Say Goodbye to Spain's Three-Hour Lunch Break

Re:Say Goodbye to Spain's Three-Hour Lunch Break by scruti on Thursday July 20, 2017 @10:31AM (#14812751)

I lost the count of times that I had to explain here in UK than we Spaniards don't go home to take a nap every day at lunch time.

Nowadays this 3 hours break mainly affect the small shops instead of offices/big companies.

And, being honest, was quite useful since shops closing at 8 pm allow people doing their shopping chores when leaving the office/school/uni...

Edit: My English... U_U'

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Re:Say Goodbye to Spain's Three-Hour Lunch Break by Tade0 on Thursday July 20, 2017 @10:51AM (#14812973)

To be honest where I come from a shop closing at 8pm is early.

True, the smallest ones are open between 8am and 7pm, but they're loosing market share in favor of mini-markets, which are usually open from 7am to 9-10pm.

And if that's not enough there are liquor stores and petrol stations, both of which are usually open 24/7.

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Re:Say Goodbye to Spain's Three-Hour Lunch Break by josephjrobison on Thursday July 20, 2017 @12:33PM (#14813939)

Siesta is just a fun word to say, and all the gringos know what it means, and it sounds like a lovely way to spend a day, so that's probably why the myth is perpetuated over and over. It's just a fun conversational nugget, coupled with a bit of cultural ignorance!

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Re:Say Goodbye to Spain's Three-Hour Lunch Break by switch007 on Thursday July 20, 2017 @09:58PM (#14817551)

It's a shame that so many Brits visit Spain yet remain culturally ignorant to some things there. I think in connection to believing that Spaniards have siestas every day for hours we also casually imply that Spaniards are lazy in every regard by repeating the "mañana" quip.

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