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75 Cards in this Set
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Six Codes |
1.Dont Smile 2. Flirt w/ your eyes 3. Use magic words 4. Add Monsuier or Madame 5. Shake Hands 6. Watch out at the door |
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Dont Smile |
Only smile at those you know
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Flirt with your eyes to |
obtain something you need |
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Magic Words |
excuse me, sir or madame |
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Shake hands |
at hellos/goodbyes. maintain eye contact |
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watch out at the door |
ladies first |
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The 4 bubbles are |
car, body, sound, desk |
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Body Bubble.. |
no personal space |
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Car bubble.. |
okay to nudge cars while parking |
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Desk bubble.. |
you can take whatever you want off of someones desk |
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Sound bubble... |
be quiet |
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French Light |
dark or Dimmed |
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Mystery of the closed door |
doors are always closed, knock before entry |
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The Door Taboo |
doors are meant to be closed |
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Unreported meeting times |
change alot with no notification |
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insult time |
no concept of being late 5-ok 10-ehh 20-insult |
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Monocronics |
time is money, always on time |
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Polychronics |
never on time |
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Quarkochronics |
care about both depending on the person or situation |
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Street Strangers |
very helpful when in trouble. they offer advice and do not judge |
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Parisians |
impatient and occupied but helpful |
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Honneur |
Trustworthyness, integrity, reliability, good manners and professionalism |
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Neighborhood Tradespeople |
seduce them, small talk, sob stories, get it right with those you deal with often |
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Misery in Big Stores |
customer is always wrong. Store director sides with employee |
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Strategy for Prevailing |
Everything is negotiable |
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No means.. |
persuade me |
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Maybe means.. |
I'm busy |
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It doesn't exist... |
means its in the back room and they want a reason to go get it for you |
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PPO |
Persistant personal operating. Sob story to get what you want |
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Mistake Vs. Faute |
Mistake is unintentional Faute is intentional |
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Montier |
someone who plays with the truth. Doesn't reflect on honor or morality |
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History Matters |
culture is very important. |
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Engineers and power |
Highest ranked position Very Powerful backbone of france
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Gods, Bureaucrats and Laws |
Hierarchy is a very important thing in france created by Napoleon and still used today |
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Women, Lunatics, and Laws |
Women were seen as property. Classified with lunatics and criminals |
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Vercingetorix |
United tribes against Julius Caeser. First French Hero |
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Charlemagne |
Created Schools kind for 13 years united most of western europe |
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Abelard |
Star dialectician Castrated for loving a nun Known for love letters |
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Elanor of Aquitaine |
married to kind of france then took her dowry which was soutern france and married the king of england |
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Joan of Arc |
Heroine of france Burned as a witch Saved france from the British |
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Louis XIV |
Built Versailles Absolute Power |
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Marianne |
Bare-Breasted symbol of the republic. Spirit of Liberty |
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Napoleon Ier |
wrote the french civil code |
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Charles de Gaulle |
French General. Leader of free france/ the resistance |
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Francois Mitterrand |
President for 14 years built the french national library socialist |
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The French Family |
Secretive, reserved. Mother-in-Law has more power than the Daughter-in-Law Very polite |
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School Days |
2 hour lunch Wed. Sat. half days Education unites france |
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The Music of Their Tongues |
In love with their language Its an Honor to speak french speak good french when french |
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Plaisir |
Okay to check people out Language of love |
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Low Context |
Americans Things are done on time Football field |
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High Context |
French Soccer Field Indirect
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Time Doesn't Fly |
Time isnt segmented. They dont stick to schedules and meeting times change |
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Logic |
Logic is deductive French like Theory |
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How French see Americans |
Money is everything Smile alot Being called an intellectual is a bad thing No social snobbery Very Positive Undiciplined |
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How American see French |
Arrogant Men and women communicate more Witty More serious hierarchy
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The Money Machine |
Living nicely vs. alot of money French-- ideas Americans-- possessions |
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The US Workplace |
Americans form relationships with their boss and those they work with Work,work,work Boss calls them in for praise but in france they get called in when they do something wrong |
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Love in America |
Love here is painful for france Men and women mix it up in france no touching in us |
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On being a french housewife in america |
Husbands watch sports while wives shop, do chores, and watch the kids Children are praised in america |
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Le Diner |
US- resturants and hosts give alot of food.
France- sacred ritual that lasts about 2-3 hours |
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Secretaries |
hold more power than you would expect, they have the secrets of the workplace. Stay on her good side |
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The Spirit of no Compromise |
Usually no budging/compromising Compromising is seen as losing |
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Lackluster French Efforts at Marketing |
Most french people arent good at marketing because they dont care about the process |
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Deadlines |
they have two deadlines Date Cible, a general target Date Butoir, A critical Deadline |
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Tu or Vous |
Tu- children and dogs Vous- formal company |
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Dress |
Little black dress. Dont draw attention |
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what to bring |
Bring flowers your first time Dont bring wine Chocolates are okay but diets |
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W.C. Diemma |
Dont go to the bathroom, door is always shut |
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Conversation Taboos |
Dont talk about poitics or money |
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Introduction |
Names dont matter |
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Move into dinning room |
takes a long time |
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Seating |
Hostess places you, if your new or foreign you are next to the hostess |
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Table manners |
hands on table when finished knife and fork are placed on plate parallel @ 4oclock |
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You and the Bureaucracy |
Laws are taken very seriously |
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The system D |
Creative ways to go around an issue |
