It seems I am not alone in questioning the dubious standards of certain sections of the French tourism/catering industries. This makes for sad reading if you love France as I do. What do you think?
Well, yeah. It's like a lot of places. If you see the owners working, it's probably okay. If you don't, be careful. Actually the worst ripoffs I have found have been house rentals: bad mattresses, no utensils in the kitchens, showers that don't work, yuck. The underlying reasons may vary -- in France I think it may be some combination of French indifference to those who are not French, combined with nonFrench themselves taking a lot of the service positions, which doubly removes the French owners from the customers -- but the effect is much the same the world over. That said, for customer service I'll take France over, say, India, any day.
Thanks for your comment Lynn. I note from updates to this story on various news sites, that it was mainly low-quality takeaway shops selling classic French kebabs that incurred the wrath of the food hygiene inspectors.
My name is Justin Postlethwaite, and I'm the Editor of French Magazine and The Traveller in France. On this blog, I waffle semi-literately about travel and holidays, food, wine and anything else that tickles my French fancy. Crème de menthe, Rodney.
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Well, yeah. It's like a lot of places. If you see the owners working, it's probably okay. If you don't, be careful. Actually the worst ripoffs I have found have been house rentals: bad mattresses, no utensils in the kitchens, showers that don't work, yuck. The underlying reasons may vary -- in France I think it may be some combination of French indifference to those who are not French, combined with nonFrench themselves taking a lot of the service positions, which doubly removes the French owners from the customers -- but the effect is much the same the world over. That said, for customer service I'll take France over, say, India, any day.
Thanks for your comment Lynn. I note from updates to this story on various news sites, that it was mainly low-quality takeaway shops selling classic French kebabs that incurred the wrath of the food hygiene inspectors.
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