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Submitted by Michael, Jul 3, 2007 14:11

On-target about the food, which has done well in many parts of France (and there are local French restaurant chains, like Buffalo Grill, that draw good crowds with a menu that is not all that different from your local Ponderosa Steakhouse). My only quarrel is with the business about American tourists being greeted with Gallic disdain: my family and I have been visiting France off and on for over 35 years, and have never encountered anything other than a warm welcome . That goes for all parts of the country, and all sorts of situations, including the legendary Paris waiters...

Many years of travel in a variety of parts of the world have shown me that you tend to find what you're looking for. If we'd stop repeating the old wheeze about the arrogant French I suspect more of us would receive the fine treatment I've always experienced there --

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I love McDonalds it is the best fast food restuarnt in the world!!!!!!!!!!!! [MORE]	Ashley	Dec 12, 2007 13:46
Because I live here, and because I was raised in New York, I find myself forraging about for traces of... [MORE]	MATTHEW ROSE	Jul 12, 2007 04:57
i want the characteristics of mcdonalds company [MORE]	ell	Jul 10, 2007 00:49
This line about a Munich, Germany, McDonald's pretty much indicates what is happening to Germany as well as to Western... [MORE]	Bob J.	Jul 6, 2007 20:25
Editor: If you think the French "love" McDonald's you obviously have spent very little time in France. [MORE]	Daniel Guenzel	Jul 6, 2007 10:06
This is not surprising since pro-Americanism is forced upon Europeans nowadays from about kindergarten years, or even before. The situation... [MORE]	Alphysicist	Jul 6, 2007 05:31
Wow. I don't know how you've come to interpret things the way you have, but what you describe is not... [MORE]	Valerie	Jul 15, 2007 13:02
Easy to understand. They are providing food that appeals to local people rather than the same old plan developed in... [MORE]	Frank	Jul 4, 2007 01:23
I am really surprised at the increase in sales. The local Mickey D's has gotten my order wrong 11 out... [MORE]	bikerbob	Sep 26, 2007 18:42
On-target about the food, which has done well in many parts of France (and there are local French restaurant chains,...	Michael	Jul 3, 2007 14:11
On the article in general, I did find it very interesting if not a little worrisome that France, a stalwart... [MORE]	Matt	Jul 4, 2007 02:55
Consumerization. Capitalization. Market saturation. Fast-food nation. Not much romantic about lines of sweaty Americans herded in like cattle at the... [MORE]	Kyle	Jul 6, 2007 08:10
You honestly want to try to make other people believe that you've never been on the receiving end of French... [MORE]	Valerie	Jul 15, 2007 12:48
...but then, 35+ years would be a long time for pure luck alone to hold up. I don't expect to... [MORE]	Michael	Jul 15, 2007 17:23
Well, thanks for that answer. You've been living a charmed life. And, no, my personal experience won't be changing until I... [MORE]	Valerie	Jul 16, 2007 13:11
Will McDonald's Inc. please makeover the restaurants in the United States. The garish red and yellow monstrosities that pollute the... [MORE]	Don Elote	Jul 3, 2007 10:08
Which is it? [MORE]	Machida1	Jul 4, 2007 13:32

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