you wake up in an ordinary day. still in stupor yet you take a morning shower. you dress up for work, and leave your house. you beat the traffic. you head to office. you greet the guard. you walk straight to your cubicle, and you know you can do this even with eyes closed as you even know how many steps it takes to reach your desk. you unload your bag. you turn on your workstation. a quick trip to the pantry for your early dosage of caffeine. you check emails, non-work related first. you start with your official work. then, it’s lunch. you eat. some conversation around. you were even happy. back at your cube, you were called for an impromptu meeting. at the HR. where they revealed something you least expect. they made you sign an agreement. you had no choice. the guard you greeted earlier escorts you down. you leave the office. for your last day at work. grasping a thick paycheque. 5 months worth. not bad. not good either.
recently, they had some reduction of work force at the office…the recession is getting on its ultimate toll. for all you know, i am resigned so i carry some kind of immunity. but it makes me think this is probably the wrongest time to be without job.
wala ka bang pambayad ng pasahe sa jeep? o bus?
madali yan kung pulis ka. napansin nyo ba na hindi sila sinisingil? o kaya’y pag-nagbabayad sila, ito’y tinatanggihan ng driver o kunduktor? kahapon sa bus papauwi, katabi ko ‘tong si mamang pulis. aba, garapal pa at naniniknik, gusto sya pa ang nakapasok ang upo bagkus sya iyong huling dumating. nasa huling bahagi kami ng bus. si manong kunduktor ang singil mula unahan. bibong nag-tetext pa itong si pulis-garapal nang maya’t maya pa’y pumikit na at nagtulog-tulugan. papalapit na kasi si kuya at maniningil na ng bayad. sabi nga nila, ang pinakamahirap gisingin sa lahat ay yaong mga taong nagtutulug-tulugan. lumikot akong sadya nung huhugutin ko ang aking pitaka para magbayad, at para baka sakaling magising si pulis-garapal at makitang bayaran time na. aba’y hindi natinag ang mokong. pagkatapos ng bayaran, namulat ang bibo at itinuloy ang pakikipag-text nya.
hay…kahit saan talaga may pulitika, may kurapsyon…
o baka naman karapatan talaga ng mga pulis ang libreng pasahe? at ganun ako ang mali. patawad.
