Was I rude?

Question

I was standing in line at the San Francisco worker's compensation appeals board and a girl (early 20's) was in line in front of me complaining loudly to her friend about how lousy America is and how great France is.
She kept saying "The French are just so cool. They're all just so cool and smart and sexy. I wish I was in France. I want to move to France so bad."
After she said this I replied "Me too."
She turned around and smiled at me and said "You want to move to France?"
And I answered "No....I want YOU to."

Was that rude? I and several people in line thought it was pretty funny.

Answer 1

No, it was great. If she likes France so well, get a plane ticket and go. You actions were perfect, You have style and are humorous.
Well done.

Answer 2

Yes it was rude, but it was funny. She was being rude though too, complaining about America while she waits for Worker's Compensation??? Wow, talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth. "America is lousy but I'll take the handout from a government office." You should have told her to use the money she's getting from America to move to Frenchyville

Answer 3

Extremely rude...BUT FUNNY AS HELL...Its ok most Americans hate the French anyways. She's in America she should expect stuff like that if she is going to start bragging about the France.

Answer 4

Yes, but 1) that was hillarious and 2)they were being rude complaining loudly, insulting america in a public location not concerning themselves with who they offend, and assuming that you as a stranger would want to join their conversation.

Answer 5

yes it was funny, but it was also a joke at her expense. its impolite to make a joke at the expense of someone u do not know. nothing a woman can do can u give u the right to stop being a gentleman toward her. its possible the girl didnt even know she was bothering anyone. if ur intentions were to hurt her, then it was wrong of u, and if ur intention was to make a joke, or benefit urself by her being quiet, if u still knew she might be hurt it was wrong. only u can judge ur conscience tho
if u really felt disterbed by her unpatriotism...u cud have said it in a way that did not hurt her.

Answer 6

Wow! That's really funny! :-) I laughed out loud on that one.
I don't think you were being rude per se. It might have been unkind, but she was not exactly being mannerable either. It's just common courtesy to not talk trash about the country your're in when you're around its natives. She kinda deserved it.

Answer 7

No it wasnt rude at all. Wish I would have been in line with you, I would have had no problem telling her to take her *** back to france and made sure everyone heard it too.

Answer 8

Not rude - funny, I would have laughed out loud!
At the end of the day she shouldn't have spoken loudly if she didn't want people to comment.

Answer 9

Clever quip -- but not rude. There seems to be a perception that when someone is talking on a cell phone, or talking to a friend, people standing nearby can't hear them. But we can! If they want to keep a conversation private, they can lower the decibels. No, you weren't rude.

Answer 10

Nope, I think it was perfectly justified. I don't think comments count as being rude if the person deserves it.
For example, I used to check tickets at a theater where a lot of punk bands came to play. This one night there was a rowdy group of men that came through and I asked for their tickets and one of them grabbed his crotch and said, "I got your ticket right here." Sure, it's funny now, but it wasn't at two o'clock in the morning after I spent the entire night dealing with drunk idiots grabbing my ***. So I said, "I asked for your ticket, sir, not your stub." He blushed, his friends laughed, and I got scolded by my boss, but I hardly think it was rude.