Friday, October 28, 2011
Kahapon 'to
Amazing how this little town operates. Amazing.
Yeah, I know it's a city but can someone please tell that to the people?
So I was buying breakfast in Jollibee. I went in and realized there were 2 counters open. In one counter, there was a man waiting for his food and nobody seems to be finishing his order and there were 3 jollibee girls in the other open counter but it's not like they were fixing a void order. They were just there. And on that same second open counter, there was no line. There were four people in a ROW (not in a line) waiting for service as if it is the most normal thing. Really pissed me off. Service took a long time. Some give them a memo regarding falling in line please.
The 4 girls in a row were given their number so they could wait for their food. The next in line was a yaya in pink (the other counter with a lone man was still waiting for his order). The yaya in pink was ordering for a whole family and it was a big order. Then one of the girls who belonged to that group who did not know what a line was cut off the yaya who was reciting her long order. The girl was demanding for a receipt and she addressed it to the cashier (not even to those 2 other jollibee attendants still at the cashier for no good reason, oh and the cashier acknowledged the girl who cut in to the prejudice of the yaya and all those in line behind her). The girl was told that her receipt will be brought with her order. Jollibbee has been here in calapan for more than a decade now. Can she not get that receipt has always been given together with a complete order?
After that, a new counter opened, handled by a manager and I walked there. The yaya was still at her order and the lone man still waiting for service when I got my breakfast... Amazing.
Oh. And I had to deal with the line at the pier as well because I'm going to manila today.
Next line: ticketing at supercat
I was buying my ticket for the 10:30 trip to Batangas. There were two counters. There was only one in line, a senior citizen. She forgot her discount card and she was asking how much she'd save if she had it. The cashier said 85pesos and she became upset.
I paid for my ticket but my id had some problem since it was never revalidated by my school. It was revalidated for school use but not for purposes of getting fare discount since it only indicated a 2010 sticker. But I told the cashier it was a valid school id and if it did not bear the proper sticker, that was in no way a fault of mine. She believed me and gave me a student ticket.
I went to the terminal ticket line. There were two counters. The senior citizen lady was there and another girl was in front of her filling up many forms. It was clear that counter was held up because there were still many things for her to indicate. The senior citizen was asked by the guy at the other counter to get her ticket there. I was behind the old lady. They chatted for a bit and the lady recounted her situation about not getting a discount. Then they talked about what if the guy at the counter let her off for free. The obvious wrong thing here was the absence of transaction. Why wasn't the guy getting the lady's terminal fee and the old lady getting her terminal ticket?
I looked at the other counter and saw that the girl filling up forms was still at it. Then, behind me was a build up of line already. The old lady talked to the guy at the counter about regretting not bringing her discount card AGAIN! Jesus! And at the side of the lady, a person cut in line to get a ticket and that person was entertained by the counter guy talking to the old lady. And did i mention he entertained another person who cut in line? (Old lady still talking and woman at forms still writing)
I was already annoyed at this point. If i were in Manila, this would not be tolerated. Then the old lady started chatting the girl filling out forms about her lack of discount. Christ! Oh and girl filling up forms stopped to acknowledge her. Hello?! Line building up behind you inefficient ones?
Then would you believe that the guy behind me tried to cut me off and went in front of the old lady (still not budging at the counter). I let out a controlled "dammit." Loud enough so that the guy and the old lady could hear but not loud enough for the port guard nearby to hear.
The guy behind who was now in front (counter dude was about to entertain him!) looked at me and I stared him down. He was older but i was taller. He told me that I can go ahead. I said , i should because i was in line first. And then i told counter dude to honor the line because that is what lines are for. All in a semi pissed, non-mindoreno tone. Yeah, jollibee line and then this? Too much for my patience.
I found a spot in the terminal and tried calling ger to rant but he was not answering (perhaps boxing) so I decided to type this all on my phone.
Gosh these people. These people, these people..
Julianne blogged at 9:49 AM
