An amazing country...

...I'm presently living in Athens, Greece.
Greece is unusual and amazing in many ways. Here's one way:
Greece seems to have been set up for living a relaxed, holiday-type of life. It is particularly difficult -- and annoying -- to do anything other than hang around.
Which leads me to infer that, to lead a happy and joyous life in the capital of this country, all or most of the following must apply:

• you are independantly wealthy;
• you have no pressing activity -- i.e. one where action must be taken in real time;
• you are healthy;
• you are an adult and not physically challenged in any way (this includes not being a child, or ageing -- unles you are stinking rich);
• you already have an education -- or are uninterested in an education;
• you are a TV entertainer (preferably posing as a "journalist"): many rules don't apply thereby making life much simpler;
• you do not need to work under strict organisational rules (unless you are an entertainer as above).

The idea is simple: you must be self-sufficient in every way. (I.e. if there is a fire, chances are, you'll burn: not because the fire brigade won't expend every effort to save you -- they are one of the most efficient (the only efficient?) organisations in Greece -- but because the Public Sector is not there to support).
On the other hand, cafes, entertainment, hobbies... anything that does operate accroding to a preset schedule, will work fine. In other words, time should not be an and of, element. Which is the case when you are on holiday. More importantly, when on holiday, we operate on our own time -- not "social" time.
So, if you are (unfortunately) driving to work & traffic is held up because someone has stopped at the kiosk (just for a moment") or the truck is unloading at 9 am... it's normal: you shouldn't be racing to work in the first place.
The country was not made for this, life was not planned in this way, the clock does not tick in this fashion.