tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post3523308686074616719..comments2024-02-16T08:40:54.943-06:00Comments on Mexico Bob: An observation on differences in culture...Bob Mrotekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016079751197723749noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-8783354807181071382009-05-08T15:18:00.000-05:002009-05-08T15:18:00.000-05:00There's a really great book that deals with everyt...There's a really great book that deals with everything mentioned in your post as well as the comments.<br /><br />'There's a Word For It in Mexico' by Boye Lafayette De Mente.<br /><br />First, it gives a concise history of Mexico which is background for everything mentioned above, then goes on to describe all the reasons (for good or bad of the people) that life occurs the way it does here.<br /><br />It is based around a study of key words, historical background, cultural and business conceptions and is written in short essay form, so you can take a long time to read it - probably good practice for those of us living here in Mexico<br /><br />Suzanne<br />www.livinginsanmiguel.wordpress.comSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13696556411125187900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-42727150463269642502009-05-03T10:09:00.000-05:002009-05-03T10:09:00.000-05:00Ah, Bob, Bob, Bob. The things you appear to find a...Ah, Bob, Bob, Bob. The things you appear to find appealing about the Mexican culture are exactly those things that contribute to making the economy move at a snail´s pace which, of course, keeps people poor.<br /><br />Contrary to what many non-poor tend to think, being poor is not fun. It is not charming. It is not interesting. To the poor folks involved, I mean. Observers do tend to find it charming, interesting and fun.<br /><br />I do not find the unreliability, the fact you cannot trust that Mexicans will do what they say they will do, etc., etc., to be charming. Quite the contrary.<br /><br />The fact that the Mexican economy is improving from the top down, literally (beginning up north where we abut the Gringos), is due to American values seeping over the border. A good thing for Mexico.<br /><br />May these values of responsibility and truth, in time, filter all the way down (literally) to Chiapas.Michael Dicksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720359542700663699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-64581511309103554182009-04-27T10:54:00.000-05:002009-04-27T10:54:00.000-05:00Constantino - I hear ya!
We had guests recently a...Constantino - I hear ya!<br /><br />We had guests recently and someone answered Yes (Si) to us for some question or another. I motioned to the guests that that the answer could still be yes or no ...Frankly Rondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214064414695951062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-81015700460060527172009-04-26T23:22:00.000-05:002009-04-26T23:22:00.000-05:00Hey Bob, you can also write about the reason Mexic...Hey Bob, you can also write about the reason Mexicans hate to say no...to anyone, so they always will say yes to almost anything, but never perform.....another analytical topic....Tanchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196129338636347646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-15744361902257442312009-04-26T21:54:00.000-05:002009-04-26T21:54:00.000-05:00I dont recall the Author or book, but I had read a...I dont recall the Author or book, but I had read an extensive study of the subject. It boiled down to Americans think of time as linear and Mexicans treat it as circlular. Never ending or beginning, always just an continuation. Sign me up for plan 2 please. Reason 43 we will live in Mexico.Chrissy y Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00401701589592600309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-53898085059528665482009-04-26T21:08:00.000-05:002009-04-26T21:08:00.000-05:00Yep, Yep, Yep, I learned when we were building the...Yep, Yep, Yep, I learned when we were building the house that tomorrow means sometime except not today....once I figured that out, life has been pretty stress free. However visits to the North, fuel the time definition....Tanchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196129338636347646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-3819497415762540882009-04-26T20:19:00.000-05:002009-04-26T20:19:00.000-05:00Nice distinction. Like all categories, the except...Nice distinction. Like all categories, the exceptions are manifold. But the rule strikes me as sound.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-77284234852011673012009-04-26T20:05:00.000-05:002009-04-26T20:05:00.000-05:00Whatever will be will be. I feel that if I don't g...Whatever will be will be. I feel that if I don't get things done today, there is always tomorrow, in fact I think I said the same thing on todays post. Your post is an interesting one about "differences." I, the Mexican American here in the good old USA just take it a day at a time and count my blessing that I was able to. Your post is profound and I am sure you will get quite a few intellectual comments on it, but I'm not of the intellect nature and prefer to lie still.<br />::being quiet:: Actually I still have a lot of learning to do....someday....whenever the mood hits me....adio.GlorV1https://www.blogger.com/profile/06789212398770555465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-11361764178513288692009-04-26T19:19:00.000-05:002009-04-26T19:19:00.000-05:00I couldn't agree with you more! The people at work...I couldn't agree with you more! The people at work, say that I'm a very obvious gringa, because I always show up for work early! Have you been invited to a mexican party? They tell you that the party starts at 2pm, but the person throwing the party doesn't show up until 3-3:30pm. I agree with American Mommy, not better nor worse...just differentLeslie Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084393882026836564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-11939517277924170312009-04-26T19:03:00.000-05:002009-04-26T19:03:00.000-05:00¿¡Qué onda, Gringo!?
Ja!
I landed at your site sea...¿¡Qué onda, Gringo!?<br />Ja!<br />I landed at your site searching - without method, as should do a mexican proud of his heritage- information about the Saint Patrick Battailion.<br />A lot of issues maintained my interest in your stories:<br />1.- My name is Humberto as the priest whom you refer in the delicious adventures around the old refrigerator<br />2.- My last name is the unusual and strange "García" as the, maybe fictitious, town where the story tooks place.<br />3.- I had an extraordinary "gringo" friend named Bob -Chandler-, here, in Monterrey. He passed away two years ago. And, as anglo's say, last but not least, because i have had a chronic interest at pursue the essentials of the differences between latino and anglo cultures.<br />¡Ojalá no sufras mucho por acá!<br />Un Abrazo (another difference)Donbetohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18227047984168812362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-38110745986754955662009-04-26T18:31:00.000-05:002009-04-26T18:31:00.000-05:00"Our schedules are exact, our laws are exact, our ..."Our schedules are exact, our laws are exact, our plans are well ordered, and we demand that results meet our expectations."<br /><br />Well said amigo! That is exactly what we do in USA. <br /><br />Difference is the key word. Not better. Not worse. But different.Frankly Rondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214064414695951062noreply@blogger.com