A Mexican mystery - Page 3

**ryberg** · 04-02-2009

Oh, didn't see this thread before, but very funny.

That said, the experiences you guys describe here in stores have not so often been my experiences. I remember more arguments about prices and sales and stuff than all that.

But I DO remember that kind of thing from life in Japan! So I can sympathize. In Japan, the idea is not to think, only to serve. Also to get as many people involved as possible in that not-thinking-just-serving aspect.

You're afraid to ask for anything, in fact, after a while, because you know that there will be such intense not-thinking-just-serving. You feel bad about it. You'll have 5 people hemming and hawing and wondering where they might find that soy milk right behind them, or how it is that this foreigner even speaks Japanese in the first place, or wandered into their area, or what this rice that he's looking for might actually be.

I once had a woman in the post office quote me a price for a small package via a much cheaper but somewhat slower international delivery method (think UPS Ground service) that was double what she'd just quoted me for the regular speedy service (think next day delivery), all without batting an eye. Took some work to explain to her that that didn't make sense, and several attempts for her to do evidently the same thing over and over before she realized that it would keep getting the same wrong result, during which time she attracted about half a dozen other postal workers in a small audience around her, all with their frustrated commentary. Finally she realized something and quoted me the appropriately much lower price. All was right with the world, again, miraculously.

But like Heather was saying, you know, I still love living in Japan!

Steve

Dijo · 04-06-2009

Bimbos we have in Canada, are the two-legged kind.

ranchhand1024 · 04-16-2009

I had an interesting talk with a guy trying to build a house in Playa. His first encounter with Mexican methods was when he bought a nail gun locally. He used the batch of nails that came with the gun and went back to buy more. Lo siento, senor, no hay! Had to go to Cancun for nails.

scubakevin · 04-28-2009

OHHH Me ME, I want to comment on any shoe store in the southeast of Mexico that does NOT have sizes bigger than "8". My good my poor Size 9 1/2 EE feet suffer so much.

When I go to Mexico City I can get size 11 shoes and sneakers to compensate and once in a blue moon (this year! Blue Moon December 31st) I can find sneakers at Sam's (usually REBOKS) in size 11 which I can get into if I try really hard.

The Flexis by the way, I can get them in Mexico City that fit but within 2 or 3 weeks my feet have exploded out the sides and I have to take them to shoe repair.

No comments here on the Flu and Travel Restrictions?

Too Funny, I like Ryberg just saw this thread...

conchata · 05-05-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maverick69

Well said Heather.

You too, stay home.

**Mindbender** · 05-05-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by conchata

You too, stay home.

Unlikely. He loves Mexico so much he bought a second home here.

I and two others on this thread are married to Mexicans, one of them has Mexican citizenship too. So you see we're poking fun, not being something else...

milwplayaguy · 05-15-2009

what's missing is the overstaffing of 5 people behind that counter - all of whom really wouldn't have a clue about what they're doing there or what they are supposed to do! And when they do figure it out, it will take them f o r e v e r to get it done. LOL

**ryberg** · 05-15-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by milwplayaguy

what's missing is the overstaffing of 5 people behind that counter - all of whom really wouldn't have a clue about what they're doing there or what they are supposed to do! And when they do figure it out, it will take them f o r e v e r to get it done. LOL

You may be confusing Mexico with Japan.

Steve

Luv2Dance · 05-15-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mindbender

Maybe this isn't just an unoccupied information stand at Centro Maya.

Perhaps it's a thought provoking artistic installation. Maybe it represents the hopelessness of man who approaches the altar of truth to find only confusion and no answers.

Or a paradox. What came first, the sign, and then the booth to give it purpose? Or the empty booth, and then the sign to question its intent?

Thanks for the chuckle.

BonnyW · 06-21-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munichchick

I heard we are soon getting Bimbo bread here in California. They bought out a big US bread company. You would think it will be a best seller in Southern California. Special bread for those special kind of girls.

I see the trucks all the time going east on the 210 and south on the 57

I wonder where they are bringing the Bimbos

roni · 06-22-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munichchick

I heard we are soon getting Bimbo bread here in California. They bought out a big US bread company. You would think it will be a best seller in Southern California. Special bread for those special kind of girls.

