Tearful TikTok traveler unable to speak French felt 'isolated' during trip to France

Canoe ^ | 01 11 2024 | Eddie Chau

[dandiegirl]

This is the kind of crap our youth are addicted too. Whining and crying over feelings 24/7.

[IYAS9YAS]

She should have learned Arabic before going to France. They would have treated her better.

[SamAdams76]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Good God, what a wimp. Here mom & dad should be ashamed.

I traveled internationally for two years and worked in 10 countries. I learned “beer” and “bathroom” in five languages. That was all I needed.

[Jim Noble]

Well, the beret was a poor choice - but the French CAN be nasty.

I’m semi-fluent and when I overhear them talking about Americans I love to slap back.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

She even bought a French hat. That’s not enough?

I guess they don’t have “Appuyez sur deux pour l’anglais,” on French phone trees.

[dfwgator]

It’s like those French have a different word for everything.

[Cold_Red_Steel]

“RealPHDFoodie”

“PHD” Seriously?

[dfwgator]

[dfwgator]

Well, the beret was a poor choice - but the French CAN be nasty.

I wonder if she bought it in a second-hand store.

[ASOC]

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Not real good looking, either - despite the funny colored hat.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Skip France, they are pigs.

[Gay State Conservative]

Years ago my dentist was from France.At that time I had never been but my parents had...and they hated it. I told my dentist about their hatred and he asked "did they travel outside of Paris?" and I said "no,they just stayed in Paris".

"Aha!",he said..."there's the problem. Even we Frenchmen hate Parisians"

[dfwgator]

“We would like to go to ze hotel!”

[ansel12]

Just being a Texan always worked for me in France.

[6ppc]

I have to agree with her...about learning the language...hey...there’s an app for that! I was there late September for the WBC World Benchrest Championship. Luckily I saw only the range and about 2 blocks around the hotel. Taco place had menu with pics you could point at, and hotel staff spoke enough English to get by. Btw...it’s a lot easier to fly in and out of Charles de Gaulle with guns than anywhere in the US.

[Army Air Corps]

Only if it was as raspberry beret....

[jimtorr]

She just discovered what previous generations of travellers in France already knew. Many French people just don’t care.

Outside the big cities, I’m told, it’s a different story.

[SaveFerris]

When you land in France, just say:

Je suis un espion!