what if you are seen by co-workers, neighbors?

[Pompal 09.]

I barely agreed to take my ex-gf to a strip club and probably taking a civillian to La Coahuila is out of the question for me. Cool wife though. How did word leak that they were working on a threesome? And I thought that with the right price chicas would do anything.

 

[xcake_eater123]

Remember: When caught in a lie....denie, denie, denie!
GT2

 

[KALAHARI]

A few years ago I ran in to a client of the company I work for that happened to be a well respected individual in his community. What made him stand out was that he was at AB with his wife!!! I think he also had another friend with him as well. I instantly recognized him and made sure he did not see me as it would have made for a very uncomfortable moment. Funny thing was that they were searching for a girl to do a threesome with his wife but there were no takers.

 

[joediaz_1970]

For me is a different story. The friends I used to monger with in TJ would always be talking about what I did and not what they did in TJ. It didn't bother me because it was kept among the guys(I think) but looking back what kind of a monger rats out another monger? I hope they would have kept their mouths shut though.

I used to have another monger friend who was cool. We would always be plotting away in secrecy. Just like finding a great provider is hard finding a good monger friend.

 

[MoToCroSSS -30]

I have mongered in TJ with friends. Forget the "What happens in vegas" buss shit. On our trips to TJ we always agree," we were never there!"

 

[Live4love]

Yeah, and imagine all the stories each monger can tell on the way to and back from La Zona.

 

[Maddie]

Now there's an innovative thinker! Who said Western Civilization was in decline?

 

[ariel]

If you run into someone you know in the Zona, simply arrange a carpool program for other visits. You'll save on gas!

 

[Melissa J]

Here is a link to the program:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/trusted_traveler/sentri/sentri.xml

It's about $120. You pay $25 (?) for the application and then another $92.50 (?) after you are approved. It is good for 5 years.

 

[cocopop]

I have no problem with the long lines. It gives me time to catch my breath. If I was to past right by the pedestrian line I might raise some suspicions with my hair everywhere and my shirt all wrinkled. At least like this I can blend in with all the regular tourists and make a friend or two.

 

[cassandra007]

Actually from what I hear that guy lives in TJ now. So if he could prove I was there or someone else could do this the question would be, what the hell was I doing there? I mean I really have no business being there other than for "party" time.

My heart just sunk when I was told this. I couldn't believe that someone would say they had spotted me in TJ. I was like you, who would say they were there? I don't know what else he said and I don't want to ask.

One of my monger buddies once told me he doesn't like La Zona because you're very likely to see someone you know. He would go, when you see someone you know you're going to be like, hey what are you doing here? He would make me laugh with that one and now it isn't so funny. This is the reason I don't like going on the weekends. I don't want to run into anyone I know even if they're not going to rat me out.

 

[Danu]

How much does that cost?

 

[VPSY]

UPDATE: The pedestrian lines have been much longer lately. This is actually a very good sign for the local San Diego/Tijuana economy. It means cross-border economic activity is picking up again since the Great Recession. But it is a real bitch for us mongers. My advice: Get your SENTRI card as soon as possible. I just got mine a couple of months ago and I can tell you that it is the best mongering investment I have ever made. The first time I walked right past the 1 1/2 hour pedestrian waiting line, I felt as though I was were some VIP Ambassador. I felt like re-entering TJ and circling around just so I could walk past the same lost souls all over again. Sick and twisted, yes, but it just seemed like it would be so much fun!

 

[Goligoski]

That is a really good story. You'd think he wouldn't tell his family about the guy he ran into outside the whorehouse

 

[Power of m squared]

I was told today that I was spotted by a family friend in Tijuana, who knows me but I don't know him. Is a good thing he wasn't specific or I don't know if he was.

What happened was that this guy approached me outside Adelita's and told me "hey I know you. You think I'm confusing you but I'm not." I was like what the hell is going on? I got away from him because I thought he wanted me to smuggle drugs or something. I denied the whole thing that I was in TJ and now the guy thinks he confused me with someone else. Is a good thing he doesn't know I'm GQ.

 

[Gymnasticsferlife.]

The border wait for pedestrians has been blissfully minimal. Very rarely now do you have to wait more than 15 minutes or so. Often it has been less than 5 minutes. Friday afternoons are still the worst afternoon but even they haven't been that bad. Last Friday, I think the wait was less than 20 minutes and I had the bad luck of hitting them precisely at 4 p.m. when the shift changes.

In other words, the border wait for pedestrians is no longer an issue. However, you never know when there might be some kind of blue-orange-puke-green terrorist alert and the pedestrian wait balloons to over an hour or more. But they seem to have become rare lately.

 

[Cracker Jack]

CARES- as long as your not on NIGHTLINE or A C COOPER. ,,, YOU TUBE IDIOTS ECT.ect

 

[D00M- m]

Currently, if you go in the afternoon, what kind of time slots can you return without huge border waits?

Thanks

 

[an anonymous female]

Let's play the career politician: "I can neither confirm or deny your speculations." Actually, I'm flattered, thank you. Both speculations are compliments as far as I'm concerned. I can tell you that my position requires me to be mo' eruditer than de' average Joe Plumber. My one consolation is that I am absolutely sure that I will never, ever meet up with my immediate supervisor in la Zona. And my immediate supervisor is so universally disliked that virtually no one would rat me out. Also, I frequent la Zona almost exclusively in the afternoon when it is relatively quiet.

As has been pointed out, if you meet up with someone you know in la Zona, he and you will both know why you are both there and there is very little chance either of you will try to rat the other out for fear of outing themselves! So this issue is moot for the vast majority of us. But if you really were a politician or a prosecutor or some other high-profile individual, may I suggest a telephone call to either Sampson's or NOB's agencies. Discretion is their middle name ...

 

[Pompal 09.]

canned on the spot? wow, thats tough. I dont expect you to reveal what you do for a living gmbrldx, but you sound like a prosecutor! Here I was thinking you worked for NPR or something!