TOOOOO FUNNY FOR WORDS

My wife took my 86 year old Mother to Jocotopec today....parked and walked thru the square etc., after a couple hours Mother was tired, and my wife forgot where she parked....LOL.....My wife found a shady place with a bench, and went off in search of our Ford Escape, since we have keyless entry, she left keys under seat, so couldn't use alarm function. My wife hired a taxi, and they spent nearly an hour, searching, and no luck. Meanwhile my Mother got the attention of the local Policia, and tried to communicate....Nada...and she was in tears...as she was lost.

My wife showed up, as Mother was speaking to Policia. Jocotopec policia loaded my Mother and Wife into front seat of their pickup, and off they drove in search of our vehicle. After approx., one hour they found it!! Then, they had to complete paperwork/reports of incident!

The Police in JOCO were great.....and when told the story, I LMAO....too funny...a great ending!

Funny story, good ending and once again, getting old is not for “wussies”.

Parker wrote:Funny story, good ending and once again, getting old is not for “wussies”.

Parker to often people put down the Police here.....When given the opportunity, they can be quite helpful, and not to be feared. I am happy to share a funny....and get off of the negative.

I'm just glad she's well enough to spend the day on the square! That's wonderful!

kipissippi wrote:I'm just glad she's well enough to spend the day on the square! That's wonderful!

My wife finally came clean....The Joco....Police hit her up for 700 pesos for help.....still a happy ending

no entiendo

[quote="Jim W"][quote="Parker"]Funny story, good ending and once again, getting old is not for “wussies”.[/quote]

Parker to often people put down the Police here.....When given the opportunity, they can be quite helpful, and not to be feared. I am happy to share a funny....and get off of the negative. [/quote]

Nice some of them are crooked and some are part of the Resistencia, nice town!

Actually, very nice town. I thoroughly enjoyed living there. Do you live there, by any chance, M&M? Lizzy

bobnliz wrote:Actually, very nice town. I thoroughly enjoyed living there. Do you live there, by any chance, M&M? Lizzy

My wife told me was not all good....she had to pay..........700 pesos for help

[i][quote="M&M"][quote="Jim W"][quote="Parker"]Funny story, good ending and once again, getting old is not for “wussies”.[/quote]

Parker to often people put down the Police here.....When given the opportunity, they can be quite helpful, and not to be feared. I am happy to share a funny....and get off of the negative. [/quote][/i]

So, as Jim W, admitted in a later post, those "nice" Jocotepec cops demanded $700 Pesos in compensation for assisting Jim W.´s wife in finding her car and he finds it amusing that his wife was so callously ripped off and acceded to their demands. I presume she received a receipt from the municipality of Jocotepec for $700 Pesos for police services rendered or that payment constitutes a bribe. Add to this the news reported elsewhere of the arrest of some other Jocotepec cops for personal involvement with the organized crime offshoot, The Resistencia.

Nice, some of them (Jocotepec cops) are crooked and some are part of the Resistencia, nice town![/quote][/i]

M & M has N Aggenda

[quote="Jim W"][quote="...to (sic) often people put down the Police here.....When given the opportunity, they can be quite helpful, and not to be feared. I am happy to share a funny....and get off of the negative. [/quote]

That is; when given the opportunity to collect a $700 bribe for one hour spent driving around Jocotepec looking for a misplaced automobile. Not to be feared, alright, as long as one is a financially well-off "gringa" inattentive to the value of money relative to time and effort and unconcerned about becoming an easy mark for corrupt cops and thereby making all other foreign residents of the area vulnerable to similar opportunistic scams. I´ll bet a local taxi driver would have given her a ride around town looking for that car for a lot less than $700 Pesos. As long as foreign residents of Lakeside are so flippant about supporting corrupt cops, all Calderon´s horses and all Calderon´s men will never put Jocotepec back together again.

i liked that usage of the age old nursery rhyme... oxford served you well

.......And if the naysayers would take a minute to actually read the entire thread they would take note that the comment praising the cops was made before he found out his wife paid them any money.

I love the idea of asking for a receipt if they ask you for mordida, brilliant!!

hound dog wrote:[quote="Jim W"][quote="...to (sic) often people put down the Police here.....When given the opportunity, they can be quite helpful, and not to be feared. I am happy to share a funny....and get off of the negative.

That is; when given the opportunity to collect a $700 bribe for one hour spent driving around Jocotepec looking for a misplaced automobile. Not to be feared, alright, as long as one is a financially well-off "gringa" inattentive to the value of money relative to time and effort and unconcerned about becoming an easy mark for corrupt cops and thereby making all other foreign residents of the area vulnerable to similar opportunistic scams. I´ll bet a local taxi driver would have given her a ride around town looking for that car for a lot less than $700 Pesos. As long as foreign residents of Lakeside are so flippant about supporting corrupt cops, all Calderon´s horses and all Calderon´s men will never put Jocotepec back together again. [/quote]

That's another ain't that the truth moment....

[quote="CanuckBob"].......And if the naysayers would take a minute to actually read the entire thread they would take note that the comment praising the cops was made before he found out his wife paid them any money.


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If you read my posts you would know I hit the wrong post button but my post was made after JimW told us about the extorsion demand from the cops.

As long as there are so many folks in Mexico that for whatever reason do not speak even rudimentary Spanish, there will be unscrupulous people who will take advantage of them.
What can you expect? After all... it's human nature. Lizzy

PS. nothing like a good education. People in Europe and Latin America learn languages in school. Think of how many Mexicans speak English, and I notice many are learning French....
In the US language studies are a joke.

CanuckBob wrote:.......And if the naysayers would take a minute to actually read the entire thread they would take note that the comment praising the cops was made before he found out his wife paid them any money.

I guess once Jim W. found out his wife had been a victim of extortion by Jocotepec´s "finest" in the course of performing their expected civic duties in aiding an elderly foreigner and her mother-in-law, this incident was no longer "Tooooo funny for words." I will say one thing for Jim W.; he duly warned other participants in this forum of the need to be cautious in dealing with the Jocotepec cops lest they find their wallets considerably lighter after assessment of the "gringo tax" for services rendered foreigners. Can you imagine their trying to charge local Jocotepec Mexican citizens $700 Pesos for similar aid rendered? In their dreams.

Consider this while you are bashing us ugly Americans for not learning a lot of other languages in school. In Europe no matter where you live, it is very few miles (kms) to a country or region that speaks another language. Where I went to school in the USA it was more than 2000 miles to the nearest place that spoke a "foreign" language. Not much incentive eh?

No, not much incentive at all, unless of course you wanted to travel, and or, live in a country that does not have English as it's first language.

Well we are not in the US so what is the excuse for not studying Spanish every day and speaking it after 3 or 4 years when you live in Mexico?
I know age, tell me I sometimes cannot remember my name.

On a more serious note, I do not think you can excuse the behaviour of the cops extorting money from JimW´s wife because she does not speak Spanish..

M&M wrote:On a more serious note, I do not think you can excuse the behaviour of the cops extorting money from JimW´s wife because she does not speak Spanish..

IMHO, no one has suggested otherwise.

M&M wrote:Well we are not in the US so what is the excuse for not studying Spanish every day and speaking it after 3 or 4 years when you live in Mexico?
I know age, tell me I sometimes cannot remember my name.

We have lived all over the world and have normally found there is someone that speaks English. In the rural areas not as much, so I carry a 2/6 inch calculator (with different chips for different languages) that has, in the most part, worked for us. If someone was to ask me what the “Universal” language will be, I would have to say English. English is the financial language. ( follow the money )