I%26#39;ve recently started reading this forum because I%26#39;m planning a trip to Provence next month. I%26#39;ve noticed that by far the rudest forum on this website is the France forum. And I%26#39;m not just talking about French people. Why is that?
Recently someone posted a question about a beef dish her husband had ordered and someone replying to her post said something about things being so expensive in Europe. The next thing I know I%26#39;m reading a reply by someone saying %26quot;the dollar isn%26#39;t worth the paper it%26#39;s printed on . . . you can only blame yourselves.%26quot; Was that response really necessary? People come here for information, not to be insulted.
In fact, several of the replys on this forum are insulting to Americans. What is your problem? If you think our questions are too stupid, just don%26#39;t reply to our posts! It%26#39;s that easy! There are plenty of other helpful people in this forum that can answer a question without making a snide remark.
Another person asked a few weeks ago for information on where to stay in Paris. The response she got from one so called expert was to go away and do some research and then come back and ask a question. Who are you to tell someone something like that? If you didn%26#39;t want to answer the question, then don%26#39;t reply!
How many of you would say these things to someone%26#39;s face? I think some of you spend way too much time in these forums. Maybe you should go out and get a life instead of living vicariously on the internet.
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A pity, that with nearly 168.000 posts that you zeroed in on the less than friendly ones. There is heaps %26amp; heaps of extremely helpful advice, generously and very often repeatedly (some people have the patience of saints) to be had here. Don%26#39;t be put off by a few grouchy replies.
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%26gt;%26gt;How many of you would say these things to someone%26#39;s face?
Exactly. This is the internet, with its own culture and unwritten rules, where newbies are unaware of.
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And sometimes not just insulting to Americans but insulting, period.
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insuklanewberry
You know what, for a french reader, you post is insulting?
Bbe you aware of this or not, in writing
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%26#39;Ive noticed that by far the rudest forum on this website is the France forum. And I%26#39;m not just talking about French people.
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You are implying that french people are rude per definition !
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Noreen2
I didn%26#39;t mean to imply the French people were rude. Just some of the posts in the France forum for some reason. I didn%26#39;t chose my words very carefully when I said %26quot;I%26#39;m not just talking about the French people.%26quot; What I should have said was I%26#39;m not necessarily talking about the French people.
I have no idea what the nationality is of everyone who posts to this forum. In fact, the person who made the remark about the dollar, etc calls him/herself Wizard of Aus so I assume he/she is probably not French.
I love France and have always enjoyed the French. I%26#39;m going to France for the third time in four years so obviously I like it there. It%26#39;s just something I noticed in this particular forum.
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lanewberry
You said it yourself : you didn%26#39;t chose your word carefully, this may happen to other people !
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Wow - I can%26#39;t believe what I see. If you have a problem with an individual comment fine - it happens, that%26#39;s life, take it up with the author!
NO! The question is: How dare YOU make such sweeping statements and generalisations to people on this forum - the majority of people help visitors.
I note you %26quot;watch%26quot; , to gain information from people who should %26quot;get a life%26quot; Do you offer any assistance in return - 3 posts, so no.
If you watched properly you would note that there is so much trans -atlantic friendship and understanding on this forum.
You comments are therefore rude, prejudiced and offensive, so don%26#39;t presume to judge this entire forum!
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lanewberry -
I often advise folks to get themselves a guidebook so they have some idea of what they really want to do. There are many people who start here on the forum with no idea of what in Paris might be of interest to them. The forum can be much more useful and the reader much more satisfied with his/her plans, if a guidebook is the starting point, rather than a vague what do I want to do in Paris, question that has no frame of reference whatsoever.
I don%26#39;t think that my syntax should be construed as rudeness. The fact is, a good guidebook plus the forum is much more effective than the forum alone.
For someone who is oh so sensitive to rudeness, you really do step on your own toes with that last sentence. I don%26#39;t know what you consider having a life, but I generally travel to Europe twice a year and to Asia annually. I think that those facts negate the word vicariously as an appropriate modifier for my way of living. It may not be as exciting as living in St. Louis, but it%26#39;s not without merit, and it does qualify me to respond to questions on the forum.
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Norween, your English isn%26#39;t exactly fluent, so you obviuosly misunderstood him. This is the rudest forum, and all nationalities participate in the rudeness here.
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I think sometimes exasperation comes into this. Posters could help themselves by doing a search. There are many people on the Provence/ Cote D%26#39;Azur who answer the same questions many times a week. Perhaps occasionally that person has had a bad day, maybe you are right and so they should just ignore the question but we are all human.
The other problem is the question %26quot; I am going to France for two weeks what should I do?%26quot; If that was put as %26quot;I am going to the USA for two weeks what should I do?%26quot; Where would you start? That is why sometimes people suggest that a little research is needed so that you can ask the right questions. Asking a specific question normally gets a very good response.
