The VERY surprising thing that impresses the French about living in Britain

A French woman living in the UK has revealed two 'efficient' elements of administration in Britain that has left her pleasantly surprised.

Lucille Joffre, who lives in London, regularly delves into lighthearted cultural and social differences between Britain and France in videos uploaded to her TikTok page, @lucille_joffre.

But, in a video shared with her 200K following in 2021, the content creator was left lost for words after experiencing the swift arrival of an important document that she claimed would otherwise take much longer to receive in France.

In the clip, she said: 'I think it's very funny when English people complain about administration here being outdated, slow and painful - um... don't move to France.'

She playfully described her native country as 'living in medieval times, travelling by carriage and sending your mail by pigeon' due to its reportedly slow postal deliveries.

Upon her arrival in the UK, Lucille explained she had made an appointment with her local job centre to get assigned a National Insurance number for work.

Following the appointment, she received her NI number in the mail 'a week later,' leaving her dumbfounded.

She said, 'I called my Mum. I was like, "Mum... how efficient is this country?"' before adding how her mother, who had moved from Paris to Nice, had been experiencing difficulty in changing her address on accounts and documents for three years.

Lucille's second shock came after she noticed her taxes were being automatically deducted from her monthly salary.

She said: 'They've since put that in France, it's the same now. But French people were outraged when the law was passed.'

Lucille concluded her observations by recalling: 'I once received a cheque in the mail because I'd paid too much for a year. I was like, "What? People actually do their jobs here?"'

Hundreds of viewers from across the globe chimed in with their thoughts in the comment section, with many sharing Lucille's sentiments.

One person wrote, 'I’m Italian and always amazed at how lean british bureaucracy is,' while another said, 'Having lived in 5 countries outside the UK I can say the UK is among the best.'

Another viewer shared: 'Got the overpaid tax letter too and I was like "Wait... the government wants to give me money!" and spent a minute thinking it was a prank.'

A fourth added: 'It's the same for Germany. I was amazed when I moved to the UK and found out everything is so much faster and easier here.'

One British viewer recalled: 'One time I had to get the same document from both the UK and US government and the UK one took 9 hours US took 4 months so yeah we complain too much.'

Another person said: 'I moved to France and oh my god... It is SO BAD. I'll never complain about it in the UK again. It took a year for me to get my carte vital!'

However, one Dutch national wrote: 'It's funny cause I am from the Netherlands and I find the UK in medieval times hahaha.'

It comes after one American woman living in the UK revealed the curious and bizarre questions she is often asked from friends and family in the US.

Lisa Dollan, originally from Georgia but has since settled in West Yorkshire with her British husband and their children, spilled the beans on some of the most ridiculous queries she often receives about life across the pond.

The mother, who goes by Yorkshire Peach on social media, uploaded a video to Facebook in 2022, sharing misconceptions about British life communicated by loved ones - such as whether or not all Brits have a 'posh' accent.