¡DISCRIMINACIÓN!

I know some of you speak of the ugly Americans but the upper class Mexicans can be extremely demeaning to locals that work for them. Many locals here working too hard for too little money not really even getting by.

My employees appreciate guests from Canada and the US.

They show me their discomfort when I tell them that guests from Mexico City will be arriving.

Their experience is that “gabachos” (they increasingly use that term over “gringo”) treat them with respect and tip well whereas “chilangos” are disrespectful, demanding, dissatisfied, and frugal despite their wealth.

Of course, there are individual differences with some Mexican guests being a pleasure. And they find some gabachos “distant” as if they are uncomfortable having hospitality workers so present. But these are the general impressions that they have.