Saturday March 16, 2013 8:05am
Hacienda Contreras, Valle de
Juarez, Jalisco
Victor, the carpenter, is coming
to install my cabinet shelving in my tiny clothes closet this morning. He asked if he could come at 8 – we’ll
see what time that actually means!
Mexican time is like Guatemala time; it kind of makes me crazy. Their rational is that they’ll get here
when they can; and it’s no problem for the customer! Well, what if one has something else to do? Nancy used to say, “If I’m late, I’m
happy to stay over whatever amount of time I’m late.” My answer became, “If I have something else planned for that
overtime, I’ll need to short your wage.” That’s difficult to do ‘cause I know how much Nancy's family needs the money, but she agreed to be a little more prompt. Of course, she was at the mercy of the bus schedule from San Antonio to Antigua, which runs late also. It appears to be a vicious cycle in Latin America. My need for appointment timing accuracy is kind of unrelenting - I hate to say but I find it disrespectful and downright irritating. Hmm??!!
4/5/13 Boy, do I need to work on this flaw. I want to be more patient and kind.
4/5/13 Boy, do I need to work on this flaw. I want to be more patient and kind.
Here's a photo of Nancy, Carlos, Heisell (20) and Shirli (15)
Taken at my going away party November 2012
Taken at my going away party November 2012
I attended the happy hour last
evening with only four others:
Peter and Madeline, my next door neighbors and, I think it’s Linda and
Jurgen. All are from Canada; Peter,
Jurgen and Linda are German (Hamburg) and Madeline is Quebecoise. I’m happy I went ‘cause Madeline
invited me to walk into town with them this am for the Saturday market. I replied that it would depend on the
timeliness of Victor! Hopefully
he’ll be finished …..
In putting together memoirs /
journal / legacy/ autobiography I read a suggestion of starting with the
present and kind of writing stories in parallel. I’ll check more on that when I have access to the Internet –
even my iPhone has no service here.
Hi Mary-Pat,
ReplyDeleteI get a kick out of Spanish instructions in your blog. ie; No hay comentarious!
There's a lot to learn blogging. I am here to help you!
Tu amigo,
Jorge
Not sure what you meant by your comment. I entered a comment because I couldn't edit the blog after I published it. I know there's a lot to learn and I'm not sure why it's in Spanish but what the heck - I understand it!!
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ReplyDeleteIntegrity is doing what you say you will do. It is keeping your agreements. It is what separates us from the animals. Coming late is a habit and if you have things to do, go do them and let him wait for you. Tell him if he makes an apointment, you will wait 15 minutes and then you have things to do. If he does not respect your time, he is probaly not worth your time..
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