Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

No, the siesta is well and truly firmly set here in Ayamonte as well. And half days for the Correos until September.

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

I have no problem with Siestas, I enjoy them.

However if someone makes an appointment I give them an extra 5 minutes and then unless it is going to be a great benefit to me, I'm off.

However I find that expats are worse time keepers than locals.

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Good god! Really? I would struggle to name an event in our village that has started within half an hour of its appointed time - it can't be a coincidence that the poster for events over the recent San Juan weekend didn't even have times on! There'd be a lot of disappointed kids if we b****red off after five minutes waiting for the fancy dress last weekend. Finally got under way about an hour late.
Yes Brit workmen sometimes turn up late, but then so sometimes do Spanish workmen. That's workmen!

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

Same here, only open in the mornings now until September.

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

Warning - if you go to the cinema, don't turn up late. In contrast to the UK where there's normally 20 minutes of commercials prior to the film actually starting, in Spain the film will start promptly (well that's been my experience in both Madrid and Valencia).

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:rofl: I had a slightly leaky tap fitting in my kitchen ,called plumber ,he arrived 3 months later ,no apology nothin"here to replace tap" ,good job I were not in a hurry tbh we did not hassle him but I thought it was hilarious ,other times he has been there within minutes :D

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

then if it's a long film you'll get an intermission exactly half way through

sometimes even mid-sentence!

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

Try Gibraltar, all Government offices ( except essential services ) and many businesses close at lunch time ( not for a siesta ) through the summer.

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

we do all our shopping in our little village,the shops appreciate it and we meet the locals every day. one thing,the queueing is a shambles. only this morning in our local shop my missus was patiently queueing up and another queue started to the right of the till,being good-natured she allowed two people to push in then dug her heels in. the third woman(and the worst offenders are always older,spanish women) plonked her shopping ahead of my wifes. so the missus just moved her shopping to the front again. maria,the owner of the shop,looked a bit sheepish at what was happening but didn't want to offend the spanish customers at the expense of the english. wise woman. my missus got served but survived the glares of the spanish woman. damned english again, ruining the towns and villages. wish they would go home and take their money with them.(i don't mean the bit about the money). ole.

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

Benidorm, just about 10 mins from here, everything open all day, here in Albir, the majority of the places shut for siesta. Correos open 'all day' BUT that means one opening period till 3 pm.

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I found the entire country (UK) broke down in the recent heatwave, including the "punctual" train service :lol:

What's a tilde, is it that little squiggle above the n, isnt it acceptable to use a y as well ?

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

How would that work, then? Ennyay? Is that what you mean? I always thought, and little'un's schooling reinforces it, that the n with the squiggle (which my keyboard flatly refuses to co-operate on) is itself called the enyay - a separate letter in the Abecedario Espanol..... Methinks Lynnxa will put us right in due course..... ;)

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

Correct, and for bonus what is this ¿

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

I think you should have started the question with it, hombre..... or not?

Re: Do you keep to British punctuality in Spain?
 

Correct again. ;-))