LIFESTYLE
Originally published on Friday, 25 July 2008
Time Saver
I read that the town hall workers in Torremolinos now have to ask for permission every time they want to leave their desk. Me, I've already taken so many fag and coffee breaks that my hands tremble when I'm back at my desk trying to log into Facebook.
It's that time of year when half the offices are on a summer schedule and the rest of us are trying to look busy while counting down to August. That's why now is the time, to save up time for time banks.
The concept of time banks is nothing new - from Parma in Italy, it's spread to the UK, the US, and as far as New Zealand - but it has mostly been about do-gooders volunteering their time at charities, that offer little more than bragging rights . No such non-sense here in Barcelona, where anything goes. I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine later.
Here, your time can be traded in for massages, household chores or anything else that you can coerce people into doing for whatever you offer. So now, what could possibly be done during office hours?
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