French or Foe?: Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France

ISBN: 9780964668409 | 0964668408
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/1994

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The French are so admired, the splendors of their country make it the most frequently visited in Europe - and yet the French provoke such angry reactions! Why is it so hard to get information in France? Why does it take so long to get business done? Why are the French so difficult? Are they really so difficult?

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Acknowledgments	p. 7
Foreword	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
Starting Off on the Right Foot
Six Codes: Rudeness is in the Eye of the Beholder	p. 23
French Space: Private, Public and Working	p. 37
French Time: "Why Does Everything Take so Long?"	p. 47
The French Way in Public
Street Strangers and Neighborhood Tradespeople: The Good News and the Bad News	p. 59
Misery in the Big Stores: Your Weapons and How to Handle them	p. 71
Blame Paranoia: Truth and Consequences	p. 83
You and the Bureaucracy: The Systeme D	p. 91
French Context: the Formation of Frenchness
History Matters: What Was, Is	p. 101
The Family: Rules, Closeness and the Esprit Critique	p. 125
School Days: the Survival of the Smartest	p. 135
The Grandes Ecoles: the Selection of the Elite	p. 143
The Music of Their Tongue: a Passion or a Religion?	p. 153
Plaisir: Flirting, Food, Language and Love	p. 165
Two Dinner Parties: Food, Style and Protocol - Back to Versailles	p. 173
Office Life
The Logic of French Management: Why the Thunderbolts are Coming	p. 201
Tricky Wickets: Foreigners' Complaints and French Executives' Suggestions	p. 209
Executive Roundup: Reflections From Six Multicultural U.S. Veterans	p. 229
The Other Side of the Mirror
How the French See the U.S.	p. 239
Coda: Marvels for 16 Headaches	p. 255
Line-jumpers
Waiters
Phoning
Dog Dirt
Customer Service
Peeing in Public
Banking
Getting Information
Neighbors
Not Being Introduced in Public
Driving
Smoking
Lice
Doctors
Taboos
Making Friends
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French or Foe?: Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France

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