sfmacaws
Feb 7, 2007, 11:11 AM
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So, we're over here on the Drug Coast of Mexico, where late at night you can hear the whine of the cigarette boats heading for shore, where the politicians don't care about the usual bribes because they are on the payroll of the cartels, where the guards at the big estates are plentiful and carry better weapons than the Mexican army. Some people call it the Riviera Maya, Riviera Droga would be a better name.
A friend of a friend installs satellite systems and he put in a system for a Colombian guy who owns 400 meters of oceanfront land near Playa del Carmen. The house has many gates and all the guys standing at them and walking the perimeter carry automatic rifles. He gets a call that one piece isn't working and he asks if they can come and pick it up as he can't get up there immediately. Sure, no problem, we'll send a couple of the boys.
The boys arrive in a new, 2007, bright yellow Hummer. He gives them the part and they say they are hungry and he should jump in back and they'll all go to Tulum for some food. So off they go.
If you remember some of my posts from last year, there are a couple of Pemex stations along here that are famous for pulling the switch bills trick. They keep a $50p hidden in one hand and a $20p in the other. Whatever you hand them to pay for the gas, they switch it quickly and tell you that you gave them the wrong bill.
On the way to eat, the boys pull into one of these stations to get gas. The pump guy starts talking to them about what a cool car the Hummer is, how new it is, recognizes their accents and asks them where in Colombia they are from, blah blah blah. Then this complete idiot switches bills on them when they pay.
I can't believe anyone who can tie their shoes and handle a gas pump is dumb enough to do this. What was this idiot thinking? Every teenage boy along here spends time out in the ocean with a face mask free diving and looking for one of those twin mercs that get scuttled with the delivery boats, it's like winning the lottery, they all dream of finding one. How could he be so stupid?
What happened next you ask? Well, he survived. The Colombian pulled him into the Hummer, took the entire wad that all those guys carry, extracted a $50p or two and stuffed them in his mouth telling him that is what a $50 looks like. He kept the rest of the wad, they drove off and had a nice lunch in Tulum.
Makes one think those Karma Gods were awake and laughing.
Jonna - Mérida, Yucatán
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