To get anxious going into French shops/restaurants when I can't speak French?

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I went to Paris for the first time this year, and I'm going back soon. It was my first time going abroad so I'm really not well travelled. When I was in Paris I found myself feeling really nervous going into shops and restaurants. I tried to learn a few phrases but would forget to use them or would feel too nervous to attempt to use them.

I went in a few shops and would say 'Bonjour, do you speak English please?' but I felt like that was rude and like I was committing an awful faux pas.

WIBU do continue to say 'Bonjour, do you speak English please?' or do I need to try and learn more French before I go?

@Fairislefandango I do think that the only people who assume that talking directly to the locals in their own language when abroad are English speakers.
You will never have someone in the UK speaking to you in their own language assuming is normal or acceptable. That is the difference.
If someone in Spain says "Buenas tardes, alguien habla inglés?" "Good afternoon, is there anyone who can speak English?" That is seen as very polite and people would love it and will do their best to help, no matter the person has no Spanish. It's good manners.

I don't understand why Paris has such a bad rep. I spoke no French , and everyone was very nice. I think if you say bonjour, you're fine. A smile helps of course!

I have skimmed through the thread and some of you are quite unfair. If the same is said about Londoners you would raise hell. I think Parisians are not unfriendly, but they are not overly nice to strangers, and no fake smiles.

Totally disagree with this. Londoners and London itself regularly get a beating on MN. Having lived in both London and Paris, I think the locals are on a par. Both perceived as unfriendly, not overly nice to strangers and no fake smiles. There are of course exceptions that prove the rule. But dig below the surface (or just get lucky) and the locals in both cities can actually be quite lovely. Whilst remaining capable of flipping back in a millisecond to hardcore streetwise unfriendly. That's the nature of city living surely.

It's that "Bonjour" that makes all the difference. If you omit it, they just think you are monumentally rude and so are monumentally rude in return.