“Las reuniones, las citas, los compromisos fijados de antemano suelen empezar con una hora de retraso” (Meetings, appointments and commitments fixed in advance usually start an hour late). José E. Sánchez, a researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) in Tapachula, wrote this in the center’s magazine Ecofronteras.
He added that the person who arrives on time is surprised to wait an hour for the start, because the meeting is called earlier so that it can start an hour later.