Thanks, but No Thanks!

I had a dinner date with Karl near my daughter's preschool.  Check out the trash!



A prominent political figure gave Christmas packed meals to this religious group near my daughter's school.  I wish he gave them a trash bin.  It pissed me so much.  Will there be cleaners before the kids get to school tomorrow?  To the people who got food, binigyan na kayo ng pagkain, ganito pa gagawin niyo.  This is why we'll never progress!  Didn't you watch the commercial in the early 90's where the trash goes back to your house when it floods?

Annoyed.

How to not think like an owner

I had to ride a taxi today from U.N. Avenue to Eastwood. I hailed 4 taxis before I found my soulmate(the one who'd take me to where I wanted). Here are my conversations with each driver.

Taxi #1
Me: Kuya, Eastwood po.
Driver: Ma'am, malayo. Dagdag P50 sa metro.
Me: Nye! Huwag na.

Taxi #2
Me: Kuya, Eastwood po.
Driver: MagMRT nalang kayo ma'am.

Taxi #3
Me: Kuya, Eastwood po.
Driver: Ayoko.

Taxi #4
Me: Kuya, Eastwood po.
Driver: Magkano ibabayad mo?
Me: Kung ano nasa metro.

I don't understand why they said no to me. If I were a driver, I would try to do as much trips as I can. Considering the size of competition, shouldn't you just take any opportunity(unless the customer looks like a thug)? If those drivers were the owners of their taxi, they might have exerted more effort to make more money. Just saying...

Disillusioned

Warning: This is a semi-negatron post. If you don't want nega, skip this.

There are a few things I'm passionate about. One is yoga(duh) and another I feel strongly about is joining contests, raffles, getting freebies, you catch my drift. When I find easy contests to join, I even text my close friends who are also interested in joining. When I'm generous, I even tell them the answers.

I really got annoyed today because an officemate of mine showed me raffle entries he got. Basically the premise of the raffle is that you're supposed to collect receipts totalling to P2,000 and you get 2 raffle entries. He told me he only showed 1 receipt worth P100 and he got a pad of raffle. I'm estimating 30-50 tickets. The ticketer told him that she was disposing the tickets since the raffle was nearing already. I was really curious what on earth the ticket distributor was thinking. The raffle period was from July 1- July 31, August 1-31 and September 1-30.  I knew the tickets were for the quarter so I don't know what she meant by "the promo is ending".  I seriously had a flashback of all the days I nagged everyone to give me their receipts. I think they hate me by now (I just want them to equate my face to receipts). PG as you may think, I look at empty tables in the area if some have left their receipts so I can claim. Basta it's A for Afort. I go the extra mile. Slightly embarrassing but I don't like doing things half baked.

So imagine my dismay when that woman just gave it just like that. If she gave it to my officemate, she could have given it to anyone else. Here goes our conversation:

Candice: Miss, ano ba mechanics ng promo? (I knew the answer. I just wanted to catch her!)

Crazy woman: 2 tickets for every P2,000. Combined receipt will do.

Candice: So bakit yung officemate ko, nakakuha he only showed 1 receipt worth P100.

Crazy woman: Ah hindi he combined the receipts just like you. (Yes, familiar na nga ako. Sige na.)

Candice: No. He told me he only showed one.

Crazy woman: Ah. Sorry. Hehe. (She shushed me ala Victoria Court logo). Gusto mo rin?

Candice: Ayoko. Mali 'yan.

And then I walked away. Tapos natisod ako.

JOKE! Joke, on the natisod part.

I mean, the thrill of raffles is your sheer luck. You only need 1 raffle entry to win and you earn it. Maybe you earn it by spending. Or you earn if by other people spending. But you don't get it on a silver platter.

Kung ito rin lang dinadaya? Ano pa ang hindi? Where's the integrity?! I demand a redraw! On all the contests!

Did I take it seriously? Maybe I did. Was I over the top? Maybe. I hope she didn't get to sleep tonight thinking about her job.