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of Samaritaine in Metro Galary Lafayette, Samaritaine and so on. There
are some department stores in Paris, but not so many comparing with the
population. Why? I asked some questions to several French in
Samaritaine. Most of them answered, “I often come to department sotres but only for
watching. Because it’s very
expensive!” As the result, though there
are a lot of people inside departement stores, their turnovers are not so
big, I suppose. One of the characteristics of Paris is that
you can find so many small shops. Bakers, taillers, grossaries, markets,
there are always a lof of people. But the proximity, which makes people
feel easy to access, is not the only reason why French often go there, I’ve found. Both in a department store and in a small
shop, salespersons answer roughly to clients, or they neglect them. Furthermore,
they ask for shaking hands to client they know very well, and neglect me
who have been there before. As a matter of fact, it is common. Yes, if you often go to the same shop, you
will be treated differently. Parhaps, they will show you an article which
is hided in stock normally. At least, as the French society is “individualist”, they often tend to think “I go the shop where he is”. As salespersons sometimes don’t know well about the
articles they sell, it seldom happens in Japan, French have tendency to
prefer small shops. But it takes longtime to find a shop where we know
each other. I heard that French people try to find salesperson whose sex is
opposite to the one of them to make easy their shopping. It is true that a
male salesperson, who is not kind for me, is very kind to women. Not only
French people but all European people sometimes change their attitude
according to the sex of others. Especially women. For Japanese people, it
is hard to understand. French text Japanese text
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