I witnessed a new modus operandi practiced by petty thieves in Quiapo early today. This scraggly looking guy, supposedly busy with SMS, got himself bumped by a clueless, older man who was in a hurry, throwing his cell phone into the pavement where it broke into pieces. He promptly chased and intimidated the clueless man into paying for the damage. He play acted alright. I saw him eyeing the poor guy as the latter approached.
These people are getting clever. Remember the all-too-familiar bus episodes along EDSA, when the MRT wasn’t constructed yet and all had to suffer and take buses to and from Makati?
You know, when self-righteous born-again preachers inside air-con buses would foist their bible passages up your nostrils and down your throats, and promptly hand over envelopes for donations?
Or when someone you thought was the bus conductor would suddenly hand you some over priced Zesto mango juice, with the straw firmly inside the foil pack, just because you told him you were bound for Manggahan?
Which me reminds me of those “Batang Yagit” kids along España, who’d wipe passengers feet with a rug in a split-second, for a fee...
These people are getting clever. Remember the all-too-familiar bus episodes along EDSA, when the MRT wasn’t constructed yet and all had to suffer and take buses to and from Makati?
You know, when self-righteous born-again preachers inside air-con buses would foist their bible passages up your nostrils and down your throats, and promptly hand over envelopes for donations?
Or when someone you thought was the bus conductor would suddenly hand you some over priced Zesto mango juice, with the straw firmly inside the foil pack, just because you told him you were bound for Manggahan?
Which me reminds me of those “Batang Yagit” kids along España, who’d wipe passengers feet with a rug in a split-second, for a fee...
Tsk tsk tsk.
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