Posters displayed on buses and the Paris metro and rail network show a hen
squarking into a mobile phone, a buffalo fighting its way onto a busy train
and a sloth lounging over two train seats.
Sociologist Julien Damon, who helped carry out the RATP survey, said: “These
types of bad behaviour have always existed, but what has changed is that we
are less prepared to tolerate them.
“Our behaviour is more and more geared towards cleanliness and hygiene,
like spitting on the ground or smoking in a restaurant now both very frowned
upon, and less about common courtesies like simply being polite and nice to
each other.”
A follow-up survey found 63 per cent of people said the poster campaign had
made them stop and think about their own behaviour, and that they would try
and be better-mannered in future.
The study comes two years after a separate survey of foreigners visiting Paris
voted them the rudest people in Europe.
The TripAdvisor website research found tourists thought the French capital had
the least friendly locals, the rudest taxi drivers and the most hostile and
aggressive waiters.
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