French Toast by Harriet Welty Rochefort

Author:Harriet Welty Rochefort
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2010-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Interview with Philippe

HARRIET: French people are always saying that Americans are materialistic. What does that mean? Why don’t the French think that they’re materialistic?

PHILIPPE: The difference is that in France, it’s vulgar to talk about money. Talking about money is much worse than talking about sex.

HARRIET: As a Frenchman, doesn’t it irritate you to be prey to the petty cheating of little shopkeepers? How can you explain this cheating on a small scale?

PHILIPPE: You’re American. For them, you’re supposed to be rich.

HARRIET: How about you? You’re French, and I’ve seen you get the same treatment.

PHILIPPE: You just yell. That’s the end of it.

HARRIET: So that doesn’t shock you?

PHILIPPE: Shopkeepers are made to steal from other people. Otherwise, they would be professors of ancient Sanskrit at the Sorbonne.

HARRIET: Oh Lord, the caste system . . . okay, why do people cheat on their taxes?

PHILIPPE: Screwing the state doesn’t count.

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