https://www.mexperience.com/out-of-order-useless-or-both/ Experience More of Mexico Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:57:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mexperience.com/out-of-order-useless-or-both/#comment-25930 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:07:49 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/blogs/foreignnative/?p=122---b5838503-dabe-4d88-ae04-787bb1000532#comment-25930 As avid students of the Spanish language, these little tips are so enjoyable to read and really bring the language to life. A nice rest from the heavy grammar we study.
Keep up the great work with these posts!
Muchísimas gracias!

]]> https://www.mexperience.com/out-of-order-useless-or-both/#comment-562 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:09:31 +0000 https://www.mexperience.com/blogs/foreignnative/?p=122---b5838503-dabe-4d88-ae04-787bb1000532#comment-562 When our doorbell stopped working I put a note over the button saying ‘el timbre no funciona’. Still, I noticed some people continued to test the button. My bank occasionally has to notify us that the ATM is ‘afuera de servicio’, yet some people will try to insert their cards.
‘No sirve’ seems to cut across all social classes and elevations and is universally understood. Simple and to the point wins the day.

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