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Gypsy Jan
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Please Don't Be a Jerk
When you visit a different country.
I have been stewing about this, so I guess I am just going to let it out.
Yesterday, Saturday, 11:45 am on Labor Day weekend, two college age frat boys got all bent out of shape because a bus was idling behind their parjed
pickup truck.
I came out of the market near them and they were running up and down the sidewalk, waving their arms and yelling at the top of their voices, "Where is
the bus driver?"
The locals that I know speak perfect English looked away and played deaf.
The driver returned to his bus is about two minutes after all the big drama started.
The two dudes got back into their bruck, backed up an CUT THROUGH A FUNERAL PROCESSION, RIGHT BEHIND THE HEARSE, GUNNING THEIR ENGINE ALL THE WAY.
Thank you for reading, I am done ranting, for today anyway.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
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\"Alea iacta est.\"
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thebajarunner
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By this measure the United States is the most foreign country of all
They act like that up here, all the time
why should they change stripes when they cross the border?
Couple years ago two young shirtless glassyeyed studs beat the crap out of my cousin when he yelled at them for grabbing his 18 year old daughter's
backside. We were walking through the display area at Fontana Speedway.
I guess that is not so unusual, except that my cousin was 65 and the combined age of the two was likely 45.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
When you visit a different country.
I have been stewing about this, so I guess I am just going to let it out.
Yesterday, Saturday, 11:45 am on Labor Day weekend, two college age frat boys got all bent out of shape because a bus was idling behind their parjed
pickup truck.
I came out of the market near them and they were running up and down the sidewalk, waving their arms and yelling at the top of their voices, "Where is
the bus driver?"
The locals that I know speak perfect English looked away and played deaf.
The driver returned to his bus is about two minutes after all the big drama started.
The two dudes got back into their bruck, backed up an CUT THROUGH A FUNERAL PROCESSION, RIGHT BEHIND THE HEARSE, GUNNING THEIR ENGINE ALL THE WAY.
Thank you for reading, I am done ranting, for today anyway. |
I'm confused-------why did the "frat guys" get upset with an "idling bus"???
Barry
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
I'm confused-------why did the "frat guys" get upset with an "idling bus"???
Barry |
Probably had them penned in. It's been known to happen down here, but that's no excuse to go crazy.
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Gypsy Jan
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Yes. the Bus Was Blocking
But let's talk about the timeline.
We parked at the market next door, the bus was not there, I exited the market about five minutes later to witness all the drama.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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BajaBlanca
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gypsy jan - unfortunately Americans are known abroad as the UGLY AMERICAN which is obviously a gross generic statement. In this case, seems
warranted. Nothing condones driving recklessly thru a funeral. Shows their immaturity to the max.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
But let's talk about the timeline.
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Why?
Blocking a car is rude and arrogant, even for only a short time. The bus driver couldn't care less about the inconvenience he caused another driver.
Let's talk about that.
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Sounds like two JERKS meet in the street. Maybe they should have a JERK OFF.
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Barry A.
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I'm with Dennis on this, but in the US or Mexico I would not make a big deal about it--------you are supposed to relax in Mexico--------that's what we
go down there for, isn't it? 
Thanks for the explain, J. Jan-----lots of jerks, IMO, in this instance. I would have popped a Negra Modelo, myself, and grinned.
Barry
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
But let's talk about the timeline.
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Why?
Blocking a car is rude and arrogant, even for only a short time. The bus driver couldn't care less about the inconvenience he caused another driver.
Let's talk about that. |
Glad to see you're getting better. That's the old Dennis I remember.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Glad to see you're getting better. That's the old Dennis I remember. |
Thanks, Igor. As Jimmy Buffet once sang:
"Good days and bad days and goin' half madd days."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwsG3PyGvL0
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[Edited on 9-3-2012 by DENNIS]
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I remember when my Grandfather passed away, in Alabama, and during his funeral procession every single car on the two lane road, in both directions,
pulled completely off the road and stopped as we passed by.
Talk about respect! It was most gracious!!!
So, there are a whole lot of good Americans out there too.
[Edited on 9-3-2012 by Bob H]
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Blocking a car is rude and arrogant, even for only a short time. The bus driver couldn't care less about the inconvenience he caused another driver.
Let's talk about that. |
Let's talk about popping another cerveza and chilling out! Mexico, love it or leave it! If you are in a hurry, you shouldn't visit here.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oxxo
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Blocking a car is rude and arrogant, even for only a short time. The bus driver couldn't care less about the inconvenience he caused another driver.
Let's talk about that. |
Let's talk about popping another cerveza and chilling out! Mexico, love it or leave it! If you are in a hurry, you shouldn't visit here.
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Point of fact, he lives in Mexico. Love it or leave it, really?
Bad behavior has nothing to do with a "chillin" attitude, IMO.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oxxo
Let's talk about popping another cerveza and chilling out! Mexico, love it or leave it! If you are in a hurry, you shouldn't visit here.
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Seems the bus driver was the one in a hurry, so much so that he couldn't, or just plain wouldn't, park his badass bus in a civilized manner, ignoring
the needs of others on the road.
One could easily wonder how much racism became involved in his selfish decision.
Had he not been such a parking pig, this incident might very well have not escalated to a point of road rage on the part of the jerk tourist....if
that's what he was.
Where did it say he was an American?
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Thanks for posting. A personal favorite I learned here in Mexico is patience.
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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DENNIS - the original post says they were runnig around yelling in English
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the title is PLEASE DON'T BE A JERK when you visit another country.
and in thinking it over - it is so rude to block someone's car in, even if only for a moment. just plain ole rude. so, I agree with you all on that.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
When you visit a different country.
I have been stewing about this, so I guess I am just going to let it out.
Yesterday, Saturday, 11:45 am on Labor Day weekend, two college age frat boys got all bent out of shape because a bus was idling behind their parjed
pickup truck.
I came out of the market near them and they were running up and down the sidewalk, waving their arms and yelling at the top of their voices, "Where is
the bus driver?"
The locals that I know speak perfect English looked away and played deaf.
The driver returned to his bus is about two minutes after all the big drama started.
The two dudes got back into their bruck, backed up an CUT THROUGH A FUNERAL PROCESSION, RIGHT BEHIND THE HEARSE, GUNNING THEIR ENGINE ALL THE WAY.
Thank you for reading, I am done ranting, for today anyway. |
sounds like the jerks in the pick up met a jerk in a bus, and had a circle jurk
[Edited on 9-3-2012 by mtgoat666]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
DENNIS - the original post says they were runnig around yelling in English
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the title is PLEASE DON'T BE A JERK when you visit another country.
and in thinking it over - it is so rude to block someone's car in, even if only for a moment. just plain ole rude. so, I agree with you all on that.
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AHAA! running around yelling in english! obviously a lot of limey hooligans probably from liverpool! and
you're ready to blame americans! shame on you.
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¡Aayy Caray!
This happens all the time. Mexicans do not go ballistic; they may frown when this happens but...
At the Bancomer Bank in Vizcaino last month. Came out of the ATM and there was a car parked behind me. Not on purpose but because parking is scarce. I
tooted the horn, and about 15 seconds later a young man ran out of the bank and moved his car. I wonder if those young folks bothered to give the horn
a couple of taps? The driver could have ran in and used the restroom. And yes the facilities on the buses sometimes are out of order.
Not worth damaging my health over, for a fact. Going without power in very warm and humid Guerrero Negro Saturday, I went to a mechanic and had the
oil changed in the car, then jotted over to an outdoor segundas and prowled the aisles. All caused way back in Vizcaino when some poor soul hit a high
tension power pole -- bet I had a better day than he did.
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