I don't speak French, but I've never had a problem with people being rude to me, in Paris or elsewhere in France. I have witnessed rude responses to other touri

I don't speak French, but I've never had a problem with people being rude to me, in Paris or elsewhere in France. I have witnessed rude responses to other tourists, though, and it was always because the tourists themselves were rude and/or excessively informal first. Politeness will take you very far.