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Emilie B- 05:49am Oct 19, 1998 (1.)
Mais au fait, vous ecoutez quoi comme musique en ce moment
? A+ Emilie
i've noticed in general, that the french tend to be more direct
and confrontational. there were very little responses about ignoring
the music or doing nothing; whereas, there were more responses
about doing nothing on the american side.
bonjour tous,
Je suis encore étonné par les réponses de ce questionnaire que je compare à celles sur le bon voisin. Aux Us vous semblez plus proches de vos voisins, qu'ici; or lorsqu'il s'agit justement de rencontrer ce voisin qui écoute de la musique trop fort, les français semblent plus communiquant que les américains qui éludent la situation.
Cela demande explication chers amis d'outre altlantique !
A bientot
JC
I also think that maybe the reason the US responses were less confrontational was because we are close to our neighbors. Sometimes my neighbors are loud at night, but unless they are loud every night, really late at night (midnight isn't that late), I wouldn't say anything to them because I wouldn't want to have bad relations with the people I live with. Also, I would usually rather not have to get out of bed to go deal with it :)
I assume from some of the responses on the French side that
you live in dormitories. Do you consider your neighbors to be
friends, and if so, wouldn't you want to avoid confrontation about
something small like loud music?
I think, whether you confront your neighbor or not, depends
on your mindset at the time. If you're not doing anything in particular,
you might just want to go join the party. However, if you're trying
to study or sleep, you might get very irritated and say something
to your neighbor. I'm not sure if this is connected in any way
to the apparent, more confrontational, nature of French people
in this exercise.
I don't belive that our responses differed that much, since
both sides have pretty much the same collection of answers, just
at different rates, and that could just be do to our random sample
of sutdents. I do have two questions though, one, how would your
reactions differ (if at all) if this was a dorm/hotel or apartment/house,
and two, is there a law in France that sets specific quiet hours
at night?
For this particular situation, the majority of the french reactions
were aggressive. Most people would ask their neighbor to turn
down the music. I thought the french were passive(in the case
of the mother slapping her child). How come in this situation,
the french behave aggressively?
I noticed that in this situation, the french are very aggressive,
compared to the situation of the mother slapping her child. Why
the difference? Hiw come in one situation, the french are passive,
but in another situation, they are aggressive?
I know I wouldn't do much if my neighbors were loud for a couple
reasons. One, I know them well and two, I realize that if they
are loud every once in awhile that I probably am loud sometimes.
I also agree that my reaction would depend on the mood I am in.
suppose it also makes a difference HOW people ask to turn
the music down. in this aspect i'd say the french would be more
aggressive, and us here (i don't want to lump everyone here together
under "americans") would be more polite. That's probably
why the french appear to be so snappy in films- to them, that's
normal but to us it seems far too similar to giving orders.
Salut, Je pense également que notre réaction
face à ce genre de problèmes dépend de ce
que vous êtes en train de faire, et dépend également
de la fréquence. si mon voisin met la musique très
fort tous les soirs jusqu'à 2 ou 3 heures du matin, je
crois que je finirai par lui dire. Si ce n'est qu'une fois de
temps en temps, je ne dirai rien : tout d'abord, parce que cela
permet d'avoir de bonnes relations avec ses voisins, et également
parce que si cela m'arrive de faire la même chose, il comprendra.
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