You Mexican’t Be Serious
A coworker has come back from a holiday in Mexico and is showing us some of her holiday snaps (this is before social media and such). The manager is looking a bit puzzled.
Manager: “I thought you said you went to Mexico?”
Coworker: “I did.”
Manager: “But Mexico is a desert.”
Coworker: “The north is; close to the US border. Southern Mexico is actually a rainforest. I was in Cancún, so I was way down south.”
Manager: “Rainforest? So you went to Brazil, then?”
Coworker: “No, I was in Southern Mexico. It’s very green!”
Manager: “But only Brazil has a rainforest.”
This is before easily accessible map apps or smartphones, but we did have a world map on the pinboard for some reason.
Me: “[Manager], look here. Mexico goes all the way down here.”
Manager: “Oh… well, that still can’t be right.”
Me: “[Manager], have you been to Mexico?”
Manager: “No, but I saw Desperado.”
Me: *Sarcastically.* “Ah, so you’re an expert, then.”
Manager: *Seriously.* “I would think so!”
We all wisely moved on and [Coworker] continued showing us her holiday snaps, with the manager commenting that Brazil looked like a beautiful country…
