Good article Roberto........
I will never forget although I'd sure like to, my first stay at Puerto Penasco's first "World Class" high rise timeshare/luxury hotel then known as The Plaza Las Glorias. You know, the joint across the street from South Side Jill's.
That was back in the 90's when PP still shut down the electricity every night around nine or ten. The hotel had it's own huge diesel generator sitting outside in front of the hotel as a kind of advertisement to the world that "we do have our own power 24/7".
So after a long drive from Yuma we got to the Plaza, checked in with all the fluff and bullshit to include valet parking, luggage carts, cutie Mexican chickies, colored wrist bands and adnauseam to the limit. All free, due to my bud and his wife had just bought in to the joint and were setting me up as a potential buyer.
So I go up to my third floor room, turn on the water in the beautiful tiled shower stall big enough for a roomy foursome, strip down and step in. The next thing on my blurry mind is where am I, am I dreaming, why am I on the cold floor soaked, naked and staring at the ceiling? I've got a bump on my head the size of a baseball and there's blood pouring from my nose. I crawl over to the phone, called the front desk to come up and help me. At first I though I'd been mugged considering my injuries. But as I sat there on the floor I could still feel the buzzing in my muscles of an electric shock.
The posse arrives at the door, help me to my feet and onto the bed and one of the security guys notices the the shower is still running. I watch him walk over to it and lean in to turn off the knob. The instant he touches it he is tossed out of the stall like a rag doll and barely is able to keep standing. He screams to his compadres to get someone to shut down el generador. More people arrive to include the Fire Department, Cruz Rojo, my friends, the hotel manager, and more. All this time I'm still laying on the bed with just a bath towel wrapped around me.
So, when all is said and done they get me another room and tell me lo siento Senior but someone had grounded the diesel generator and the electric water pump to the plumbing system in the hotel!! Holy shit Batman, someone didn't make it to the electricians class when they talked about basic GROUNDING PROCEDURES!
My head still rings from that event.
Oh well, la sabor de Mehico!
JJ
