"What?....Do I have the letter 'S' tatooed on my forehead?"

Everywhere you go in Mexico there are people who are trying to sell you one thing or another. When you are in places like Taxco the people swarm to you, especially when they see that you are a gringo (a white person). If you make the mistake of buying something from one person, then every other person thinks that you need to buy something from them too.

This is my little friend. I can't remember his name now, but he was selling chicle (gum) for one peso. When I told him that I didn't want to buy any gum this is what he said to me: "Por favor amiga! Si no compras chicle no voy a tener dinero para zapatos para mi escuela." Translation: "Please friend! If you don't buy gum from me then I won't have enough money to buy shoes for school." Talk about a heartbreaker. I'm sure that his parents taught him to say that to everyone, but I totally fell for it. I gave him 10 pesos instead of just 1 and then he went and told all of his friends about me. Shortly there after, I was bombarded by all of the other children who were selling gum. See the picture above. Evidently after I bought the gum from my first friend I had a big 'S' tatooed on my forehead signifying that I was a 'sucker' gringa who would buy anything from the cute little kids. I just couldn't resist.