More stupid Italian shit...

Oh, hai, cud j00 dekreese teh dum plz? Kthxbai.



I can't wait to follow this up with another episode of "More Retarded Italian Work Hours." I just can't tell you folks how much guilty pleasure I get from making fun of the Italian work ethic. The real problem is that different shops have drastically different work hours. They even have "semi-holiday hours" as you can see above (of course, since they're all closed on "full holidays.") And oh, as for the note below the bank hours listed, there are also certain transactions which you can only do during the morning hours (like bill-paying.) So you have to schedule your day around the bank, whose hours are listed in that picture, the shoe-fixer guy, who is open from 9:30-12:15 and 15:30-19:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 9:15-13:20 and 16:00-19:30 on Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays, and the pharmacies, some of which are closed on mondays, all of which are closed on Sundays and some of which have afternoon hours. And let's not even talk about government offices. And if you think you can get in by getting to the bank at 11:49am on a semi-holiday day and get your transaction done...alright then, good luck. (As I mentioned earlier, in northern Italy we get all the best of Italy with some German/Swiss/Austrian customs mixed in. Well, sometimes that combo doesn't mesh so, uh, well.) And then all the shops have summer/winter hours. Some shops have Sunday hours (such as Benetton, for example) and some of them have extended Saturday hours. Thanks for making my life so much easier.

So yea, let's take a moment to appreciate the diversity, beauty, and independence of Italian entrepreneurship.










Not.


*Gives all businesses in Legnano the birdie*