| This morning I went to the supermarket; I
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| | yourself out of jail! Most people here
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| keep trying to learn not to be in a
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| | don't have car insurance; the person at
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| hurry.I miss Safeway. I miss the speed
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| | fault has to pay for the other person's
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| and efficiency of moving people through
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| | repairs. Period. The bad part about this
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| the lines. This morning, there was hardly
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| | is, you don't have insurance protection.
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| anyone in the store. With the customary
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| | You also can't go and buy a plasma TV
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| Mexican way, I got to the "Express" line
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| | with your payoff should you choose not to
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| and the cashier had to call someone over
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| | repair the car. This keeps expenses down
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| to undo some transaction. Of course, this
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| | quite a bit.Mexicans love a bargain and
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| involved sliding a card through the
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| | are into quantity, not quality. Not
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| terminal, writing and stamping about 57
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| | surprising for a Catholic country where
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| papers, sliding the card again, this and
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| | the average family has four or more kids.
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| that...it took me 20 minutes to get
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| | They love Wal-Mart. They think Wal-Mart
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| through the line with all that nonsense,
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| | is the best thing since the tortilla.
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| and I was the only one in the line,
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| | They say the price is lower and the
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| purchasing four items! One would think
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| | quality is higher. Well, the price is
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| that with computer terminals and such,
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| | lower because there are no import fees.
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| things would move a bit faster. But no,
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| | Quality? That's anyone's guess. Mexicans
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| Mexicans love to stamp their papers.Same
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| | produce good quality things themselves,
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| thing for going to the bank. In the U.S.,
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| | so I won't be surprised to see them
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| we don't like lines so we do online
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| | become much more self-sufficient when it
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| banking. Heaven forbid we should wait for
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| | comes to superstores.Milk is the same
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| more than five minutes at the bank! Try
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| | price everywhere. There is a standardized
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| three hours! Here you go to the bank and
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| | thing where things like milk, beans,
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| take a number. Then you sit down if there
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| | tortillas, and a few other staples are
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| is any available seating. There may be
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| | kept at a low cost. Well, milk is
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| 125 people ahead of you (this is NOT an
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| | expensive here, the price just shot up a
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| exaggeration!). I've clocked it and the
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| | few months ago. I am told that milk is
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| average transaction at a Mexican bank
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| | cheaper in the U.S. and I believe it. A
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| takes 10 minutes. Type this into the
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| | gallon of milk here costs about
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| machine, get a printout, stamp, stamp,
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| | $3.50.Other things are much cheaper; one
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| stamp, do something else, stamp, stamp,
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| | can eat very well on about $5.00 a day
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| stamp, write something down, stamp,
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| | here, or less. I've had three squares for
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| stamp, stamp, sign here...stamp, stamp,
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| | less than $4.00 before.You won't find the
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| stamp. Going to the bank here is torture
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| | super organic, microbrewed specialty
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| unless you have a good book to read!The
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| | beers here. You have a few choices,
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| pleasure and pain of Mexico is a system
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| | mostly Tecate, Corona, Dos XX. The
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| without a system. At the gas station, you
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| | Mexicans don't like to import beer. They
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| don't courteously pull up to the front
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| | are very into their own beer.Although I
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| pump. You pull up to whichever one you
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| | miss the speed of things that I don't
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| want. There is no self-service here, they
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| | like to do, I can't help but wonder if
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| pump your gas and wash your windshield if
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| | it's really better to know that something
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| they feel like it. Most of the time they
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| | is going to take you a long time, like
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| do. The gas station people are very nice.
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| | going to the bank. It really slows things
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| One woman who works at the gas station
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| | down. The only place where Mexicans are
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| next door to me taught me how to say my
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| | fast is driving. Everything else happens
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| numbers in hundreds, like "one hundred,
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| | when it happens, pretty much.Living here
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| one hundred and fifty, two hundred," etc.
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| | takes a different sort of planning, but
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| She always smiles at me when I proudly
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| | thankfully I had the experience of living
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| ask for the amount of gas she taught me
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| | in the provinces of England and the San
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| how to say.Driving is an adventure.
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| | Juan Islands before moving here. You
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| Mostly you have to watch out for the
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| | learn patience there, waiting for ferries
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| microbuses and pedestrians and people on
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| | and such. Island life is anything but
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| bikes and other cars and big trucks and
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| | convenient. Still, Mexicans are more
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| the occasional donkey cart. Well, I guess
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| | relaxed than the islanders are.Update:I
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| you have to watch out for everything,
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| | have now lived in Mexico for two years. I
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| really...a car accident here is a federal
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| | don't even notice the lines anymore, the
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| offense and no matter who's fault it is,
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| | stamps or the enormous waste of time to
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| both parties are arrested. If it is
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| | do a simple little thing. The words "on
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| determined that it's your fault, you'd
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| | demand" do not exist here.
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| better have some extra cash to bail
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