re: Have you ever had a negative interaction with a Mexican?

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They treat every work site like an ash tray.

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As much as I hate this, isn’t it because there’s typically a cleanup crew behind them?

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Have you ever had a negative interaction with a Mexican?

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Yes plenty.....

Here's the bottom line with Mexicans.....

You give them an inch they want a mile...then they act like they dont speak or read English when it's convenient for them

they're loud, obnoxious, dirty and they stink.

But they work harder than any Gringo or African American, and they are very religious but dont mind working 7 days a week

They’re an economic drain, they absorb more in benefits than they add to the economy.

Yup and most are catholic and prolife

Little story, probably TL;DR, I have from a work trip in Mexico City that I think says a lot about the genuinely good and kind natured people you’ll come across down there.

Me and two coworkers (both of which are Mexican) were riding bikes in Mexico City during down time of our project that brought us there. We biked thru these little neighborhood pockets of the city where the locals had set up little sidewalk boutiques, table top restaurants, “tourist traps” etc. The area was honestly pretty rough, but had its charm.

Now mind you, we weren’t riding recklessly, but with all the people walking around and “businesses” set up on the sidewalks and streets there just wasn’t much space to navigate. We cut around this corner where a small outdoor restaurant was that only had a few tables set up with bowls of salsa and other things, but no customers just the family that ran it I’m guessing. There was a low hanging cable which ran across the corner that me and one coworker narrowly avoided, but the other coworker who was a little behind us didn’t see it in time before it was too late.

He ducked just in time to avoid being clotheslined off the bike, but swerved off the corner and crashed straight into one of the tables. Luckily he just got scratched up some, but was totally embarrassed by what happened. He immediately starts apologizing and the family just starts to clean the mess up and assures him it’s fine. What happened next is something I don’t think you’ll find often in the US.

My coworker pulls out his wallet and tries to make amends by giving them money for the trouble. Up to this point, these folks were as friendly and understanding as can be. But, as he was grabbing a $20 from his wallet, they had seemingly gotten offended by what one would assume was an honest gesture to right a wrong. They spoke with him in Spanish, which I don’t speak, and the interaction ended with them not taking any of his money, despite several attempts of him trying desperately to get one of the family members to take the $20. He even put the money in one of their hands and wouldn’t take it back, but they just handed it over to me and eventually we went on our way.

Later on I gave my coworker back his $20 and asked what they said to him. He said they were more offended by him offering money than him crashing into their table. That they weren’t those kind of people. And it was an accident so it wouldn’t have been right for them to take his money.

Now, $20 isn’t much, but it was probably equivalent to what they would make if the tables were filled with customers. But, still, without hesitation they turned it down and didn’t budge at all as he kept trying to give them the money. I think about this from time to time and can only imagine the vast difference of how it would have been handled in a large city here in the US. Maybe it could result the same way, but most likely that’s not how people here are.

And not that this is the case with all Mexicans, but by and large,I think there’s a sincere goodness within them that most Americans are lacking nowadays.

I've always had good interactions with them. My neighbors are Mexicans, and they're good people.

When it snows, the city doesn't plow my street so I usually get out there and shovel it. Seems like every time I'm out there shoveling it, some random Mexican will drive past on the main street, see me shoveling the street, then stop and get out their shovel and help. They never ask for, nor accept, anything for the help.

There's a lot of unproductive, rude people (of all races) that I would gladly trade for Mexicans.

The contractor working on our office building had his whole crew go back to Mexico for Christmas and New Year so everything came to a halt for two weeks.

I’ve had as many bad experiences with Mexicans and I’ve had with white folks. I grew up around 2.5 hours north of the border and live around the same distance away now.