Say Goodbye to Spain's Three-Hour Lunch Break

Post by ido » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 4:08 AM UTC

tremendo wrote: post #146

anigbrowl wrote: post #131

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Yes, but at the cost of running crazy air conditioning. The only time I visited Phoenix I arrived near lunchtime and was baffled to be wandering around a seemingly modern city where the streets were entirely free of people. I felt like it I was in the opening scene of a zombie movie or something. Personally speaking I've never seen much value in living by the clock if it puts you in conflict with the seasons. The not…

Sadly in Phoenix you'll find the streets entirely free of people year-round. Even when the weather is nice (Oct-Apr). I am one who walks, and often wonder if I'm just crazy when I notice I'm pretty much the only human not inside a car just walking about. I also not wonder but know it's true when I realize that hey, it really is too damn hot some days and being outside is just nuts.

Post by Guncat12 » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 7:28 AM UTC

franciscop wrote: post #36

I am sorry but this is totally backwards. As a Valencian Spaniard I want to set the record straight. First, siesta is not dead. However, it is considered mostly a holiday luxury or reserved for small shops. It is normal in the extremely hot summer, after lunch we stop for 1h or so. While I do not do siesta, I would say about half+ of the people I know do it (holiday times). I would also say it is highly coupled with…

Post by alchemism » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 1:22 PM UTC

mrkrabo wrote: post #71

mcjiggerlog wrote: post #11

Literally nobody here takes 3 hour lunch breaks. A lot of offices have 2 hours, yeah, but this is becoming less and less common regardless. Small shops do close for 3 hours in the middle of the day, but they are open till about 9pm which is a lot more useful than being open in the middle of the day. It also should be noted that there are actually 5 meals in a spaniard's day. There's a mid-morning and late-afternoon s…

Spaniard; can confirm. 3 hour breaks are simply mandatory for small shops. In the south of the country during summer there is literally no way you can go out until... 19 or so if you don't want to die. So if shops closed then, there would be no business.

Post by pvaldes » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 1:49 PM UTC

leipert wrote: post #162

jorgemf wrote: post #21

This is a non-sense of article as other spaniards have commented. The only companies that close 3 hours in the middle of the day are the shops, usually small shops. They do it because for long part of the year no one goes to the street from 2pm to 5pm, because it is so fucking hot. So instead, our culture close the shops at those times but keep them opens until 9pm or later. It is very common to see shops full of peo…

Yup, it's really crazy that you have the same timezone like Germany. The most Western point of (mainland) Spain is at -9.25 Longitude, and time would be correct at +15 Longitude, that's more than 1.5 timezones. Even Barcelona at around +2 Longitude is almost a whole timezone off.

Post by faragon » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 2:49 PM UTC

Oletros wrote: post #216

faragon wrote: post #172

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The lie is in the article: it is false that the three hours pause is generalized, but a exception, except for shops. Then, in my opinion, the purpose of that lie is separatist propaganda, as I exposed in my first comment. I don't want to continue the discussion with you, as this forum is not an appropriate place for political/nationalist flamewars. You have your opinion, I have mine. Free speech means to live with pe…

> The lie is in the article: it is false that the three hours pause is generalized, but a exception, except for shops. Then, in my opinion, the purpose of that lie is separatist propaganda, as I exposed in my first comment. The ORIGINAL Spanish article linked in that article TALKS about shops. NBut you're so obsessed with independientist propagand that you didn't even read it. Even when I have said top you that the o…