Ayan, Epal Ka Kasi
Yesterday morning, I saw an old man squinting at the not so presentable directional signs posted along our building hallways. He was lost, like hundreds of other clients who get end up confused along the long and similar corridors in our labyrinth-like office. So being the customer service-oriented person that I am, I stopped to ask the old man what he was looking for and showed him the way, too. I felt good kasi feeling ko ang bibo ko and lolo was all smiles at me.
Today, I was crossing the foot path to the other side of Roxas Boulevard when I saw four people blocking the entrance because there were discussing something. I overheard their conversation and apparently, one woman was asking for directions. She stopped two women first but they were rather poor on explaining so a guy passing by who overheard them also stopped to explain. When all these still confused the woman (who was probably dense, joke), I decided to butt in. (Now all these happened in a span of 30 seconds while I was trying to squirm my way in to the foot path entrance, our umbrellas crashing and entangling.) I told the woman to take the bus, while pointing at the passing busses. Then she asked me a stupid question: how will she get to the bus? And I'm like, duh? what's wrong with you?... But of course what actually came out of my mouth is, "Go down the foot path stairs and walk towards the bus." It couldn't have been plainer.
By this time I have established that this woman is really dense and the other three people who were explaining it to her just gave up. And because I'm too into other people's business, I ended up wasting about 3 minutes talking to her, and eventually I showed up late to the office. Darn... Epal ka kasi...
It may have felt like 3 minutes wasted, but, what if you did actually help
her? Also reminds me of "The Golden Rule," within reason.
true kevin... that was actually my intention when i stopped to talk to the
girl. i really wanted to help. it was just like being torn after realizing
that had i not stopped, i would have made it to office on time. small thing
really but it strengthens the fact that it is never easy to do the right
thing, eh?
I'm not one to knock on the helpfulness of others, but sometimes, people
act like they don't want/appreciate your help, which can be frustrating and
makes any attempt an exercise in futility. There are the helpless, which
is kind of sad, really. And then there are those who can't be helped -
like the footbridge lady - who make you realize that strangling them would
be a greater service to society in general :P That's just me though. Good
thing I can't be put in jail for my thoughts.
wahahahaha!!! sometimes i really wonder where your thoughts come from. ur
like the decided to be undecided.. or at least that's how it appears to
me... still hilarious though :P