tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post2542441145613089386..comments2024-02-11T01:14:21.904-08:00Comments on SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: Visit to Spain: Better than ExpectedFerFALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-6842382855267404092016-02-22T05:43:56.322-08:002016-02-22T05:43:56.322-08:00Fernando, living in Australia has similar advantag...Fernando, living in Australia has similar advantages in the health care and safety factors...and the "take it easy" mentality is also the same (work to live, not live to work). There's a real emphasis on leisure time and a much slower pace to everything - like you experience, it can take a long time for some services to be done - a plumbing issue, for example, could see you waiting a week or more for a plumber since they get paid by the hour and see no particular reason to rush their work or stress out for any reason.<br /><br />You learn to work around the pace and keep your tongue behind your teeth when the customer service can be lacking, but the pay off is that you are also not expected to rush or stress. You don't get chastised for taking a long vacation with your family, and taking a sickie also goes by without the same kind of badgering we saw back when we lived in the states.<br /><br />Pros and cons of every place you go, as you often say on your blog :)dreaming in mainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00351781973941395751noreply@blogger.com