The Off Topic Topic

[Razgovory]

No, I haven't.  Rude French waiters is really more of a problem for the privileged.

[Valmy]

You haven't met that many then.

I only met several hundred in my many months in France and generally the only places I encountered rude people were people who would also be rude anywhere else, like government bureaucrats. But then I like French people so I treated them well, so that probably helps.

Now there were a few people who, once I got to know them, were really big fucking assholes but that is not the same thing as being rude 

[Valmy]

No, I haven't.  Rude French waiters is really more of a problem for the privileged.

Maybe the rude ones only work in the really expensive places.

[The Brain]

Jamaicans are famously rude.

[garbon]

You haven't met that many then.

I only met several hundred in my many months in France and generally the only places I encountered rude people were people who would also be rude anywhere else, like government bureaucrats. But then I like French people so I treated them well, so that probably helps.

Now there were a few people who, once I got to know them, were really big fucking assholes but that is not the same thing as being rude 

I would say once you've met enough of anyone, you'll meet some rude ones.

[Valmy]

You haven't met that many then.

I only met several hundred in my many months in France and generally the only places I encountered rude people were people who would also be rude anywhere else, like government bureaucrats. But then I like French people so I treated them well, so that probably helps.

Now there were a few people who, once I got to know them, were really big fucking assholes but that is not the same thing as being rude 

I would say once you've met enough of anyone, you'll meet some rude ones.

True

But I think this just shows that this French guy's attempt to use his country as an excuse lacks legal standing. But maybe Canada's levels of expected politeness are so extreme few foreigners can ever match up.

[HVC]

everyone outside of paris was lovely.

[Jacob]

I suspect HVC was making a joke.

Interesting hypothesis. While I consider it unlikely, it is not impossible I suppose....

[Duque de Bragança]

everyone outside of paris was lovely.

Yeah, the suburbs of Paris, the banlieues are much nicer.   

[Eddie Teach]

it makes both france and Canada look bad because they allowed this to proceed to the human rights tribunal.

Disagree. The man has a right to have his argument heard. If it is as ridiculous as the media makes it out to be, it'll end there.

I suspect HVC was making a joke.

Not enough typos.

[grumbler]

I suspect HVC was making a joke.

Interesting hypothesis. While I consider it unlikely, it is not impossible I suppose....

I don't think he was, either.  If hiring a French person exposes you to spending hours and hours at hearings rather tan working at your business, the conclusion is pretty obvious.  If an employee's argument that they can ignore normal business requirements for behavior because of their's "culture" can allow you to drag employers into legal hassles over stupid shit, then automation is the way to go.

I guess Canadians love virtue signalling, though, so some bureaucrat thought this case worth putting the employer through this crap.

[Admiral Yi]

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[Malthus]

I guess Canadians love virtue signalling, though, so some bureaucrat thought this case worth putting the employer through this crap.

That depends on what stage this thing reached.

All I know is that the guy "filed a complaint". From the OP:

Guillaume Rey filed a complaint after being dismissed from a Canada restaurant for being 'aggressive, rude and disrespectful'

People file absurd complaints (and launch dumb lawsuits) all the time. Has any "Canadian bureaucrat" actually ruled on this thing, or had anything to do with it yet?

[grumbler]

That depends on what stage this thing reached.

All I know is that the guy "filed a complaint". From the OP:

Guillaume Rey filed a complaint after being dismissed from a Canada restaurant for being 'aggressive, rude and disrespectful'

People file absurd complaints (and launch dumb lawsuits) all the time. Has any "Canadian bureaucrat" actually ruled on this thing, or had anything to do with it yet?

I misread that element, and withdraw my statement.