Comments on: Spanish and the Art of Managing Disappointment https://www.mexperience.com/lo-que-pasa-es-que/ Experience More of Mexico Thu, 07 May 2026 22:03:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Colette Pepperell https://www.mexperience.com/lo-que-pasa-es-que/#comment-26098 Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:38:03 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/blogs/mexicoinsight/?p=1161---c7e2672a-1ebf-4027-be81-76ea942be321#comment-26098 In reply to B.Buckman.

You are a very engaging writer!

It is the same down here in Ecuador with the “Lo que pasa es que”. We learned that the hard way and now we follow your advice such as getting names, phone numbers, offering coffee or cakes etc etc…takes some effort, but worth it!

Colette and Philip

]]> By: Mariana Kramer https://www.mexperience.com/lo-que-pasa-es-que/#comment-12708 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 18:10:39 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/blogs/mexicoinsight/?p=1161---c7e2672a-1ebf-4027-be81-76ea942be321#comment-12708 So true.

]]> By: B.Buckman https://www.mexperience.com/lo-que-pasa-es-que/#comment-4743 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:54:38 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/blogs/mexicoinsight/?p=1161---c7e2672a-1ebf-4027-be81-76ea942be321#comment-4743 ‘Lo que pasa es que…’ is a prelude to disappointment, as the article points out. It covers a world of topics: it didn’t work, it’s not finished, it won’t work, it will be delivered tomorrow, the price has gone up, the truck broke down, it won’t dry in time, it can’t be done and I can’t come back until next month.

If you are lucky enough to fine a good serviceperson treat them like royalty. My wife has hot coffee and a sweet roll ready for the person who comes to help me with the garden. Get a phone number, address if possible, and the name of their first born. With a little effort one might reduce the number of the ‘Lo que pasa es que…’ explanations.

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