https://crystal.kitchen/tag/autos/ Recent content in Autos on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:37:45 -0400 https://crystal.kitchen/2010/07/23/the-italian-work-ethic/ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:37:45 -0400 https://crystal.kitchen/2010/07/23/the-italian-work-ethic/ <p><em>Me: “I’m sure Italians are very hardworking people!”</em></p> <p><em>Italian: “Don’t be silly, all the hardworking Italians are already in the U.S.”</em></p> <p>After I announced my move to Italy and the initial excitement had subsided, the jokes started rolling in about the work ethic of Italians and southern Europeans in general. I reassured myself that I’d be living in northern, rather than southern Italy, and surely it would be nice to take a break from the frenetic pace of American work habits? I mean, who needs to run errands between the hours of 12:30 and 3:30 pm anyway? (Most Italian businesses are closed closed in the afternoons, on Sundays, and often on Saturdays and Mondays as well.)</p>