Surviving the Workday

We live in a very hot climate. Yesterday it was 91. In the summer we basically have to pass out between 3 and 6 p.m. waking up to make dinner and then work in the evening.

From what I’ve heard, it is also this way in Greece, and I used my Greek heritage as a way to justify my nap. But I just read in No More Slouching, Greeks Told that the interior minister told Greek civil servants that they need to be at work in the summer and no siestas.

The government wants to put a halt to these practices and try to bring Greek civil servants in line with the rest of Europe.

Whether or not it means that more business will get done in the summer is an open question.

Civil servants can be surly creatures at the best of times, but now that their perks have been cut still further, they’re unlikely to become more charming.

Bummer. And I love how the last sentence is pure editorializing. Love the BBC.

Photo from Sporade Tours (of Greece, of course)

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