Keep your hands out of your pockets when speaking with someone. Two vulgar gestures in France would be to snap the fingers of both hands, or slap an open palm over a closed fist. When in Paris, signal a taxi by snapping your fingers. When dining, do not eat sandwiches with your fingers. Instead, use a knife and fork.
Fruit is peeled with a knife and eaten with a fork.
Forming a circle with your thumb and forefinger and placing it over your nose means a person is drunk. Playing an imaginary flute shows that you think someone is talking to much and is becoming annoying. To demonstrate unhappiness with another person s driving, raise your hand in the air, fingers up, and rotate your hand back and forth. Thumbs up sign in France is the same as the US okay gesture. Avoid chewing gum in public.