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Obviously they are amused.

After several small interviews of my friends and co-workers, here is the result of this study (!):

- “If people in England would go on strike, all the rest of the population would kill them” (from a co-worker)

- “We don’t see the right to go on strike as a right to annoy people, like French do, but a right to express a difference of point of view. Instead of paralysing a whole country, why not paralyse the company? By letting the tube users in, free of charge for example.” (from a friend)

- “As we already know, trough the clichés, in France, going on strike is a national sport. Maybe that’s why the Parisians are so unfriendly after all.” (from a friend who “lost” his mobile phone in Paris)

- “C’est la galère !” (from a friend who was in Paris last week)

- “In England we have strikes too. I understand the French and their rights. The last strike in London for example, was from the Royal Mail. But it never lasts more than 1 week…” (from a friend who has a girlfriend in Paris and uses email)

Generally, English are surprised by the magnitude of French strikes. It is not in their culture to go on strike so often, but perhaps some of their Unions wish they could go on strike longer…