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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by vasco on Saturday July 17, 2021 @04:57PM (#27868808)
There's no "siesta" (a spanish word and custom) anywhere in Portugal, including Madeira. Businesses may close for an hour or so for lunch, but "siesta" is not a thing. Not sure why you picked that as an example out of any other work expectation in any country.
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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by knuthsat on Sunday July 18, 2021 @03:38AM (#27871348)
I was comparing hard working Madeira to other places with year long tourism.

There, for some reason, culturally, they decided to work really hard all year.

I was talking to a hard working cab driver and told him about seasonal tourism in Croatia (tourist season lasts about 5 months) and he couldn't believe me that for the rest of the year a bunch of people do not work at all.

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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by spiritplumber on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:04PM (#27869491)
Why not? Siesta makes sense in the climate of Spain and Southern Italy. Isn't Portugal just as hot?
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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by rvieira on Sunday July 18, 2021 @10:22AM (#27873132)
Some parts of Portugal are hot, others are temperate (just like Spain).

Siesta is mostly a cultural thing and Portugal doesn't have it.

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