France has a 4.5 day work week for students ( and their teachers). Meaning our dear little ones must rise and shine early on Wednesday morning, only to be asked to stay home after lunch time. Not very logical you have to admit. On the other hand they spend long days in [...]
How vicious can a company get with its customer in France seems to be the big game around here.
Internet access, cable TV and cell phone service providers seem to top the list, but banks are not bad either.
Take two cell phone providers I’ve tried so far (between 2004 and 2007).
One is Bouygues Telecom, the other [...]
The web did not catch on in France as it did in the US.. No wonder…
Individuals disregard technology and newness in general
Although the French are brilliant at building major technology infrastructure, at the personal level, they are technophobes. Just the idea of voice mail and answering machines has not yet made its way into the majority of people’s minds, even in a professional setting..
