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Friday, August 17, 2007
I’ll have another … and here’s 20 bucks
Cancun’s airport has just opened a new terminal and it’s spiffy. There’s a Starbucks, a Mexican bistro featuring breakfast burritos and a convenience store with $7 sandwiches and $3 bottled water. You’d think you were in Orlando.
The Mexicans have learned the art of tourism well, and the place is packed with Americans, with direct flights to cities all over the country.
Lots of other foreigners fly in, too, but Americans are the Number One market, and we’re the favorites of the waiters, skycaps and other workers.
“Brits and Spanish people are the worst,” my waiter at the Mexican bistro told me. “They sometimes leave no tip at all. We love Americans. You are by far the most generous tippers.”
We didn’t talk about the war in Iraq or Hugo Chavez or Fidel Castro, but it’s clear our standing in Mexico is still solid, at least on this count.
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