TIME IN MY COUNTRY AND IN THE U.S. DIANA OLEAS 04-17-06
In my country Ecuador there aren't trains. Instead, the people use buses. One difference between rush hours in U.S. and my country is that we have three times in the day as rush hours: one in the morning about 7:00 am, another at 1:00 pm and another in the afternoon about 6:00 pm. At these times the buses run completely full and sometimes people arrive at their work very late, because the time between one and another is 20 minutes.
In my country these rush hours are a problem because the persons come back home by the time of lunch which is the same time that children leave school. Also some schools and colleges have diffferent schedules, in the morning or in the afternoon and most universities are at night.
In the U.S. the rush hours are completely different because there are two hours in the mornng ans evening. The trains and buses arrive on time and there are more services than in my country.
As to business most of them open at the same time as in U.S. with the difference that they have two schedules in the day as almost everything. In terms of appointments, they are never on time,on one hand because doctors don't arrive on time and on the other hand people arrive late. There are not differences for the U.S.
In hotels the time is different. There are open 24 hours for people that have arrived from other cities at late hours. Some restaurants are open until 3:00 am for two reasons: one is that people leave dance clubs or bars at this time; and the other is that the cities are not safe at night. In contrast in U.S. the dance clubs and bars have happy hours and they are open all night.
The time in my country passed very slowly. This is because people take things with non-stress. Also they take Saturday and Sunday to spend more time with their families. Everyone takes one month of vacation once a year. The families go to rest in quiet places like towns or places near the beach and they forget their problems.
The kids spend their times playing many kinds of sports, especially soccer and making new friends in parks, or their parents send them to grandparents.
In this country there is more stress because the schedules for jobs always have to be on time. People work more hours than in my country, including weekends. They have only a few days for vacation or in other cases they never have time to relax. Some times kids don't go to vacation because of the parents' job.
I think however, as in all cities people would take a time for relax of problems of daily life.
In my country these rush hours are a problem because the persons come back home by the time of lunch which is the same time that children leave school. Also some schools and colleges have diffferent schedules, in the morning or in the afternoon and most universities are at night.
In the U.S. the rush hours are completely different because there are two hours in the mornng ans evening. The trains and buses arrive on time and there are more services than in my country.
As to business most of them open at the same time as in U.S. with the difference that they have two schedules in the day as almost everything. In terms of appointments, they are never on time,on one hand because doctors don't arrive on time and on the other hand people arrive late. There are not differences for the U.S.
In hotels the time is different. There are open 24 hours for people that have arrived from other cities at late hours. Some restaurants are open until 3:00 am for two reasons: one is that people leave dance clubs or bars at this time; and the other is that the cities are not safe at night. In contrast in U.S. the dance clubs and bars have happy hours and they are open all night.
The time in my country passed very slowly. This is because people take things with non-stress. Also they take Saturday and Sunday to spend more time with their families. Everyone takes one month of vacation once a year. The families go to rest in quiet places like towns or places near the beach and they forget their problems.
The kids spend their times playing many kinds of sports, especially soccer and making new friends in parks, or their parents send them to grandparents.
In this country there is more stress because the schedules for jobs always have to be on time. People work more hours than in my country, including weekends. They have only a few days for vacation or in other cases they never have time to relax. Some times kids don't go to vacation because of the parents' job.
I think however, as in all cities people would take a time for relax of problems of daily life.
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