stackyFACTSWalk into a local bakery without saying 'Bonjour' and watch your social value plummet below zero. It is not just polite; it is a rigid social contract. Failing to acknowledge the shopkeeper before asking for bread instantly brands you as an uncultured barbarian who deserves burnt crusts.
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