Misbehaving

If you come from a different part of the world (basically if you are American), you may find Argentines a little bit rude or impolite. After my trip to the US, I confirmed my theory about politeness in the US:  you say "thank you" and "please" about 1000 times more than us, and 

 " I´m sorry" and "excuse me", about 1000000000 times more that us. My friend was trying to teach me how to be more polite but I was really not into it. I hate saying I´m sorry in the American way. Here, you  say I´m sorry when, for instance, you´ve accidentally punched someone in the face, or if you accidentally pushed someone in front of a bus. In the US is more like, "OH! I´m only 3 meters away from that person, I think I´m invading his territory, It´s better to say I´m sorry, otherwise I´d be considered an ass" Or: "MY GOSH!!!  I could have accidentally touched that person with my backpack, but thank god it didn´t happen. Anyway

 "I´m so sorry " (that that chance existed for a moment)". 

You know what I´m talking about?

But that´s not my point. I want to talk about us. Argentines. More specifically; Argentines by the pool.

My friends live in this fancy condo, and they have a pool and a gym, and all those things that are so necessary in the modern life. Anyway, I always go there to hang out, swim, eat, be in a nicer place than mine, etc. Everything is fine, except for the group of disgusting Argentine guys who think that are the owners of the pool.

We are talking about 30 something guys, with huge beer bellies and a cocaine addiction (well, only during the weekends- their weekend starts on Wednesdays-) who work for their stepfather who is a friend of someone in the government. They are the perfect example of why Argentines are considered arrogant all over the world. I bet you know a bunch of them.

They are loud. They stare at girls until they make them feel uncomfortable. They are lazy (one of them doesn´t even work so he is 24/7 by the pool). They always wear the same clothes because even though they have a maid who does the laundry for them, they are too lazy to shower and change their clothes. They are completely rude; they bring a TV to the pool area they turn it on in a really loud volume and they sit there to watch the soccer game. Can you believe that? And nobody is doing anything about that. We need some Americans to teach them how to be polite.  I´m sick of the complete lack of respect for the other human beings that some Argentines show. Lets shout at them. Yes! You, whoever you are, please, stop pretending that it doesn´t bother you that your neighbour wakes you up at 7am on Sundays because he wants to listen to a metal band really loud. Stop letting the old fat lady from the 5th floor to walk around in her underwear while she Waters the plants. Yell at the parents who leave their kids destroy the common property. Together we can make it. We can kill the ugly impolite  monster that we Argentines have deep inside.

That´s it.

PS: Hey, are you visiting BA? Would you please bring me some Newman´s own Balsamic Vinagraitte? I´m addicted and I can´t buy it here. Please!!! Thank you, I knew you´d do it.