<s>[INST] While conducting a case study in a southern African country, I noticed that people from different ethnic groups tend to not use your personal space when interacting with each other. With a group of friends, a handshake or greeting can take anywhere from 3-6 minutes. What this tells me is that these individuals have a polychronic culture. They prioritize shared activities and shared time, and they value relationships over schedules and deadlines.

You notice that people from different ethnic groups work and socialize together with much more ease than in your own country. They adopt their interactions by context and are able to blend – sometimes seamlessly, at times roughly – their sometimes differing customs, to respect the situation. There is a diverse group chat with a mix of languages, where they chat casually and make sense of the situation. You notice that a conversation tends to happen simultaneously and have many widths and layers.

The description I gave you of the culture fits Hall’s concept of polychronic time. What does this culture attract?[/INST]