Anecdotage: Small Mexican Businesses Suffering Due To Swine Flu Fear
According to an exclusive interview by an Awl correspondent with a taco truck vendor in Walla Walla, Washington this afternoon—population 30,000, and where about 1 in 5 residents are Latino and the rest are white—business is down about 40% right now. The purveyor of fine taco products said it was because the white people are afraid of the Mexican flu! Good job with the hysteria, TV!
So Ken made small-talk with some street vendor and IMed you about it? You guys are adorable.
Ha, Ken don't go that far north! He's scared of the Canadians.
He should be. The way we throw around vowels is exactly like juggling chainsaws. It's how we command respect, didn't you know?
Fucking morons. Everybody knows that the only disease you're likely to get from eating Mexican food is AIDS.
Yet Surf Taco is opening new restaurants weekly. How odd.
I guess those 6,000 Latinos are eating a lot more tacos than before?
Well, in fairness, it's mostly because white people are afraid of the dreaded Walla Walla disease, carried by the fearsome taco fly.
The Mexican flu? Is that when I get the trots after eating at the roach coach on 14th and 8th?
Awl, AIDS Walk, Walla Walla, WA.
Fun!
The Awl should sponsor a Swine Flu Walk.
Having enjoyed many a delicious meal from that very same taco truck in Walla Walla, I can attest that it is not uncommon to experience health setbacks afterwards. Dreaded swine flu? Who knows. Gastro distress? Certainly possible, but worth the risk.
Ah, the classic Walla Walla immigrant story: show up, the locals think you're disease carrying dirtbags and, well, at least this time there haven't been any murders. Progress?
Well all those white people know is that the last time the Spanish showed up here in the new world they killed off an entire civilization and then attempted to breed out the remaining ones. True story!
I still like Mexican food though, and would risk almost any disease to get my hands on some.
Surely you know the post is speaking about Mexicans and Central Americans. Not the Spanish.
No no — things are tough in Walla Walla because everyone is too afraid for their jobs to risk having onions on their breath.