Letter: The rudeness and courtesy of France
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: There is a simple explanation for the diverging views of your readers on France as a tourist country.
During the summer season, large numbers of French students obtain jobs as waiters in restaurants, with the intention of cheating customers out of as much money as possible, while amusing themselves by being as rude as possible. Although second to none in my admiration for French literature, art and cooking, I have experienced blatant insolence and cheating from those young people.
ANDREW BLUHM
Thames Ditton
Surrey
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