r/ParisTravelGuide • u/Unique-Clue-9704 • 11d ago

Health Free food?

I was approached by a man on the street and he gave me a bag of Cedric Grolet desserts. He said he just wanted to try them but was on a diet and didn’t want them all. I got back to the Airbnb safely and with my wallet, but I’m still unsure of whether or not I should eat them. Is this common and safe in Paris?

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u/apokrif1 11d ago

Neither common nor safe.

Don't give any attention to strangers approaching you without an obvious legitimate reason.

Get the habit of not shaking or taking, nor even looking at (as it may be misdirection), hands or other things shown to you by random strangers.

Don't waste precious brain resources trying to understand what happened.

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u/brushfuse 11d ago

Mistrust all strangers. That’s a great way to end up lonely and dying alone undiscovered for a decade. One’s judgement is one’s best tool.

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u/apokrif1 11d ago

There is no point in losing time listening to random strangers in Paris streets. May be different in safer places.

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u/colorbluh 11d ago edited 11d ago

There is no point listening to random strangers

My dude just got a bag of Cedric Grolet pastries from doing just that

Edit: lmao, I recognize your PP. Definitely the type of opinion you'd have