Patience is a Virtue
A Mallorcan in a queue is an example of perfect control
It often seems that Mallorcans, along with many Spanish nationals, have been blessed with an inordinate amount of patience, which I can only compare to that of a cat waiting patiently for hours at a mousehole. However, stick the average local behind the wheel of a car and that laid-back demeanour often falls off the radar, and it’s every man/woman for themselves. Once in a car, the inherent Mallorcan patience often dies a noticeable and instant death. Yet once back in the real world, the average islander displays the truly impressive patience of a Saint!
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With each pharmacia serving 48 customers a day, by your estimate, no wonder we need so many, and amazing how they manage to stay in business.
Yes, patience is a virtue but the downside of the Mallorcan way that's described are the tourists who won't wait and turn on their heels thus depriving the stores of their ready cash. I don't want to see Mallorca become New York where you can choose, buy and pay for goods and services in seconds but I do want it to be more up-to-date and for the sales staff to be better trained at how to "close down" talkative customers if there is a queue forming. As with many things in life there's a mid-point between the two extremes (New York and Mallorca) that will be acceptable to the majority of customers, New Yorkers included!
Try being in a queue at a bus stop. The Spanish have no patience. As soon as the bus arrives they appear out of nowhere. All trying to barge to the front of the queue
Great Observation Peter. The very old expression was :- PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE SELDOM FOUND IN A WOMAN AND NEVER IN A MAN. But on the roads "ALL HELL BREAKS LOSE".