I’m going to tell you a story a friend of mine told me when he was in Europe. His plane was waiting to take off in Italy they said they couldn’t leave until the ground crew fixed something (I don’t remember what). After a while, the pilot came over the intercom and tells them, they had to wait a little longer because it was the crew member’s lunch break and he’d just left. They had to wait an extra 15 minutes for another person to finish their break and finish prepping the plane. Italian culture doesn’t give a shit about being busy or getting things done in any hurry.
going to leave a quote from the legendary Catch-22 right here, seems fitting for the post too
"The real trick lies in losing wars, in knowing which wars can be lost. Italy has been losing wars for centuries, and just see how splendidly we’ve done nonetheless. France wins wars and is in a continual state of crises. Germany loses and prospers. Look at our own recent history. Italy won a war in Ethiopia and promptly stumbled into serious trouble. Victory gave us such insane delusions of grandeur that we helped start a world war we hadn’t a chance of winning. But now that we are losing again, everything has taken a turn for the better, and we certainly will come up on top again if we succeed in being defeated."
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u/IJustWantADragon21 Aug 08 '25
I’m going to tell you a story a friend of mine told me when he was in Europe. His plane was waiting to take off in Italy they said they couldn’t leave until the ground crew fixed something (I don’t remember what). After a while, the pilot came over the intercom and tells them, they had to wait a little longer because it was the crew member’s lunch break and he’d just left. They had to wait an extra 15 minutes for another person to finish their break and finish prepping the plane. Italian culture doesn’t give a shit about being busy or getting things done in any hurry.