...have an interesting and conflicting set of views on life. There's a mantra here: "we do the best we can," which is usually applied to things like train strikes and ridiculous traffic and never being on time (and giving up instead of disciplining terrible children.) On the other hand, though, if certain things don't go exactly as Italians want them to go, the world might as well be ending. This applies to things like having certain foods piping hot (not just hot) and wearing certain clothes and running the dishwasher after every meal and daily showers. My brothers are all over the age of 15 and if any of them took more than a weekly shower, the world would actually be ending.
Just kidding. But seriously, this weird dichotomy has been something I've had a hard time getting used to. How can being an hour and a half late to meet your friends for dinner be okay, but not wearing a polo shirt on a five hour car trip be unacceptable?
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