From time to time I go out for lunch with Reto. We usually meet at 12.30pm. If it's a nice day and we decide to have a sandwich in the park, by the time we get there (which is about 5 minutes later) it's almost impossible to actually find a shop that still has any sandwiches left (except the dodgy looking mystery-salami ones which no one in their right mind would eat). What is going on? Does everyone have lunch at noon or something? Isn't this ridiculously early?
Back in the olden days when I was a usefully employed member of society I used to have lunch at about 1.30pm, if not later. I was having breakfast by about 7am, and dinner probably at about 7pm, so lunch at 1ish made sense, and even later made even more sense because it made the afternoon seem that much shorter. What is going on with all these crazy Swiss, then? Do they start work that early (my poll of one, Reto, says no. He usually manages to get there by 8am, but even then he doesn't ever have breakfast before 7am)? Do they not eat breakfast at all (poll of one says no again)? Is it some sort of race to get the best sandwiches? Do organised people sneak out at morning tea time and buy up all the delicious ones, and then sensibly go to the park to eat them at 1.30pm when the crowds have thinned?
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The Swiss often take a break at 9 AM (Z'nueni) for coffee and gipfeli. They're often known to take a break at 4 PM as well (Z'vieri).
A number of these folks could be snarfing up the sandwiches for Z'nueni.
When I was working in Seattle we had lunch around 11am.
What I do not understand is why the shops don't just arrange to have more sandwiches.
That's a very good point, global librarian. I don't understand why either. There are always plenty of disappointed looking people lurking around when I am there looking disappointed too.
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