Tom and his fiancée Susan decided to have their wedding on a beach in Acapulco, Mexico. Local businesses provided most of the services for the wedding, such as the limousine and the catering services. Throughout the weekend of the wedding, the couple found that workers and limos arrived late; so did the priest who was performing the wedding. In response to the couple's frustration, the Mexican workers remarked, "Ustedes tienen que ser flexibles," which in English means "You have to be flexible with time." This attitude regarding time is
A. inflexible.
B. polychronic.
C. cultural.
D. monochronic.
E. one-dimensional.
B. polychronic.
Polychronic time is a preference for doing more than one thing at a time. Time is viewed as being flexible and multidimensional. This outlook prevails in Mediterranean, Latin American, and Arab cultures.
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