Uniquely Ours

We are, once again, the laughing stock of the world. And I really can't blame them. If a show spoofs this, I say we have to shut the hell up and bear it. It is hilarious. Too hilarious. And it's also stupid. Nobody got it. I think even the people who did it didn’t really understand what they were doing. It was simply too ridiculous.

Yesterday, a newly elected Senator and a General staged an aborted attempt to take over the Manila Peninsula Hotel, or as fondly called by us Pinoys, The Pen. They were in the middle of their trial for their attempted take over a couple of years ago of another hotel in the vicinity in an incident now dubbed as the Oakwood Mutiny. They just walked out of the courtroom, walked the streets, until they reached The Pen. There they holed up. Conducted press conferences and waited for their demands to be met. They were asking for the President to step down. There were about 30 of them or thereabouts. They gave a deadline. So, what do you think happened? The inevitable happened that’s what. The President used “the full force of the law” (Her words, in HER press conference) and sent a battalion and a tank… Right inside the posh lobby of The Pen.

Source: www.gmanews.tv

It was simply too much.

So, a curfew was imposed. 12 midnight to 5 in the morning. But wait, here’s a list of exceptions:

-Deliveries of products and services
-Passengers of airlines with an early-morning or late-night flight
-Emergency cases
-Drivers of public utility vehicles such as taxis, buses and jeeps
-Doctors and health care practitioners on duty
-Police and military personnel on duty
-Emergency response persons such as firemen and paramedics;
-Night-shift workers such as call center agents
-Media crews on duty
-Provincial bus passengers and commuters; and
-Diplomatic corps.

Hmmm… So again, guess what happened? We suddenly gained a lot of colleagues. Overnight, the call center population almost doubled. Well, can’t really blame them for making our profession their excuse. It IS a holiday weekend, and pay day to boot! Trillianes and Lim could have picked a better time for their public outcry and outpouring of grievances. They should really be more considerate.

Again, It’s simply too much.

Only in the Philippines.