[Old Sarge]

And stereotypes do not exist in a vacuum...

[UCANSEE2]

We all are familiar with the Mexican ‘siesta’ and it was always described as being due to laziness.

Which isn’t true. It was being done then for the same reason this is being done now.

I’m not in Spain or Mexico and today, I worked outside mowing from 8 til 12. I’m on siesta right now.

[JoeProBono]

A doctor checks as people sleep a siesta during the first Siesta Championship in Madrid. The participants of the siesta contest win points for the first person to fall asleep, the loudest snorer, best original sleeping position and best dressed sleeper. Doctors are present to check if the contestants are really asleep.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

“And stereotypes do not exist in a vacuum...”

When I visited the family of a friend of mine in Vietnam we had a nice lunch including a couple of beers, and then my host asked me if I’d like to go into the guest room and take a nap. I said “No thanks”, but then realized that everyone else was going to, so I did too.

Not as strange as in Thailand, where I’ve had people ask me if I’d like to take a shower. Which in a few cases I’ve taken them up on, like after being stuck in traffic in the back of a pickup truck for a few hours.