Being French......

[mushroom25]

does being French excuse aggressive and/or objectionable behaviour?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43507949

[anotheoldgit]

All cultures are different in their aggressiveness, some more aggressive than others, but there is no excuse for that cultural behaviour being shown when it comes to aggressiveness towards others.

[Old_Geezer]

Gaelic shrug

[ludwig]

Yes. It's every French person's human right to be an obnoxious workplace bully - well, according to the obnoxious workplace bully in the story anyway.

[Old_Geezer]

Gaulic even :-(

[bednobs]

gallic even

[atalanta]

Explains it, but doesn't excuse it. Nobody has a valid excuse for not controlling himself.

[jno]

From his point of view, he was controlling himself but his snowflake coworkers wanted him to try even harder not to bruise their tender feelings. However, he seems to have violated workplace rules, even though he did his job well.

He’d doubtless get his job back if he was in Quebec; sadly for him he’s in BC.

[andy-hughes]

jno - // He’d doubtless get his job back if he was in Quebec; sadly for him he’s in BC. //

Not sure why he'd get his job back in Quebec - from my experience, the service staff in Quebec are uniformly polite and gracious, I have never heard a cross word ever.

[Baldric]

From the Link it appears you wouldn't have been aware of this Guys
behaviour either Andy.

///Both the plaintiff and his former employers agree that Mr Rey was "very friendly and professional with his tables" and was often assigned as "shift lead".
But they had previously warned him his behaviour with colleagues could "be combative and aggressive"///

[naomi24]

I'd like to know what he did or said. The Spanish are often perceived to be rude. They rarely say 'please' because they just don't.

[Jackdaw33]

I have always found the staff in French cafés and restaurants to be unfailingly polite and courteous. That is to customers. What goes on behind closed doors I do not know.

[andy-hughes]

Baldric - // From the Link it appears you wouldn't have been aware of this Guys
behaviour either Andy.

///Both the plaintiff and his former employers agree that Mr Rey was "very friendly and professional with his tables" and was often assigned as "shift lead".
But they had previously warned him his behaviour with colleagues could "be combative and aggressive"///

A fair point - but from my experience of life, rather than Quebec, anyone can be nice front of house, and miserable backstage, that's just human nature, nothing to do with being French!

[Jackdaw33]

Very true. An old saying of my mother's was 'Outdoor angel, indoor devil'.

[Old_Geezer]

That's quite an admission, Jack.

[Jackdaw33]

Yes, she was talking about me.

[youngmafbog]

Difficult one. From the story I can't tell exactly what he did. Having worked in Paris with the French some can appear rude, but it is just the culture.

"The restaurant says Mr Rey was fired when another server was left "borderline in tears" over a workplace disagreement."

Means nothing, we dont know how weak the person in tears was. I have seen 'people in tears' over nothing.

[naomi24]

^My thinking precisely. There are a lot of 'precious' people around.

[Jackdaw33]

Women are very good at turning on the waterworks, aren't they?