tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6740352768037861931..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: This is Serious Totalitarianism: Spain's Prime Minister to Outlaw Siestas Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30288823271390653872016-04-07T08:41:14.495-04:002016-04-07T08:41:14.495-04:00There's been a lot of news in the internationa...There's been a lot of news in the international newspapers about the topic these days, so please allow me to clarify something.<br /><br />First of all, the guys in the picture are not spaniards, nor are the hats and quite likely, the place isn't Spain either (you would never see such a thing on the street).<br /><br />In Spain, people do not sleep the 'siesta' during lunch time. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807642956093855440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-69370569904777425962016-04-07T08:37:14.033-04:002016-04-07T08:37:14.033-04:00Couple things:
- First of all, the guys in the pic...Couple things:<br />- First of all, the guys in the picture are not spaniards, nor their hats, and pretty sure not the place.<br />- The working day in Spain expands from 8am to 22pm, and people usually work from 9am to 7pm.<br />- The so-called siesta is just the lunch break, and people do not sleep during that timeframe. That was of agricultural origin, to avoid the hours of Sun and many Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807642956093855440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75466680887550877132016-04-05T23:04:25.688-04:002016-04-05T23:04:25.688-04:00Messing with a man's Siesta sounds like a good...Messing with a man's Siesta sounds like a good way to end up with a revolt on your hands.Joshua Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314841330994831499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-51257066363026118732016-04-05T13:21:55.938-04:002016-04-05T13:21:55.938-04:00Indeed they do! I lived in Spain for 2 years, and ...Indeed they do! I lived in Spain for 2 years, and I would hate to see such a well known feature of their culture destroyed by edict. If the people decide that their love of the Euro, the European Union, its Central Bank, etc. drive them to want to be more like their European neighbors, that too would be sad, but it wouldn't be as result of State-derived force and coercion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812780932670951428noreply@blogger.com