A fair cop
The Gendarmes hunt in packs... and like wolves, pounce without mercy. Whilst in Britain, if you see a bobby, then the only backup is likely to be another bobby... but even then, most police drive round in cars. Beat bobbies are history.
Here, we narrowly missed being stopped by the French fuzz, when one of them ‘gave me a look’!
Tonight, dining in Les Saveurs de Thau, I was caught by a cop. I was leaning on my elbows as I ate, when I got the full name treatment. The table manners cop spoke across the table.
Guilty as charged!
- Category: True Stories Told As Fiction
4 comments add one below
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Jamie Clapperton over 4 years ago
Scarier than any actual cop ;-) ;-)
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Neville Hunt over 4 years ago
Always! 😕
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Christopher over 4 years ago
I wouldn't last five seconds in France if they're actually as rude as people say. The REAL Gendarmes would show up and arrest me for assault.
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Neville Hunt over 4 years ago
I think it’s when they are in groups that they look so menacing. I haven’t spoken to one to know how rude they are. In England years ago they used to say “If you want to know the time, ask a policeman”. I wonder what the response will be here if I try it out on a Gendarme? Maybe he won’t say “Huit heures moins cinq, Monsieur.” 👮♂️
