We hear a lot now a days about "multi-tasking" in which people take care of several tasks at once. This is the traditional definition of "polychronic" cultures where people may work on many things at once. Juan Martín Espinosa talks about how Mexicans use part of their work time to have fun too. There isn't a clear division between work and non-work time. This is similar to the North American custom of being able to mix golf with business. As to Latin American patterns, as Geraldina Villarreal describes, there are two types of schedules: executives who have a task to perform, independent from the clock, and employees who are paid by the hour and have a set schedule. Rossana Talavera, for example, frequently works until 8:00 or 9:00 o'clock at night. The important lesson for some North Americans is that Latin Americans work hard. Just because a polychronic culture allows for a mixture of activities does not mean that they are not working. The old stereotype of the lazy siesta-napping Latino has no place in actual work patterns.