I am a US citizen. I accompanied my Chinese wife b...

I am a US citizen. I accompanied my Chinese wife because she is a Chinese citizen and her English is fair at best. This was my first experience with the Shengen visa process.
After reading the negative reviews I was very apprehensive about what I might experience. I have been to France many times and know that sometimes French people can be rude. Our appointment was for 12 noon, just about the end of the day for them. Their last appointment was at 12:20. We took a ticket when we entered. There were about 5 people ahead of us on the ticket bulletin display. Because of the negative reviews I was very attentive to how the consulate officers dealt with the applicants.
Honestly, have never hear anyone use the words please and thank you more than the French interviewing officer s. When it was our turn the older gentleman we dealt couldn t have been more pleasant. He with even thanked me for being my patience with him, which I did not think was necessary.
Even with 5 people ahead of us, we were finished in 30 minutes. We got my wife s visa the next day and at the front gate, they asked my wife where I was.
The interviewing officers have a stressful job. They have to deal with people who can hardly speak English, no French, don t understand the visa requirements and are unprepared.
We couldn t have been treated better by the embassy people better if we were family.