Saturday, December 19, 2015

That's Not How It Is


Earlier: A European tourist was pissed off with the slow service at the Oceanjet ticketing office in Tagbilaran City. He snapped at me and said "There's so many people lined up and they only have 1 window open." I replied with "Well, that's how it is here." He says: "No, that's not how it is! That's no respect!" I told him "Then go talk to them." And he said: "I already talked to them, they don't understand english!" What?!
I got annoyed and finally said to him: "Well, that's your problem!"

Later: It was raining hard when the boat docked in Cebu. I was the last one to get off the boat. I waited for at least one porter to help me carry the six heavy boxes I had with me. And porters were nowhere to be found! I went out of the terminal and asked the security guard to please get me one porter. The guard just stared at me. So I went back to get a pushcart and decided to carry the boxes myself. I finally saw one porter so I called on him if he could please help me. The porter got back at me saying: "Daghan mig gibuhat, Ma'am!" Oh $&@%! And so I had to get back and forth from where I left my six boxes to my pickup service, all soaked up wet!

Well, that's not how it is! That's no respect!