I work for a French owned company, I have been to Paris (corporate HQ) a few times in the last two years and have noticed many things. They make great wine, fantastic cheese (YUM!), but can't cook a steak to save their own lives. By and large the French that I know are good natured and easygoing. They have their a-holes (just like we do) and they have some wacky opinions about us (I guess turnabout is fair play :-), but overall I can't say they are entirely unpleasant :-).
There is one thing that has bugged me from the beginning though...and I really couldn't put my finger on until a few weeks ago when I was watching (of all things) The West Wing. In the scene I am referring to, Bartlett was interviewing candidates for Executive Secretary and he asked one (that had recently resigned her job as Executive Sec. for a French Diplomat (I think)) why she left the position. She said it was because of the French "fluid relationship with time" And that would have to be my own personal pet peeve, my French collegues definately have a fluid relationship with time...deadlines, projects, meetings, you name it... other than that, not a bad bunch... my $0.02 will ---- William H. Bowen Webmaster ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.esca.com/ 425.739.3629 Voice 425.466.7016 Cell 425.739.3690 FAX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 5:45 AM Subject: France? > Okay, > > I've seen Michael here deride France and I've seen people elsewhere with > nothing but vitriol for the country. Can someone tell me why? > > > Kevin Graeme > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
