钓鱼以获得帮助
这里(法国)和那里(美国)之间的根本差异之一是,在这里,他们不必为您提供帮助。
It’s not that there’s no customer service, but unlike the US where they’re supposed to (and expected to) be nice and helpful to customers, the onus here is on the salesperson, or the person behind the desk: They alone can decide if they want to help you. Or not.
而且您的工作是说服他们为您提供任何帮助。所以决定是你的。
您将如何让他们帮助您?
This is baffling to many American visitors, who stare at me with wide-eyed disbelief, that there are really people out beyond their borders that don’t care if they make money or not, which is what ‘helping the customer’ is presumably all about. That the almighty dollar is worth a lot less than they think (and going down every time I look.)
我解释说,这不是一个资本主义国家或文化,这也许可以解释为什么现在的经济目前有点平淡。但是对于许多美国人来说,我们很难理解其他文化与我们的不同。
因此,这是您需要获得的程序:
No, you won’t get ketchup for your steak just by asking simply because you want it (even if they have it), nor will you get a refund if your credit card purchase never arrives (unlike the US where the credit card companies really, really want to help you…嗯…我的意思是,真的,真的很想要您的3%。)
I used to think these Europeans were silly being wary of making purchases online, until I realized there’s no recourse here. Then it was me who felt kinda silly. Like I do right now trying to get a refund for something I never received from my bank here.
Stupid boy呢
我在想什么?
和yes, I did make friends with the woman at my bank. But unfortunately she’s not myBancaireand I can’t switch to her. I’ve tried. That would be too helpful to me, the customer. And chocolate doesn’t work at the bank.
I think…
但是,由于该国有25%被政府雇用,因此不可能被解雇。而且,如果有人认为情况可能与众不同,他们将进行罢工。这吓坏了政府,所以他们总是屈服。
因此,对于您试图到达这里,您需要给他们一个帮助您的理由。并成为一个好人。
起初,这让我感到困惑和沮丧。而且,经常是。但是有时我现在喜欢它,一旦您掌握了听力的概念“非”前几次(实际上,几乎每次)您意识到这并不意味着“不”根本。这只是您试图说服他们帮助您的起点。游戏而已。你需要让他们想为了帮助您……所以不要超越任何事物- 一个自负的笑话(尤其是如果是反美的笑话),一种巧克力零食,假装夸奖,看起来迷失,无论服用什么,做到这一点。你想赢得他们。
对于那些习惯在女权主义原则斗篷下隐藏女性遗嘱的妇女,请忘记它。您有礼物,女朋友,所以请使用它(或他们)!想要一个小狗包吗?对男性服务员co住。讲礼貌。道歉。弥补一个好故事(这是有趣的一部分)。要性感(是的,也可以)。提出要求时,您甚至可以解开衬衫的饰物,并在提出要求时向前倾斜一点。您可以获得想要的东西,请使用它。如果我有它们,我也会使用它们。 But I don’t, so I’m at an obvious disadvantage.
(Once again, shake that Etch-A-Sketch slate in your mind clean of what you think is right and wrong, what’s sexist, or what you should or shouldn’t do to get what you want. If you don’t, you’re not going to get任何事物。而且不要怪我。我只是使者。我没有在这里制定规则。我刚刚学会了如何与他们一起玩。)
和don’t think that if you’re a man you can’t participate in ‘the game’ too. Why do you think every time I go to the fish market, theJeunes Hommes推grandes dames旁边帮助我?
嗯。让我们来看看。它可能与Dulce de Leche布朗尼某人经常交付。不相信我吗?行。继续前进,像其他失败者一样排队等候。是的,他们总是在我的包里扔一两个柠檬。
和一大堆欧芹。
您上次是什么时候从一个穿着蓝色,膝盖高的橡胶靴子的年轻人那里获得一堆欧芹?嗯?
法国人非常good memories. Unlike America, whose history is only a few hundred lame years old, French civilization goes back thousands of years, and any French teenager will be able to tell you the date, historical significance, and which King Louis was in power when any doorknob or lamppost in Paris was installed. Try that on your teens. They probably don’t even know who invented the Sony Playstation they’re glued to.
(公平地说,大多数法国孩子也不知道。但是我在街上听到了一些面包店的优点。法国面包)
因此,利用他们的敏锐回忆并建立善意。如果您来巴黎,每天都在同一地方购物。去同样boulangerie。在您住宿期间,几次重新访问同一家餐厅。如果您住在这里,那将花您的一年左右,然后面包面包店的女人会承认您,或者瓜在您的建筑物中,将及时发送邮件。
If you’re a visitor, you’ll need to act faster.
过了一会儿,您将成为“人群”的一部分。您可以要求法国面包煮熟了。他们很乐意穿越篮子,寻找最好,最完美的法国面包无论有多少人从后面推动您。
想从从阿格里?忘了它。当然,他们可能以这种方式销售更多奶酪。但是他们真的不在乎您是否购买奶酪。
See what I mean? That’s the American part of you talking. I told you, which won’t do you any good. You need to make them想来帮你。所以在相同的奶酪商店每天。不要在巴黎度过最好的时间。得到给你的东西,要感恩。但是学习如何获得想要的东西。
因此,随着感恩节的临近,我明天要去市场,进行土耳其的谈判。作为我的策略的一部分,我在烤箱中有一块巧克力布朗尼蛋糕,我希望这可以正常工作。但是我不知道那些像布朗尼蛋糕一样出售家禽的人。
希望如此。
因为如果他们不这样做,我们将在感恩节上有大比目鱼。
有很多柠檬。
和parsley.