Wednesday, July 4, 2012

That One Peso Coin


"Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects."
--Dave Barry--


Many nights ago, I decided to drop by a nearby internet shop to print an important file. Since it has been my habit to just e-mail the file to the shop's address, I need not bring a flash drive. Every now and then, I visit that cafe for printing purposes---school projects, school paper dummy, raw facts from the internet. But because of a one-peso coin, I think it's time for me to stop visiting that internet shop for good.

I approached the counter and told the lady-in-charge that I will retrieve a file from the Yahoo Mail. She gave me a half smile, raised her right brow, and sat on her plastic chair. 

"Unsa'y subject?" (What is the subject of your mail?)

"The Ventriloquist," I replied with a smile.  

I waited and at the same time talked with my companion. We were laughing at a certain nonsense topic and I was scratching my two-peso coins. From where I was standing during that time, the printer was just below my nose. 

After the printer made its grunt, a peculiar, minute clang was heard. There, I realized that I lost grip of my one peso coin and it went diving into the wide opening of the printer. Oops!

With all honesty and conviction, I told the lady-in-charge that my one peso coin fell into their gadget. She gave a short, stern look and continued printing my file. Her loud reaction came after she found out that the print-out has now followed a crooked pattern. No one will accept such kind of printing quality. That means I am in trouble. That means I have to be responsible enough to face the consequences of my action.

But I have one justification. I DID NOT MEAN IT. Nobody wanted that to happen. And no one would drop a coin into the printer for no apparent reason. 

She was murmuring while detaching the wires of the printer. She turned it upside down and hoped for the coin to fall. But it did not. The people inside the internet cafe started to react. I was on a corner, still, yet smiling. (as if nothing happened) I was a little bit embarrassed for what I did but I managed to say sorry. 

After several minutes of standing there and watching her curse, I finally broke my silence and gave the lady my two-peso coin. (I fished another one-peso coin from my purse) Time is running and I have to go home. 

I gave it to her, which she readily accepted, and without any hesitations, she told me with an angry tone, "Miss mangayo ra ko sa imung complete name and number kay just in case mangutana tong among amo ug unsay nahitabo, dili kami muy makasab-an." 

I replied with the widest smile I could possibly exhibit. "Oh sure. Where's your paper and pen? Just text me if you need my help." (lol. ang confident ng lola) 

Grabbing my bag and paper filer, I stormed out of the shop, wearing a poker face.

Lesson learned: This is all gravity's fault. But of course, I have to be more careful next time. ^_^

To the lady-in-charge of that inter cafe: I am so sorry for my recklessness and for smiling too much. That is just my defense mechanism to overcome embarrassments.

26 comments:

  1. hmm she should've been more understanding..di mo naman sinasadya. I smile too in embarrassing situations para kunwari cool lang :)

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    1. yeah. after that incident, di na ko bumalik do'n. smile2x na lang para naman di ako ma overcome ng kaba ko. ^_^

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  2. she curse?? Kung ako yan tataasan ko rin siya ng curl kong kilay sabay sabing Vaket? Magkano ba ang printer niyo? vavayaran me!! hehe

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    1. yes she did. tsk. too bad. i wanted to say something but i thought it would just make the situation worse. kaya nag smile na lang ako. haha

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  3. Oh my Goodness! what an experience.. hahaha.. Memorable indeed. pang-UD na neh ;-)

    hey u never told me about this thing. Shir! Shir!!

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    1. haha. sorry na gud jel. i hate remembering that incident. at least, now you know. hehe :)

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  4. haha. it's really the right time to stop patronizing that Romrams internet shop! haha. i'm sorry to name it here... lol

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    1. nah. haha. cheap lang sana na shop but the customer service is not good :(

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  5. I love how you managed to smile in that situation.. Pag nag-curse kasi yun ganun at alam kong galit, baka maiyak ako sa kahihiyan, hehe..

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    1. ganyan lang talaga ako. kahit saan. haaay. ayoko umiyak eh. hahaha. dinadaan ko na lang sa tawa ^_^

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  6. defense mechanism ko din ang smile... kahit napahiya ako, smile pa din... hehe, dapat naiintindihan ka niya, HINDI NAMAN TALAGA SINASADYA :)

    i hate shops na masusungit, hindi ko na pinpuntahan pag ganun, infernesh naman sa mga shops na napupuntahan ko maganda service :)

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    1. i have learned to tolerate that shop kahit masusungit ang mga nagbabantay kasi cheap lang ang services. kaya pala cheap din ang treatment nila sa customers nila. ahaha

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  7. ang prublima kay inday eh senabe mo na nga na naholog ang "kowens" eh hende ka man nya genapansen sus genoo. de sana lomala ang setwasyon de ba? he he

    Btw, THANKS for leaving message on my cbox appreciate it much. I already added you on my blog roll & followed you in GFC I'm # 165 :)

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    1. hahaha. salamat talaga sa pag follow madam balut. ikaw na talaga. napangiti aketch :*

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  8. Wow! Smile tlga? Hmm. I seldom give my smile to people so most probably my reaction would be the countrary of yours. I mean, sorry is I guess enough already since sorry is like accepting that it's my fault and would probably leave the coin behind, but I guess the attendant was a little intimidated with your smile. Haha! Again, kung ako to cya. Walk out gyud akong drama ato! Hahahah

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    1. haha. yeah. naa ra juy mga tawo pud nga mahadluk ug smile sah? haha. but i cannot afford to walk out 'cause it would seem disrespectful naman sa part nya. haha

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    2. she was disrespecting you the moment she was cursing :D haha.
      As much as possible I try not to be mean with random people pero again, I think sa situation nimu, gosh..ambot nalang! hahahaha! bitaw ui, I think what you did is right. (",) I'll just to be a little more like you then. :D

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    3. pwede rin yata sigurong mas maging a little bit katulad ako sa 'yo. hehe.

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  9. Accidents happen girl. There's no need to stay guilty about it. Just acknowledge your obligation, that'll take the load off your chest.

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    1. thank you for consoling me. :) naka recover na rin naman ako but di na ako papasok sa cafe na yon, ever again. haha

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  10. Haha ako din defense mechanism na ang ngumiti pag nahihiya. Pero kahit sang korte siguro kayo mapunta eee wala kang kasalanan. Sisihin sana nila yung printer kasi lumulunok ng piso :)

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    1. haha. tama. ba't naman kasi doon pa nilagay ang printer. haha. thank you for following my blog. followed you back already :)

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  11. At least you dealt with it the right way without being too rude.

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  12. next time ingat na di na malaglag uli...

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