BUSI2034 Lecture 6: Week 6
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One of its best known cultural traditions is the siesta. Workers and students often go home around lunch time to spend a few hours resting or socialising before returning to their work or studies. La siesta remains prominent in smaller towns but not big cities. Physical contact during a conversation with a spaniard is an accepted form of communicating in spain and it"s not considered to be an invasion of personal space. Some offices stay open continuously from 9am to 3pm, with a very short lunch break. Others open in the morning, break up the day with a long lunch break of two to three hours, then reopen at 4pm or 5pm until 7pm or 8pm. Arrive on time to make a good impression and you can expect them to do the same (although they probably won"t be as stressed about punctuality). At the first meeting, spaniards will be very interested in getting to know you.
