You and your FO are driving to the airport...

Got rear ended in a construction zone by a mexican (sorry, but I saw the dude). He took off and I was left sitting in the banged up company car. I decided (brilliantly% to go to the hotel so I could go on rest and not leave the run unfinished. Because I'm an idiot. Company was very cool about it, understanding I suppose that I was trying to git er dun. But of course by moving the car I prevented any sort of investigation. What can I say, I was disoriented. And lest I be accused of troglodytic notions about certain ethnicities, the construction crew which was 100% mexican were awesome, stopped everything to make sure I was ok. Got a partial plate, and were extremely anxious to testify against senor jerkface. Course I torpedoed that. Long story short, call the cops and go to the hospital. That's why you pay taxes.
 
I can understand being able to differentiate ethnicities based on appearance, but what's the verbal cue to tell nationality? How do you tell a Mexican from a Guatemalan or a Panamanian or a Honduran or a Peruvian?
 
I could do the dance, but you make a fair point. Someone of Latino ancestry whom I suspect of being in the United States illegally. Not the first time I've been hit by a dusky foreigner who left in a cloud of dust. Has made me less than a fan of "undocumented" workers.
 
"...post accident interviews revealed that the flight crew was in a hurry to make show time following a minor car accident, which may have also caused physiological deficiencies unapparent to the them...
...The cause of the accident was determined to be [NTSB drum roll] the crew's poor pre-flight assesment of their mental state and poor use of available resources [Ba doom tssss!]."

Call in the reserve crew. Beat up F/O. Was it poor driving skill or driving like a 17 year old? The former calls for man card revocation, the latter calls for a serious beating.
 
SteveC said:
I can understand being able to differentiate ethnicities based on appearance, but what's the verbal cue to tell nationality? How do you tell a Mexican from a Guatemalan or a Panamanian or a Honduran or a Peruvian?
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I've got a question for you. Based on appearance and verbal cues from when we met at 4peaks, which of the 4 (errr...5) ethnicitys above do you think I am?

I think it's actually easier to determine ethnicity by verbal cue because every country has a different accent and slang. You have to know Spanish to pick it up though:D
 
pedro said:
I've got a question for you. Based on appearance and verbal cues from when we met at 4peaks, which of the 4 (errr...5) ethnicitys above do you think I am?
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Uh...no clue! I said that I can understand how people might be able to tell based on physical appearances, not that I had any idea what the differences might be. :)

On the larger question, I'll gladly bow to your greater experience on the subject.
 
SteveC said:
Uh...no clue! I said that I can understand how people might be able to tell based on physical appearances, not that I had any idea what the differences might be. :)

On the larger question, I'll gladly bow to your greater experience on the subject.
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Haha! I was just joking and I wasn't trying to sling any mud your way. My dad is a white boy from Mississippi and my mom is Panamanian so I don't even look like I was born in Panama.

Its funny because a lot of people instantly assume that I'm Mexican when they hear my name until the see me or hear me speak. :insane:
 
Option A: these are the days you really should get back to bed and not get up again except to get room service.
 
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