Doesn’t the 3-4 hour riposo (siesta) in the afternoon complicate matters?
Europe doesn’t believe in hard work and Europeans are generally a lazy, shifty lot, so it’s actually surprising to me that they care about something like this.
Plus they don’t bathe.
And the women are hairy.
“Almost a third of the workers for the local authority in a Sicilian town have been charged with aggravated fraud, after an investigation revealed they were skipping work in favor of activities such as shopping and massages. “
......and Why wouldn’t they? Laws and Rules are for
other people.....their motto is we’re above the Law!
Reminds me of a woman who I worked with at a large US bank in the early 90s. She would come in around 9:15, hang her jacket on the back of her chair, and go shopping at Macy’s. She got back just in time to go out to lunch!
Shocking. And it doesn’t even mention the three hour lunch break. Living in Sicily I can honestly say that when you have to deal with any local government agency or department, better plan on making a day of it. There is no service mentality whatsoever, and that extends to 75% of the private sector too.
It’s pretty much common knowledge that only northern Italians have to work.
Color me ambivalent. Is Congress safer getting massages and shopping than it is making laws? I mean, if we have to choose between Algore pushing for carbon taxes or getting his chakra released, maybe the chakra thing is better for the public in the long run...