August : Offline

Steer clear of the office and the beach

“Thank you for your email, I will be out of the office between 15th August to the 31st.

Buon ferragosto,

Cordiali Saluti

Sign. Rosso”

The dreaded automated reply will inevitably arrive if you even think of sending a work email in Italy in August.

Infuriating though the annual shut-down can be professionally, we actually slightly cherish this and hope that th…