On my recent trip to Paris, I went to a small shop on Rue du Temple. It had a little door and I had a baby in stroller with me, with much difficulty, I pushed the stroller in.
After I got in the store, three men in white robe looked at me like they wanted to eat me. (Why they are wearing robes really puzzle me... since they are selling knickknacks). One of the men approached me and pointed to the stroller and said something in French. I said,"Oh, no stroller allowed?" he kept saying something in French. Then he said,"What do you want?"
I said,"I am just looking around." He said in broken English,"No! Can not just buy one. This is a wholesale. Must buy a lot!BYE!" He was almost screaming.
I looked around the store and saw people went in and they don't look like wholesaler to me. Yet, he nod at them and smile. Yes, they were all white. I am Asian.
I stood there refused to leave. He looked at me and yelled,"BYE!"
I have never encountered such humiliation in my life! French people are rude. This guy is just a miserable piece of !@#$
If I weren't with my baby, I would have made a scene.
Just needed to vent.
Thanks.

And you signed up with Fodor's to post THIS???? This tells a lot about you, and nothing positive.

Honey, whether you want to admit it or not, you ALREADY MADE a "scene" so please quit hiding behind the kid. Your behavior speaks volumes and I suspect those men in the funny robes use better grammar than you do, too. Grow up.

No, I have been a lurker on board for a few months now... before my trip to France. I wanted to be prepared, got some good advices. I have never posted but today.
Thanks for your support.

Still, why bother?

Are there only rude people in France, or is it only the French rude people who suck?

Transparent troll.

Your gross generalization of all French people based on one singular experience is inappropriate. Regardless of your race, you didn't belong in their little shop with a baby carriage. Obviously the gentleman didn't handle the situation all that well, but going on a rant on this board well after the event seems as overreactive as the situation itself. Lurker or not, your first impression to the group isn't going to garner you much sympathy.

BTW Rude French People (plural) suck. A rude frenchman (singular) sucks.

Did you have any positive experiences in France? Why not share those in a trip report so others can benefit from your travel experiences?

All the stores on Rue du Temple appear to be for wholesale only, and they are all marked that way. I'm sure there could have been a better way for them to have told you that no retail was allowed. In any case, I've had nothing but positive experiences in my stay in France. In the stores everyone seems more polite than in North America. Everybody says "bonjour" and "au revoir". Actually, if you want good service, you really should say "bonjour" when you enter the store.

That's true. I was too upset. That's all. My trip to Paris was pretty enjoyable except for this incident.
Maybe I should just say... rude people sucks?
I am not a troll by the way.
End of discussion.

The little doors are designed to keep robust americans out. Trust me - even turning sideways often isn't enough to barge inside.

Good to know white robes back on style now. Where they knee or ankle length? And what color shoes were these rude Frenchies wearing? Pink or Purple?

No, actually you should say "Rude people suck." It's the plural verb form.

When it was so clear that you did not belong in this store, for whatever reason, I don't understand why you did not simply turn and leave.

It's sad that after a visit to Paris this is the only thing you have to report.

Why are you people being so rude to susanyang? She said she was just venting!

She had a highly embarrassing experience in a foreign country. She felt she was being singled out in a racist way.

For crying outloud, isn't she entitled to a little opion that some French people are rude when she saw it with her own two eyes?

I think it is often the people on this board who are rude.

Not to defend or offend anyone but there are always two sides to every story. 1. My experience is that people tend to speak louder to you in a foreign language thinking that if they speak louder you'll understand, so that might account for the yelling. 2. As for the stroller, I work in retail and strollers are a menace. I understand that they make mother's lives easier but they are a pain for everyone else. I've had them run over my foot, watch people shove them into spaces they don't fit into and run into things and not care that they damage things with the stroller. I think this had more to do with a language misunderstanding and the stroller than anything to do with race. You?d probably have a similar experience in the US under the same circumstances.

Wow, you guys are really touchy. Doesn't a person have a right to complain? Yes, there are rude people in France just like here or in any country and sometimes it is nice to be able to vent alittle without getting scolded.

Oh, and then one of the grammar cops on this board have to sit on her. Then a person scolds her for not giving one of those blow-by-blow/proverbial slide show trip reports.

I don't think it is rude to question her behaviour. susanyang came on the BB to vent, but I see problems in her attitude. Maybe the first clue to turn around would have been "with much difficulty" pushing your stroller into a nicknack shop.

cymbeline -- thank you.
But please, I don't want to start an argument. I should not have posted my negative experience here.
My fault.

"Yes, they were all white. I am Asian"

Susan sounds more like an north american of asian ancestry.

Better chance they were rude because you were a western rather than eastern.