You Just Never Know....
Sunday morning Brian got a phone call from friend who owns a
local business here in Puerto Penasco.
The friend was quite excited and said he just had to tell someone what
had just happened to him…
He arrived early to work around 7 AM, parked in the shade,
and was in the process of unlocking the doors when he was approached by two female
beach vendors that appeared to have been sleeping close by and were quite
unkempt. They spoke no English but communicated
that they would like to come in and use the restroom. He very politely told the ladies in Spanglish
and hand gestures that they would have to use the public restrooms to the side
and could not come in. They nodded and
walked off and he entered his building and headed to the office. Once inside he began readying the business to
open and about 5 minutes later, reached for his cell phone…it was then he
realized that he had left his phone, wallet, and bank bag, with the days
operating expenses in it as well as his passport, on the cement wall by his
parking space!!!! He dashed out of the
office and to his surprise the 2 lady vendors were standing at the cash
register at the counter waiting patiently…they had brought him his things! They were rattling off Spanish at a rapid
pace which he didn’t understand but it was quite obvious they were admonishing
him for leaving his important and costly items on the wall!! Any one of those items would have been
painful to loose but all together….disastrous!
Feeling more than a little foolish and more than a little
lucky, he thanked them profusely and compensated them for their honesty and
kindness. We hear so many horrible
stories of thefts and break-in’s and dishonestly, whether in the US, Mexico or elsewhere, that it was
great to hear this story which has a wonderful ending. You just never know…