Taxi Mafia

[DandyDon]

40 years ago there were 3 people living on Cancun island. The Bank of Mexico, a branch of the federal government, developed the area to attract Americans. Yeah, English is important there.

 

[Diver Kat]

Try as a local to get a job in Coz without speaking English and see how you make out....

I'd guess it depends .... in the early days of our Coz travels, one of our favorite little restaurants, not too far from the Plaza, the waitress did not speak English. Sweetest little lady. We'd muddle through our commmunications.

 

[Brules]

It is not the "job" of locals in other countries to learn English. It behooves the traveler to learn, a few phrases at a minimum and educate ourselves on the monies, mores and more.

Apparently the govt of QR thinks they do as English is now mandatory in the schools from K-12th grade. Only the state of QR. No other state in Mexico is doing it. But they obviously feel it is their job to learn it lol.

 

[DandyDon]

Apparently the govt of QR thinks they do as English is now mandatory in the schools from K-12th grade. Only the state of QR. No other state in Mexico is doing it. But they obviously feel it is their job to learn it lol.

Many working there are from well beyond QR tho. It's true that I often encounter folks working there who speak little English, or none - bus boys more likely than waiters, maids rather than desk clerks, many taxi drivers, etc.

Salesmen and Hawks usually have good English...!

 

[cvchief]

I think it saw the horse twitch....

Taxi translated

Original in Spanish:

Interesting, I thought.

 

[ggunn]

I think it saw the horse twitch....

Taxi translated

Original in Spanish:

Interesting, I thought.

There's nothing special about this; it happens everywhere, including here in the US. If a union goes on strike, for instance, and you go in to try to do the work they have staked out as their territory, you are branded a "scab" and in extreme cases you can find yourself in life-threatening danger.

 

[Mossman]

There's nothing special about this; it happens everywhere, including here in the US. If a union goes on strike, for instance, and you go in to try to do the work they have staked out as their territory, you are branded a "scab" and in extreme cases you can find yourself in life-threatening danger.

It's just not very smart when Cozumel and its taxi drivers are so dependent on tourism. As one comment to the article stated, it only reinforces the "dangers" of traveling to Mexico in the minds of many tourists. Whenever it does something to piss off tourists, the taxi mafia is shooting itself in the foot.

 

[cvchief]

There's nothing special about this; it happens everywhere, including here in the US. If a union goes on strike, for instance, and you go in to try to do the work they have staked out as their territory, you are branded a "scab" and in extreme cases you can find yourself in life-threatening danger.

Seriously? Gee I can't remember the last time I was cut off in traffic and force to vacate my mode of transportation.

Sure if you are an employee crossing a picket line. Tell me the last time an uninvolved party was displaced in this fashion in the US? (Especially in Austin. I thought everyone was laid back there.)

 

[redacted]

Seriously? Gee I can't remember the last time I was cut off in traffic and force to vacate my mode of transportation.

Sure if you are an employee crossing a picket line. Tell me the last time an uninvolved party was displaced in this fashion in the US? (Especially in Austin. I thought everyone was laid back there.)

Things like that happen every day in Austin - but it might just be the traffic.

 

[ggunn]

Seriously? Gee I can't remember the last time I was cut off in traffic and force to vacate my mode of transportation.

Sure if you are an employee crossing a picket line. Tell me the last time an uninvolved party was displaced in this fashion in the US? (Especially in Austin. I thought everyone was laid back there.)

I was being more generalist in my remarks, but you knew that didn't you? This specific thing doesn't happen here in the US (that I know of) because there isn't a guild or union that concerns itself with such things. But wait, there is a similar case here. There is an online ride share website that seeks to provide people with rides without paying taxis or mass transit, and the taxi companies have successfully lobbied the city council to make using it illegal in Austin.

But unions organizing and taking action against people who go against their wishes happens everywhere. That's not saying it's right or wrong, just that it happens and whether or not it is justified depends on who you ask.