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                        *** Locking ***



The direction isn't the same than French. If you want to close your door, window or anything you have to switch in left side whereas to open it's in right side.

                      *** Bus' politic ***



-if you get on the bus, of course you have to pay the ticket but the price depends on the distance of travel.
-if you buy a ticket Ad Return, you have to take the same line.
-The ticket doesn't have a limitation of times in the day.
-In general, bus costs quiet expensive.



-There are a lot of old people who get on the bus, because it's free for them.
-There is a bus each 15 minutes.
-The bus traffic is quiet fluent because there are bus line.



- Stop Bus haven't got always a name so you have to guess when you arrive.

                    *** Public Service ***

-Public Toilets, streets and sidewalks are very clean. Contrary to french people, they are "Monsieur Propre".

-Public Toilets are equiped of smart and funny device : THE HANDWASH. It's amazing, I like this.

-There are a lot of public toilets. I have maybe the answer : english people drink a lot of tea, so they have to go to toilets often. And it concerns all english people, they spend a lot of money about public toilets.



-In England, you can get out over £100 per day, even with international credit card.

-In Portsmouth, it's always the sale. So, life's always cheaper than France. It's important for shop to make believe to tourist that it's a good price.

-Shops cheat about price but some are honest. it's surprising but they show you THE bold NEW PRICE, the cat price and in tiny "has previously been on sale for £...". It's a lot of confusing information because sometimes the previous price was lower than the two other. Without forget, they add in red " Save £...".
BIG TRAP !!!



-The shop Argos has an impressing politic : There are 3 steps.



First, you can touch the product, you select them on a big catalogue where you have to note their code number and you can verify the new price & the availability by pressing the code on an electronic device.



After you have to pay them. So either there are 8 tills where you confirm your choice. The salesman or saleswoman gives you your ticket with an older number. Or you can pay by card.



The last step is the collect : you have to wait until someone calls your order number, and go to take products to either desk A or desk B.

Given that, you can touch the product before to buy it. The shop sells you an insurance like a guarantee.(but it's expensive)



-In england, when you buy a subcription for mobile phone or top-up, you don't have a limitation of the availibility. It's useful for people like me, not stingy, but thrifty.

-The school begins at 9 am and finishes at 3:30 pm. Student have to wear an uniform which is different according to the school. They have 1 hour for lunch.

*** Behavior of English people ***

-There are some people who fish on the beach and other fishermen settle on the platform. They catch more seaweed than fish but they look happy.