Our Orowheat trucks now have the Bimbo word on them

MayanNut · 01-26-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by BonnyW

I see the trucks all the time going east on the 210 and south on the 57

I wonder where they are bringing the Bimbos

The "Bimbos" are being distributed everywhere along the coast.

Truckloads of them every week!

Munichchick · 01-26-2010

We have a Bimbo invasion and it sounds like it is nation wide. He, He!

Michael · 01-26-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munichchick

We have a Bimbo invasion and it sounds like it is nation wide. He, He!

They have been a supplier to Safeway as far back as I can remember.

rodman · 01-27-2010

They have a division in Chicago, that brings Bimbo's to Waukesha Wisconsin!!

04-06-2009	#32 (permalink)
Dijo añejo Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southwestern Ontario Posts: 1,811	The only Bimbos we have in Canada, are the two-legged kind.

04-02-2009	#31 (permalink)
ryberg playa maya guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: real America (reality-based community) Posts: 27,954	Oh, didn't see this thread before, but very funny. That said, the experiences you guys describe here in stores have not so often been my experiences. I remember more arguments about prices and sales and stuff than all that. But I DO remember that kind of thing from life in Japan! So I can sympathize. In Japan, the idea is not to think, only to serve. Also to get as many people involved as possible in that not-thinking-just-serving aspect. You're afraid to ask for anything, in fact, after a while, because you know that there will be such intense not-thinking-just-serving. You feel bad about it. You'll have 5 people hemming and hawing and wondering where they might find that soy milk right behind them, or how it is that this foreigner even speaks Japanese in the first place, or wandered into their area, or what this rice that he's looking for might actually be. I once had a woman in the post office quote me a price for a small package via a much cheaper but somewhat slower international delivery method (think UPS Ground service) that was double what she'd just quoted me for the regular speedy service (think next day delivery), all without batting an eye. Took some work to explain to her that that didn't make sense, and several attempts for her to do evidently the same thing over and over before she realized that it would keep getting the same wrong result, during which time she attracted about half a dozen other postal workers in a small audience around her, all with their frustrated commentary. Finally she realized something and quoted me the appropriately much lower price. All was right with the world, again, miraculously. But like Heather was saying, you know, I still love living in Japan! Steve

04-16-2009	#33 (permalink)
ranchhand1024 life=playa Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 659	I had an interesting talk with a guy trying to build a house in Playa. His first encounter with Mexican methods was when he bought a nail gun locally. He used the batch of nails that came with the gun and went back to buy more. Lo siento, senor, no hay! Had to go to Cancun for nails.

04-28-2009	#34 (permalink)
scubakevin way into it Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cancun Posts: 103	OHHH Me ME, I want to comment on any shoe store in the southeast of Mexico that does NOT have sizes bigger than "8". My good my poor Size 9 1/2 EE feet suffer so much. When I go to Mexico City I can get size 11 shoes and sneakers to compensate and once in a blue moon (this year! Blue Moon December 31st) I can find sneakers at Sam's (usually REBOKS) in size 11 which I can get into if I try really hard. The Flexis by the way, I can get them in Mexico City that fit but within 2 or 3 weeks my feet have exploded out the sides and I have to take them to shoe repair. No comments here on the Flu and Travel Restrictions? Too Funny, I like Ryberg just saw this thread...

05-15-2009	#37 (permalink)
milwplayaguy sandflea Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 8	what's missing is the overstaffing of 5 people behind that counter - all of whom really wouldn't have a clue about what they're doing there or what they are supposed to do! And when they do figure it out, it will take them f o r e v e r to get it done. LOL

01-26-2010	#43 (permalink)
Munichchick life=playa Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Corona, California Posts: 901	We have a Bimbo invasion and it sounds like it is nation wide. He, He!

01-27-2010	#45 (permalink)
rodman beachaholic Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pima County, AZ Posts: 353	They have a division in Chicago, that brings Bimbo's to Waukesha Wisconsin!!

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