Today was another day of press interviews but in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. So the deal with these interviews is that I bring our press consultant and our automotive industry expert and we typically meet with each journalist for an hour or so over some type of food, discussing cars and my trade show. Well, since it is a show expense, I of course pick up all the tabs which means these guys eat whatever they want. Now I understand that men like to eat meat but these guys seriously will eat meat for every meal (breakfast included) and order the most expensive thing on the menu and live it up. So at lunch we're talking appetizers, NY strips and rib eyes, cerveza, tequila and of course dessert. I think I am tired of traveling with 50+ year old Mexican men and being their sugar mamma, as nice as they are. :)
So here's a strange thing I have noticed here. All medicine is sold over the counter so you can pick it up in your typical pharmacy or even grocery store. I had to pick up some medicine tonight so I just happened to ask the lady at the grocery store exactly how much I should take. It's a good thing I asked before I left the store, because I now realize that all medicine sold here has exactly the same instructions on the box, translated something like this: "Dosage: As your doctor recommends." Hmmm, well that's not exactly helpful if I buy this in the grocery store, now is it? You would think they would at least list the maximum amount you could take in a 24-hour period to prevent an overdose...ohhhh Mexico, you never cease to amaze me.
Buenes noches!
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