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Seems like there are important cultural differences in how appointment times are understood. Last week I was talking to a friend living in the Comoros, who ment
by cbolton 2y ago
Seems like there are important cultural differences in how appointment times are understood. Last week I was talking to a friend living in the Comoros, who mentioned that for them 13:59 is still 13:00 for this purpose.
- lgrapenthin 2y agoSo they ignore minutes entirely and just live in hours?
- cbolton 2y agoAs I understand, they're less stressed about having things at precise points in time and are fine with waiting. I guess they would say something like "13 zero zero" when necessary...
- falcor84 2y agoI have friends who treat dinner party invitation times in this manner