in front of République and it got quite noisy last night (29/03), but no problem. No worries love your videos and website.

[@OuiInFrance]

Hi, thank you so much. Glad you enjoy my content. 😃 But I haven't done a website redesign since 2016...

[@gregjohnson720]

Diane, I remember not too many years ago when one would almost never see a Parisian (especially woman) wearing tennis shoes (sneakers, trainers, etc), or a man or woman wearing a baseball cap, but it has become quite common recently. By the way, I lived in Paris in 1974-76 and have been to France virtually every year since then. When I lived in Amsterdam, I was here on business at least once a month, so I know French very well and speak, read, and write French fluently.

[@OuiInFrance]

Yes, I'd be so curious to know what Paris or France in general was like before my time. What were some of the biggest differences back in 1974? I feel like since I've lived in France, sneakers and baseball caps are pretty common -- my husband loves them!

[@litteulponny]

3:17 peu de Français savent que mettre un drapeau est autorisé à condition que : 1. le pavoisement ne procure aucun désagrément au voisinage (ex: drapeau qui offusque la vue des fenêtres des voisins) 2. le pavoisement n'enfreint pas le réglement interne stipulé avec le syndicat de propriété ou de gestion de l'immeuble.

[@bazoo513]

4:45 - Ugh, yes. I was amazed (read: disgusted) at the density of doggy "mines" strewn along sidewalks of Paris. That said, it seems that they are washed daily, with much more elaborate system of gutters than seen elsewhere in Europe (those need to deal only with rain). Granted, this was two decades ago.

[@MadNumForce]

The thing of eating, like actual eating, while watching a movie at the cinema is so entirely foreign to French culture. Not only because meal time is a dedicated time, but also because movie time is a dedicated time. It would be like trying to assemble Ikea furniture while at the same time trying to have sex with your significant other: you can't possibly do either in any satisfactory way. One might snack at the movies, but certainly not eat. Though, truth be told, this might explain why so many Hollywood movies are so abysmally dumb.

[@nicobzz1]

Pour le drapeau français, une des raisons pour laquelle on utilise pas le drapeau français est que le front national (le parti politique réputé raciste) utilisait beaucoup ce drapeau, du coup mentalement les gens ont fait l'association entre porter un drapeau français et le front national, et donc on évite de porter un drapeau de peur d'avoir l'air raciste, sauf lors des coupes du monde et évènements sportif. Je crois que c'est l'explication principale de pourquoi c'est mal vu aujourd'hui.

[@rowenn1729]

Non je crois pas.

[@antoinerichard-capponi9974]

@@rowenn1729 pourtant c'est exactement ça.

[@rowenn1729]

@@antoinerichard-capponi9974 non en France n'importe quel drapeau pour décorer est considéré comme une faute de goût. Il n'y a que des gens de gauche fascisante qui pensent comme toi.

[@wilsoncrunch1330]

I did not even know that there was a dog poo pick up service in the USA. I have seen the Daycare centers but never the pick up services.

[@drgnslayers]

In Quebec, it's the same tipping practice than in the USA

[@elisaverdier2072]

For the tip thing, in a lot of places in France we are actually not aloud to take any tips.

[@mariadaido6715]

Also in japan tips are nor accepted ,they will feel offended .

[@wesleyy2792]

Merci Diane!

[@jostock564]

From Australia here. Most of the things you mentioned are not usually done here either. There maybe one or 2 doggie day cares in the major cities but most part, not done. Neither is eating at the movies. Very rarely see a national flag at the front of the house and we don't tip very often. The French are smart.

[@CallieMasters5000]

How common is food delivery now in France? I saw pizza delivery on a motorbike in Monaco back 20-30 years ago, but I'm not sure if it's only more recently popular especially in the big cities.

[@ForeverNeverwhere1]

Rare, but growing in the cities. In the countryside you have zero chance of getting food delivered. Keep in my french usually eat at lunchtime and have plenty of time to cook and eat real food.

[@szk4023]

Unless you live in the middle of nowhere (i.e. a small village), food delivery is common in France. Asian and Italian (Pizzeria) restaurants almost always offer a delivery service (free if you live within a few miles of the restaurant and a small fee otherwise). They even have Domino's Pizza and they deliver. Then, you have delivery services such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo. I live 30 minutes away from Paris.

[@Hepad_]

Rare enough that I'm now addicted to it now I've left the country for the city

[@s.p.8803]

Pretty common now, in cities.

[@OuiInFrance]

It's common even in small cities. I'd say it's gotten a lot more popular in the past 5 years and services like Uber Eats and others are commonplace. Lots of fast food options, at least in my area.

[@aureliademay9722]

You can't put a flag in front of your house in France if it's not a national holliday. Flags are only allowed on official buildings.