When I was visiting Alsace with my family, we witnessed a stereotypical interaction between the loud English speaking Americans and the French hotel staff, and neither could communicate well, and both were frustrated. My family was next in line, and the hotel staff looked at us like, “oh God, what’s next,” but when we started talking to them in French they melted. They were so happy that we could communicate easily, and were so much more relaxed.
When I was visiting Alsace with my family, we witnessed a stereotypical interaction between the loud English speaking Americans and the French hotel staff, and neither could communicate well, and both were frustrated. My family was next in line, and the hotel staff looked at us like, “oh God, what’s next,” but when we started talking to them in French they melted. They were so happy that we could communicate easily, and were so much more relaxed.