Lunch break is two hours long, which drove me crazy until I found out why. We live in a very rural farming area and when the Frys first moved there almost twenty years ago the local farmers asked them to use the same workday schedule that they were all using to avoid hard feelings and jealousy between Eden and the farmers’ workers. The break is two hours long because the workers are usually out in the fields and would have to walk home, often several kilometres away, cook their lunch and then walk back to work. Eden has stayed with this schedule and I’ve learned to appreciate it, especially since the day starts so early. Lia and Naomi finish school at 1 pm and usually don’t have to go back after lunch, so I get to see them at lunchtime and I hear about their day at school. I head back to work at 2 and work until 5.
It’s fun to watch people at quitting time. You can see people watching the road to see if a tractor is heading back to the warehouse so they can try to get a ride. Every day you can see a tractor go by with at least one passenger on the tractor and a flatbed trailer with 20 people on it. This is African public transport.
