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shakeel said:
Saturday, July 6, 2013 @ 10:47 AM

The most efficient way of working is

a) All offices, banks, professionals, civil servants working from say 08.00 to 15.00. No breaks.

b) Only national holidays & no regional holidays.

c) Punte should be either on Friday or Monday and not having them on Thursdays or Tuesdays.

Amanda Richter said:
Saturday, July 6, 2013 @ 8:55 PM

I am not sure where they got that info from? The Costa del Sol has certainly still got the Siesta from 13.30 - 17.00 in the case of non hypermarket stores. Our Old Town of Marbella - can offer tourists nothing but a 3.5 hour lunch break to spend their money on....by that time the kids are tired and grumpy and nobody wants to wait till the shops open their shutters again...
What a huge amount of lost business for small retailers with this archaic practice!

Nels said:
Sunday, July 7, 2013 @ 12:42 PM

Siestas can be very welcome for those who work outside during summer weather, but for many who must rush around to shop or need to purchase 'emergency' items, as in the case of replacement spares, the siesta can be VERY frustrating. Especially when all is required from the shop/tienda is the use of air conditioning, then staff can work 9 to 5 daily.