[ACC24053]

It seems to me that ‘Mexican time’ is identical to and descended from its father, ‘Indian time.’ That’s probably where Latinos originally got their ‘unhurried’ sense of time. There’s a common saying among many native peoples: ‘The shortest measure of time is a day.’ It makes no more sense to us to break down time further into hours and minutes than it would for you to count milliseconds. We only do it when we have to, e.g. when Anglo employers or customers force us to. So it’s no wonder those acquaintances of yours would chafe at being forced to modify their behavior to suit Anglo standards when they are on their own time. For that matter, I’ve often heard black people talk about ‘C.P.T.’ (Colored People’s Time). I’ve heard Filipinos joke about ‘Filipino time,’ so maybe it’s common to some Asian people as well. There might be other groups with similar views of time out there that I don’t know about. I think I should turn your question on its head and ask: Are Anglos the only group that, by most other groups’ standards, is so complusive and even downright anal about time?

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Name : ACC24053, Race : Mexican and American Indian, City : West Lafayette, State : IN, Country : United States, 

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