#19 Ya Mismo, make it work for you….

If you were to ask a gingo, how they feel about ya mismo, they would probably say they hate it. In fact if you perused half of the blogs coming out of Ecuador, I’m SURE they all mention “ya mismo” at one point or another. It’s probably the name of half of the Ecuador blogs out there! “Ya Mismo” is probably what I would call the equivalent to the English “In A Second!”. When you tell someone you’ll be there “in a second” you don’t really mean literally in one second, you will be present. You mean you are on your way, you are thinking about coming, you are in motion…that kind of thing. Well “ya mismo” means about the same thing, and while some people usually use it in the way we say “in a second” a lot of times it’s abused. And that’s why time conscious, wound tight, lovin a to do list gringos hate it.

Q: “when will this meeting that’s going on three hours be over?” A: “ya mismo”
Q: “Hey partner I planned this event with, when will you get here everyone is waiting for us to start and YOU are the one that speaks the Spanish!?” A: “ya mismo”
Q: “WHEN are you going to come put out this fire Mr. Firefighter!? “ A: “ya mismo”

Do you see how it can be frustrating for those who want answers, who want results aaaand who probably want some promptness.

Me? I love me some ya mismo!

Q: “Jen when are you going to be coming to work” A: from the bed “ya mismo”
Q: “Hey we are at the club waiting on you to get here! What time you coming?” A: never agreed to go to said club “Ya mismo!”
Q: “When are you going to be the madrina, marry my son, dance in the parade etc” A: “ya.mismo.”

It’s all to the “G” double “D” , GOOD! Make it work!