I’m up. It’s 2:00 AM and I’m pondering the finer points of Penasco’s noise ordinances. Why? Because my neighbors are having a party, they’re blasting their music, and I can’t do a damn thing about it. I like Shakira. I really do. She’s a wonderfully talented artist - and easy on the eyes. I simply prefer to enjoy her music at 2:00 PM instead of at this ungodly hour.
For now I ask rhetorically, “How do I get a little peace and quiet?” Because based on my experience living here, if the city has a noise ordinance, nobody enforces it – especially on the weekends. I consider walking over and making a polite request to turn down the volume but I’m afraid I’ll just get invited to stay.
I understand these people work hard during the week and like to cut loose whenever they can. Great. Bueno. Whatever. I’m with you. In the immortal word of The Beastie Boys, “You gotta fight for your right to party.” But how about a little consideration for those of us that have to work tomorrow?
And I know these people aren’t being malicious about the noise. They really aren’t. This is a cultural difference to which I have to adapt. I’m a guest in this country. God knows we don’t need to fuel the ugly American fire. For now I’m trying to embrace my inner Mexican and learn to sleep with Banda in the background.
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You didn't invest in earplugs? I would offer to send you some, but you would probably be back in the states before I could get it to you.
Mission story time. So I had many a similar experience, but my favorite was being kept up all night not even with the benefit of listening to Shakira, but to the ever popular corridos and banda music. The next morning, we left our apartment and had to step over the bodies of sleeping, inebriated neighbors who couldn't even make it indoors to sleep it off. Good times.
As a note: I've tried the earplugs-in-Mexico thing. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Here, they're not much use. :( And yes, Chris, it's mostly banda. He was being nice when he said it was Shakira.
Its somehow common in mexico,
I too have a experience in such case.
I suggest better go with earplugs..
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