Quote Originally Posted by negrilmon View Post
...so I end up at the Negril police station reporting the event and got a small taste of the "system".

Bluntly I felt I was treated differently because I'm white...Not waited on until everyone else, more than once hearing "white mon" mentioned, etc...
Ah, the joys of driving in Jamaica! (grin)

After living here for 20 years and dealing with "the system" for longer than that, it is very safe to say that you were treated equally if not better than everyone else. A fender bender is not a very serious incident in the scheme of things so it is a low priority to begin with, and others may have waiting much longer without your knowledge. It is not unusual for people to arrive at any government agency and have someone save "their spot" for them and to come back when it is closer to their turn.

That is part of "the runnings" that you learn...

As for the "white mon" comments, assuming you are "white", it is also safe to assume it was purely being used as a descriptive phrase - if there had been 2 "white men" there, they would have added a "white mon with the car" or some such additional description.

It is still not politically incorrect in Jamaica to describe someone by their physical characteristics, sometimes the easiest descriptions work the best....