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I dated a German girl while she was on Erasmus in Madrid. We had a dinner party with her Spaniard roomate and some of her family one night and, being a lame-o Canadian who eats dinner at 17:00, I thought we were never going to end up eating. I think it was 21-22:00 when we did. Even in Germany when people eat at around 18:00-19:00 I find that so tough.
I don't understand this. If people work from 0800-1200 and then rest until 1600 (4:00 pm), I assume they must work again from 1600-2000 (4pm to 8pm) to total 8 hours of work, and then arrive home at 2030, (8:30) or later.
So, how can they have any time to supervise or spend with their children after school ? How can they help their children with school lessons, assuming the childrens' bedtime must be about when the parents arrive home ? Isn't it better to work 8 hours all at once? Also, do employees make 2 round-trips to work each day, instead of just one round-trip? Doesn't this cost a lot more, and waste a lot more fossil fuel, and waste time traveling ?
I've heard that Buenos Aires Argentina also keeps very late hours, comparable to Madrid Spain. If people habitually get only a few hours of sleep and are drowsy, there must be a lot of road accidents (collisions), and unproductive work, if they're not mentally alert ?
Last edited by slowlane3; 02-11-2015 at 07:51 PM..
I don't understand this. If people work from 0800-1200 and then rest until 1600 (4:00 pm), I assume they must work again from 1600-2000 (4pm to 8pm) to total 8 hours of work, and then arrive home at 2030, (8:30) or later.
So, how can they have any time to supervise or spend with their children after school ? How can they help their children with school lessons, assuming the childrens' bedtime must be about when the parents arrive home ? Isn't it better to work 8 hours all at once? Also, do employees make 2 round-trips to work each day, instead of just one round-trip? Doesn't this cost a lot more, and waste a lot more fossil fuel, and waste time traveling ?
I've heard that Buenos Aires Argentina also keeps very late hours, comparable to Madrid Spain. If people habitually get only a few hours of sleep and are drowsy, there must be a lot of road accidents (collisions), and unproductive work, if they're not mentally alert ?
They spend time with their kids during breakfast, lunch, and after 7:30pm(when my parents arrived home), that's how it worked with me.
30 minutes + 1.5 hours + 4 hours
And all of us had plenty of sleep:
me: from 11:30 pm to 7:45 am
My parents: from 1 am to 8 am
breakfast at 8am
lunch between 1 and 2 pm
dinner around 9pm
It probably helped that we lived in a small town, we all walked to school/work, except my mother(10 minute drive).
Last edited by tarzan_taborda; 02-12-2015 at 04:06 AM..
Many companies have the summer timetable, working from 7 ie 8 to 3 or 4, with a break if one hour, But other have disparaging timetables, so Spain is one of the countries in which people work more hours.
Many shop chains and so don't close at 14.30 and many remain open until 22.
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Anyway, it's not just only a Spanish thing, as I've seen once how French people in Britanny peninsula tend to dinner at 7:45 or 8:00 pm. I really seen that in August 2011 there.
Looks like people from the Iberian peninsula and western France tend to dinner later than their continental European counterparts because of solar noon takes place later, so it affects daily life.
We're French and always have dinner between 7 and 7.30. Many people will dine a little later. Older people might dine slightly earlier, but never before 6.30/7.00.
The "weird" thing for us is people here in the US having dinner between 5 and 6. . Especially those who go to bed quite late and snack while watching TV - maybe a later dinner would prevent that extra snacking (but that's another topic!)
It's all cultural and a matter of habits. Noone is right or wrong!
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. Especially those who go to bed quite late and snack while watching TV - maybe a later dinner would prevent that extra snacking (but that's another topic!)
