16 January 2020

Build a wall... top it with glass shards...

...and pass the Purell®...insert alt text here
In a list published by the Mexico City Metro system on Tuesday, "corrosion due to urine" was listed as one of the top five causes of escalator malfunction.

"When we open up escalators for maintenance, there is always urine," said Fermin Ramirez, the system's assistant manager for rails and facilities.
That's another place off the vacation short-list.

It gets better... by which I mean worse...
"Face peeling has become a common practice in the Mexican Drug War as an effective scare tactic to rivals and would-be informants."
Don't get me started on Iran.