The other day I really got a view of one of the cultural differences here. Our landlords invited me up to a Friday happy hour; Iti wasn't around, so it was just me. Now, what does happy hour on a Friday afternoon entail in the States? Some beer, maybe wine, and some munchies, right?
Not so in Mexico.
The drinks of choice were, first off, wine. OK, pretty familiar, no big deal. The other? TEQUILA. They really don't mess around down here. I was offered the choice of wine or a tequila straight up, at about 4:30 in the afternoon. Shhh, don't tell my boss. I thought to myself "There is NO way I'm getting any more work done if I drink tequila!!!". Wine it was.
Some other guests had a "few" glasses of tequila, then went out to "lunch" afterward at like 5:30 in the evening. Lunch?!? Yes, the Mexican lunch, very late, on Fridays apparently just a bit later, after a jigger of tequila to work up an appetite. I'm proud to say I actually got a little more work done, thanks to having one glass of wine rather than three or four tequila shooters! Maybe next time this Gringo will try out Happy Hour, Mexico Style.
My head is hurting just thinking about it...
Can you take the heat?
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I bet! I discovered the joys (?) of tequila over Halloween, Ed's roommate bought a bottle of patron and I had two or three shots...plus a few other drinks. Needless to say the next day I was zonked.
No more post Tony?
Que triste!
Un beso,
Emily
I want more posts too!!!!!
If there's one thing working in a start-up taught me, it's that workers are way more productive when beer is introduced in the workplace!
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