You: So… do you take credit card?
The French don’t say “uh-huh” or “uh-uh” or “mm-hm.”
You better have some reusable bags on you because you can’t get that thin plastic sack. Since January 2017, supermarkets have been prohibited from using thin plastic bags at checkout or in produce (thicker plastic bags are still allowed).
Nine states recreationally and 30 states medicinally. (Not that we’re saying you should, but at least in the US you have the option.)
In France, you can only discount books to 5% below the publisher’s list price. There are two laws that set this up: the Lang law, which established the maximum 5% discount on books in 1981, and a new law, passed unanimously on June 26th of this year by the French parliament, which abolishes free shipping on books purchased online and shipped to France (aka, the “Anti-Amazon Law”).
CVS, Duane Reade, Rite Aid, Walgreens — all gone.
Sucks to be a high school student in 2018.
This store is closed, and this store is closed, and this store is closed… and all those restaurants too.
^You trying to adapt to without your American food.
French schools offer limited physical education class (about four hours per week in middle school and two hours per week in high school), and they don’t offer competitive after-school sports. In college, sports operate like a class (you even get a grade) and you only play against other students in that college class.
14. Take a subway at 3am
The Paris metro shuts down from 1am to 6am on weekdays (2am to 6am on weekends).
You might find a kids menu at a chain restaurant, but certainly not everywhere. Kids really eat what adults eat. (In school, kids are served a four-course, balanced meal for lunch.)
If it were in the 80s in France, which uses celsius, it would be 176° F and everyone would be dead from a real heatwave (not like the current one).
60% of the music you hear on French radio will likely be in English (sung by French, American, and UK artists), and the other 40% will be in French (it’s the law). Sound ridiculous that France would even need to make that law? On the current Top 100 chart in France, about 40 of the tracks are in French, and about 60 are in English or another language (but mostly English).
^^You at 1:00am when you aren’t able to go to a pizza place, a Carrefour, a crêpe stand, or literally anywhere other than your own fridge.
Save up your euro coins, you’re going to need that 50 centimes.
Via your stomach is the only way you’re taking something to go.
The French bureaucracy shuts down often.
This store is closed, and this store is closed, and this store is closed… (fine, maybe that one store way over there is open, but everything else is closed).
Seriously, why don’t all French stores and restaurants have websites? An Instagram page is not enough, a Facebook page with a link to reviews on TripAdvisor is not enough, just having Google list opening hours is not enough. Americans want to read the menu, click through a gallery of images, and skim the “our story” section.