CARLOS, THE BANK ACCOUNTANT

As a bank accountant Carlos will have a “quite” privileged work schedule compared to other working people. Carlos wakes up at 7 a.m. He takes a shower and goes to the kitchen. Spanish breakfast is not very complicated. He prepares coffee in his coffee maker and takes some cookies out of the cabinet. After breakfast he just leaves for work. He drives to the office and spends the morning there, helping other people and doing his job. At around 12pm he will quickly go out for a coffee and then come right back. After a couple more hours, around 2’30pm or 3 pm, Carlos leaves the office and goes back home. He eats a delicious and complete lunch there with his family and then plans what he is going to do for the rest of the evening. At about 9’30 he has dinner with the family and they all go to the living room so they can watch some T.V. Around 12 or 1 am Carlos finally goes to sleep.

LUISA, THE HOUSE WIFE

Luisa wakes up at 8 am because her husband goes to work at 9 am and the kids go to school at 9am as well! She has breakfast with them and prepares sandwiches for the kids to take to school. She helps the kids get dressed and then they leave. After walking the kids to school she goes to the market to pick up the food for the day: some meat, some veggies, etc. It’s now 10’30 or 11am and she goes back home and starts preparing the food and makes all the beds in the house. All the windows are open for half an hour for some ventilation and Luisa also has to do some cleaning around the house. At about 1pm she goes back out to pick up the kids and when they come back she continues cooking until about 2pm. The husband comes back home too and they all eat together. At 3 or 3’30 she goes out to drop off the kids at school again and goes back home to take a nap. Oh! It’s now 5’30! Time to pick the kids up again! Luisa goes for a walk with them, maybe to the park. At around 7 or 8 pm they all go back home, the kids do homework, she sews the buttons that fell off a shirt and she starts preparing dinner. At 9 or 9’30 pm the whole family has dinner together and the kids go to bed after watching a little bit of T.V. Luisa goes to bed at 12 or 1 am, just like her husband.

PEDRO, THE FACTORY WORKER

Pedro gets up at 4’30 am to be at the factory at 5’30am. He leaves for work after drinking a cup of coffee and as soon as he is there he gets started. Pedro works non stop for a few hours, until about 9am when he stops to smoke a cigarette or eat a little sandwich. Soon he’s working again, maybe listening to the radio a little bit while at work, and finally, at about 1’30, he’s off work! He goes back home and eats lunch with his family. The kids go to school and he takes a nice nap, for a couple of hours. It’s now 5 pm and he’s ready to do something. If the wife is there too they go out for a walk or meet some friends and eat some tapas. At about 9 or 9’30 pm he goes back home, has some dinner with the family and watches some T.V. He goes to bed around 10’30 pm. Next week he will be going to work from 2 pm to 10’30 pm and the week after, he will go from 10 pm to 8 am. Some people love this kind of life, most people hate it…

ESTRELLA, THE BUSINESS OWNER

Estrella gets up around 8’30 and helps the kids get ready for school. She eats some breakfast and goes to work. The store opens at 10 am and everything needs to be ready by then. At 2 pm the store closes for lunch break and Estrella goes back home and prepares some food real quick. The kids come back home and so does the husband. They eat lunch all together and she takes a short nap. At 4’30 pm she leaves so she can have the store open by 5 pm. The store remains open for 3 more hours, with people coming and going, and finally, at 8 pm the store closes and Estrella goes back home. She cooks some dinner and the whole family eats together. Then they watch some T.V. and go to bed at 12 or 1 am.