Last week, the Legandary Mrs. HappyFlapjacks and I returned from Mexico. For those of you keeping track, you will note the absence of the "Soon-to-be" portion of her name, which explains the title of this post. As always, I noticed several things during the trip and upon our return that require a quick mention here.
1. Once you go on a few international trips, you become used to things that really freak people out when they're not used to being out of the country. My mom could not get over the fact that in Mexico (and in every other country I've been to), they have armed security people in the airport. By armed, I mean real-life, bitch-betta-have-my-money sub-machine guns, not your average mostly concealed pistol. She kept commenting on it...and on the truckloads of army guys driving around (armed of course, but it sounds wierd to say "Armed Army Guys"). I guess once you've been severly scolded in German by a guy holding an Uzi for trying to feed his police dog a hamburger in the airport, you're just kind of immune to these things.
2. We stayed at a fairly fancy resort. Whenever you asked for anything, the response was "It's our pleasure." It actually became a joke. Any time one of us would ask the other for something, the appropriate response was "It's our pleasure". The best part about this is that you could call room service or housekeeping, ask them for something, know with 100% certainty that they had no clue what you were talking about, but they would still say "It's our pleasure" and then hang up. Example:
Hotel Worker #216: "It's our pleasure!" *Click*
3. There seems to be a very loose set of driving laws in Mexico. Probably enough so that you don't frequently get run into, but not enough to actually warrant enforcement. On our way to the hotel, the driver actually sped up to about 20MPH over the speed limit to pass a cop....and barely missed getting whacked by a bus in the process. Not a moment of concern on his face, the cop's (actually cops, it was a truck with two in the fron and about 4 in back...all with BBHMM Sub Machine guns), or even the bus driver's. But, to be fair, traffic does seem to flow much more smootly, and nobody was honking or flipping one another off.
4. On my way home from work, I pass many cemeteries. I'll probably post more on that later, but what caught my eye today was that one of the headstones looked just like the Wu-Tang Clan logo. I'm hoping that this monument to the dearly departed was erected pre-Wu, but you can never be sure. Of course, maybe it was post-Wu. Maybe someone died and those left to concern themselves with a proper burial thought: "He's going out ODB style......bitchez."
5. Underneath Casa CrapStain (our apartment), are three dumpsters for the disposal of our fellow resident's trash. While taking out a nice big bag of cat litter, used, (which reminds me of this Onion Headline), I noticed that someone had decided to toss out a bunch of trophies. But they didn't just toss them in the dumpster; they lined them up on a little ledge for all to see. It's like "Yeah, I'm still kinda proud of my little league trophy from 1983, but I've got other shit to decorate with.....why don't you look at them for a while?" It seemed really funny....and kinda sad at the same time. For this, I shall provide a photo:
2 comments:
Congratulations on the life changing event...may the FlapJackes flourish.
It was my pleasure to read this post, funny stuff as always.
Americans are always freaked out by things that go on in the real world. There is no ACLU or anti-defamation league in other countries to prevent armed Army guys. Here, the people of the USA are now officially feminized and cannot stand for all that violent behavior..yada yada yada.
Congrats again. Oh, the stories I could tell you of drivers in Mexico. REally, they kind of have laws, but they are more of suggestions than real laws. Stop means, slow down, etc etc.
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