So hi! I'm not exactly in France but French West Indian and I found the comments very interesting doing in this book. A story of culture clash between the casualness of the French in their relationship with others and a culture where it is precisely the opposite. No, we must not reduce everything to itself, if something goes wrong, it's not necessarily your fault. One thing, however, missed, this is the time when the elevator is returning, which is not allowed to do, and where they show the other that he too can be on the buttocks ... In short I guess it must be the Japanese stoicism, where the perpetual quest of politeness which also can be quite incisive. Anyway congratulations Eriko Nakamura!