How do you demolish an eyesore? I guess beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. As I have said in the past, quoting Joni Mitchel: "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."

And who is “they”? I am reminded of the Pogo cartoon on Earth Day 1971. “We have met the enemy and he is us.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_(comic_strip)

The OXXO website has a contact form. That's how we approached them and we were careful to use the "nice" way of approaching them: Say something nice, present our complaint then close with another nice comment. It works more time than it doesn't.

Talley Ho - tell OXXO admin to tone down the "signature" signage at the store. It seems quite out of place in laid-back La Ropa. There's an OXXO a little north of Ixtapa that has a toned-down facade that the neighborhood requested.

Just passed the new OXXO in a taxi last night. UGLY! Fixing their signage is putting lipstick on a pig. But hey.....that's progress......isn't it?

So, have a bitch about the new OXXO? Do something about it! They are receptive to problems.

The new OXXO on Playa la Ropa had horrible exterior lights. We used the form on the corporate website to let them know, and 2 days later, they were changed.

We got a follow up e-mail last week thanking us for the input and asking if we were satisfied. We thanked them, but asked that the lights be changed more.

We just watched a crew of three guys go on the roof and start working on the lights. They turned them on and started changing them so they pointed entirely at the parking areas, not the roof and the sky. We were out on the deck, and when they changed the angle of the light facing us, we yelled, applauded and thanked them. They really appreciated it and we managed to communicate about the improved and improving angles on the other lights.

We are sending a thanks to them via the corporate website now.

Problems with them?? The system works!

They are amazing stores. True to their Mexican form, they will offer an amazing variety of things including booze, hot coffee, frozen foods, all kinds of plastic-wrapped crap, much that we should be boycotting for containing palm oil, and even a limited selection of fresh produce. I love their convenience. I hate it that they're putting my friends out of business.

We got a follow up e-mail last week thanking us for the input and asking if we were satisfied. We thanked them, but asked that the lights be changed more.

We just watched a crew of three guys go on the roof and start working on the lights. They turned them on and started changing them so they pointed entirely at the parking areas, not the roof and the sky. We were out on the deck, and when they changed the angle of the light facing us, we yelled, applauded and thanked them. They really appreciated it and we managed to communicate about the improved and improving angles on the other lights.

We are sending a thanks to them via the corporate website now.

Problems with them?? The system works!