Tuesday, October 29, 2013

October 29, 2013. Cancun, Mexico. The Hard Rock Hotel Resort.

The service at our resort is spectacular.   Every staff member treats you like a Queen or King.   When you walk along the hallways or around the grounds, each staff person greets you either in Spanish or English, even if it is the gardener or the person emptying the trash cans.   We have a butler assigned to us.  They check in with us several times a day to see if we need anything.  Of course, we don't really need anything but these young men will assist at any time.    Ken needed vinegar to clean his ears and Isaac, our butler,  brought it from the kitchen to our room.   Yesterday they dropped off a bottle of Head and Shoulders when Ken mentioned casually that he used that shampoo.   The big things are always taken care off at resorts but it is these little things that separate the terrific service from the just ordinary.

After our sacred rock massage this afternoon, Ken and I drank a Margarita while sitting overlooking the water.   Our observation of the people walking by was that the men are not looking after themselves as well as the women.  All the women in their 20's, 30's and 40's are thin, but not so the men.   You see most men in their 30's and 40's with very round bellies.    The ladies in their 50's and 60's are about 50% over weight,  while the men are close to 100%.   This is a change over the last 10 years.  It used to be that only the very young were thin but not any more.  The ladies of the world are looking after themselves.   Now their men should follow the lead.   It was nice to see that we did not see any women under 60 who were obese.  Perhaps that is just at the Hard Rock Hotel Resort, but I doubt it.   It is the new normal...maybe!!

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