I lived in Spain for three years when I was a kid. Everything there was slow compared to the States.
My dad had a fireplace built in the house we lived in. The workers were there sometimes, sometimes not. Went on break in the afternoon for what was called "Mariana" which was really their two hour nap time.
Going out to eat was a nightmare for my parents with young kids. The restaurants and dining rooms didn't start serving until 10:00 PM, our bedtime.
When you ask someone when they would be a certain place, it was always answered with the common, "Mañana, mañana". That pretty much meant sometime in the future, not necessarily "tomorrow" or "in the morning", which is the translation of mañana. It could be three days later. Basically, whenever they got around to it.
I'm sure it's a little different now, over 50 years later, but the concept of time in the Spanish culture was much different than the one practiced in the US.
But timeliness related to racial lines is poppycock. Clemson is full of sh*t on this one.
A spaniard once told me, in response to my voiced frustration with Spanish lack of timeliness, that 500 years ago when Spain was a superpower, they were always on time. But their not a superpower anymore so they can relax. America is a superpower so we're the ones who need to be on time now. Made some sense.
But as you can see, the cultural leftists want to erode everything that led to progress in the west over the last thousand years by not just respecting other cultures but being forced to embrace their chaotic and primative natures as our own. The lowest common denominator shall rule rather than the best and the brightest.
That is partially true
It just happens that cultures that don’t value timeliness are loosely defined by race and ethnicity
Some cultures just don’t care about discipline
The further north you go in both Europe and the USA the less patience period
I think some of it is the heat
I’ve dealt with it all my life and I’m a southerner
A meeting in Manhattan is likely more promptness aware than in New Orleans
Part of which is because we bullshit more and catch up in the relationship or create one before getting down to it
More primitive based cultures and the peoples associated with them don’t see the point of urgency
American Indians frequently same thing
Look at which ones actually micro manage their huge resources today and which don’t
This really cuts right down accomplishment lines
The races and cultures and ethnicities that have done more tend to be more disciplined
It’s just the truth