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True story about preserving the stereotypes

Over the years I’ve heard things from American Friends like: “Mexicans people are loud and talk really fast”, “Mexicans workers are very creative but they don’t always read the instructions”, some things maybe a little bit out there like “Mexicans party like there is no tomorrow” or even questions like “Do all Mexican’s siesta every day?” … well you know it’s a crazy world! But the one that still bugs me today is “Mexican’s wear to much cologne” … there is no thing as “too much cologne” in a tropical weather like the one I live, it’s just plain courtesy to wear LOTs of it! On the other side of the coin I hear things from Mexicanos like “Americans only eat burgers and hot dogs”, “Americans just watch stupid TV shows”, “Americans shop for things they don’t need”… and I always think … good forbid one day I start to pay attention to stereotypes or worst doing them.. Or worst doing them! But you know, it’s me, I always find a way to get myself into really crazy situations, like the one...