Friday, September 11, 2009

what are the cultural implications of time?

There are many different ways of viewing time.I know that just having moved from the east coast to here has changed my view of time. In the north east , everyone is very punctual and are basically insulted if anything is ever late.People are expected to get up early and the day is started for most everyone by 8 am.I came to california, and people were always late and it seemed acceptable. I also noticed that businesses open later,10-11am.. that is unheard of in New haven.
Then we were reading the graph about the differences in time between here and china and once again the differences were huge.
Time is arbitrary

2 comments:

  1. This is one of the reasons why I adore California!
    It seems as though California has a little bit of Eastern Polychronic in her!

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  2. Eastern Polychronic Time is what I meant to say!

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