The Mexicans just laughed and understood exactly why I did what I was doing.
Do they know about U.S. smoking bans or just the general complaint about people smoking was what they laughed at?
Difficult to explain, but this is how it would often happen in the last two weeks:
1) A smoker (usually me) is minding his own business.
2) A non-smoker American gets rude and demand that the cigarette be extinguished....
3) The Mexican boat crew sits back and looks forward to a good show!
4) Words get exchanged and the non-smoker ends up in a large cloud of smoke. Futile request for help from the boat crew, are ignored.
5) The Mexican boat crew gets a $20 tip.
6) Non-smoker American learned a valuable lesson about mutual respect.