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I think it's legally required to give tap water for free mostly everywhere, but if you don't specify it they might sneak in an outrageously expensive bottle of mineral water, it's basically a way to scam tourists.

Scotland.

Fait trop chaud dans le sud, c'est pr ça.

If you're putting water all over the floor when using a shower like this one, it's definitely user error.

Your not wrong

My yes right

They mean it's not as precise or relatable as farenheit for talking about the weather. Like in farenheit 0 is cold and 100 is hot. Also more precise from one degree to the next. I just assumed that's what they mean from reading this topic many times before, but I don't agree with it, I can kind of understand, but the relatable part is just based on what you're used to, and the precision is moot, you can go after the decimal point in Celsius if you need further precision, which you really don't when talking about the weather anyway.

I almost got run off a mountain road by a crazy Corsican that must've thought we weren't driving fast enough (foreign plates probably didn't help) so I know what you mean!

Bordeaux is nice, I have friends from there and went once but I'm mostly from the Eastern half, sounds like maybe you went more west half, probably because they call pain au chocolat chocolatine, right? Haha

Yeah I would agree with my compatriots, France is great except for being full of French... I'd go back if I was retired and/or too rich to work, but having to be an active part of society there is a non-starter.

Anyway end game for us is likely a lake front bed and breakfast somewhere in Quebec, I just want to do one more tropical country first.

Okay yeah I have to admit some of the examples ring pretty true, especially the bus one, there's no discipline there.

I don't go back to France that often since I live abroad and when I do I avoid people like the plague, hate the bastards.

I still wouldn't say that cutting in line is accepted, in my example at the boulangerie I don't picture a line, just someone standing in the shop looking at the choices and there's no one waiting at the counter. But yeah you're right that maybe it gets tried more than other countries, but I also remember vividly people getting called out for it, you also mention the people at la poste were yelling at them so clearly it's not like a normal thing.

I think what you describe is more the uncoordinated and individualist/me first French attitude rather than just line-cutting like I've experienced for example in China where that's really like if you leave 20cm in front of you they slip in and no one says anything, if you do that in the wrong line in France you won't forget it.

Finally, lol sometimes I forget Paris is part of France, hate these bastards even more than the rest of them.

PS I married a compatriot of yours and have family in Outaouais, we'll probably move there some day and visit regularly. Quebec people are super chill and friendly compared to French, so I think that's also part of the culture shock, not line cutting but just the fact we're a bunch of assholes.

I really cannot confirm this. I am French.

I see a good bit of flag waving in the Netherlands as well. In France though I'd be weirded out if I saw one besides on official buildings and stuff.

Now I'm picturing pubs with orderly lines and it just feels very wrong.