http://blog.notanendive.org/ Cross country, across cultures. en Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:01:38 +0100 © notafish http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dotclear http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2007/11/29/German-punctuality-is-overrated#c4 urn:md5:dea92f8b8bb462073c72bf33463d683a Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:38:40 +0100 notafish <p>Actually, I suppose that French doctors suffer the same problems. The difference is, the French are rather late by nature, so there's nothing weird about that, whereas the Germans are *really* rather on time.</p> http://blog.notanendive.org/post/2007/11/29/German-punctuality-is-overrated#c3 urn:md5:4f3684bb74ef72c413ba9065c690ea37 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:39:31 +0100 Blorg <p>This is pretty standard behaviour from doctors in Ireland- is it any different in France? They book up a pile and see them at their leisure. First in first out is generally the rule irrespective of appointment time.</p> <p>I have had extensive pleasure of working with Germans- German efficiency is much overrated... indeed the only efficient Germans I have encountered have not been employed in Germany ;-)</p>