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MikeyG · Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 44 Location: Oaxaca

What do you mean?! That was of paramount importance!

reddevil79 · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:38 pm Post subject: Mole and Birria Kindness

I am sorry to hear about some of the negative experiences other teachers have had, but mine have been nothing but positive. This week, for example, I have not had to make one trip to the `abarrotes� as students have been brining me mole and birria to take home ever since I declared my love for those two dishes! Just one example of the many acts kinds of kindness people have shown me in this country.

There are good and bad people everywhere you go, be it in Mexico or wherever...

Cdaniels · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:45 am Post subject: Mexican mistrust

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

cwc · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 372

I would say that we have a lot of weak-minded people in the US that look for the govt. to protect them from themselves. A man who has never suffered has never learned. I like Mexico because we have more freedom and more responsibility. As far as dishonesty goes, human nature will always be skewed towards the dark side. Nobody operates under positive reinforcement. We all obey our various masters to avoid punishment, negative reinforcement.

Cdaniels · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:53 pm Post subject: Re: Mexican mistrust

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

b@stards stole my computer this time!!!! i went to california for the weekend and some @sshole stole a brand new laptop from my apartment. once again, it's somebody who knows me--either one of the guys working in the building, or someone i considered a friend and had previously invited over. hope he enjoys all my bank accounts, training documents that i need for work, 2000-3000 photos that i've taken over the past two years, and about 400 CDs i burned from my collection and then sold.
i want to kill somebody or cry.

thankfully i had a spare stashed away in the closet. we'll see what happens tomorrow when i talk to the management about the supposed vigilantes that guard the door. idiots.

robbed by someone i know in mexico tally: 8 times / 14 months
running tab of stolen goods: up around 40,000 pesos now.

love this fcuking country.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Crap, Matt, again that really sucks.

Is there no way to do some investigating to find out who? Any pawn shops close by where you could check? I know that's not much to go on, but sometimes you can luck out.

cwc · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 372

Didn�t it dawn on you to take your laptop? You are a sitting duck. Don�t ever put your trust in a vigilante. Maybe you should think about protecting yourself and not expecting someone to do it for you.

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

scene: cwc is standing next to his mother, who is lying in a hospital bed.

cwc's mother: son, i have breast cancer and i'm going to die in two weeks.
cwc: mom, didn't you ever think of checking yourself every six months? you pretty much asked for this.

cwc · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 372

Your analogy is weak and in very bad taste. Please retract.

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

the majority of your posts are weak and in bad taste. does the fact that you want me to retract this mean that you actually have a sensitive side? i never would have known from the way you talk down to everyone on this board, like moonraven minus the eloquence. god forbid someone who steals thing be held accountable for his own actions. OF COURSE, every time i leave my apartment i should be expected to pack up all of my belongings and cart them along with me. the rest of you follow that little procedure, right? and how silly of me to think that door guards who you are paying to protect the building would ACTUALLY PROTECT THE BUILDING!! but then, this is mexico, and you seem to assume that nothing works here and you can't trust anyone, which simply validates the original point of this whole thread.
how much responsibility can i take for having someone break into my apartment while i'm on vacation? can anyone besides cwc enlighten me please?

cwc · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 372

If you go on vacation, it is always wise to secure your stuff whether in the USA or Mars. You had been ripped off seven times and you blindly put your trust in the doormen. You didn�t talk down to me. You insulted my mother by speaking of her death. It would be wise to post a short retraction to avoid further problems. That�s all I ask.