The most accurate formulation I could think of is the following: most in the world Italians love to eat and to talk, and least of all they like to work. Once I had to make a residence permit and instead of spending 10 minutes in a state service organization in order to get a stamp, I was waiting for a long time while a man explained something to his child sitting right next to him at work! Italians tend to shirk their duties in any possible case.