The "work" day... on strike

Today's events helped cement my confused theory about the work ethic/ productivity of those in Spain. I've been marveling the last week at how anything actually gets accomplished here.
A typical "working" day in Spain goes something like this:
10 am- Arrive to work
1 pm- Head home to start preparing lunch (or sip a coffee if lunch is being prepared for you at a cafe)
2 pm- Eat (mind you, this takes a least an hour, none of that US, half hour lunch break stuff)
3:30 pm- Return to work, after having an espresso and catching up on the days events
5 pm- Walk to pick up kids from school (which requires both parents, not just one)
6 pm- If your child has music, language or some other extra curricular, your may squeeze in an extra half hours work... or maybe just spend the time chatting with friends.
And that concludes the work day.

By my observations, this leaves almost no time to actually accomplish any sort of task, but somehow, magically I suppose, everything manages to get done and function as it should.

But on top of this odd daily schedule, i've noticed that "normal work days" are rare. Take last week for example, when Friday was a day of for "fiestas" in Barcelona. And Monday could hardly be considered a work day, because of course, you need to recover from the weekends activities. And now today, Wednesday, everything has came to a screeching halt because of the strike. Buses, metros and trains did not operate. Which alone shuts done many businesses, schools, and offices since people here heavily rely on public transportation. But you figure, okay, day off, i'll just do some errands and shop. Except all the stores, markets, and restaurants are on strike too. And if at this point, you have any motivation left to try to do anything, there is the hoards of bat-yielding people who are there to ward off anyone from entering any "open" businesses who aren't partaking in the strike. Needless to say, nothing was accomplished today. Just another day in Spain I suppose. And I'm still left without answer to this incredible mystery of how things are accomplished in this country.