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how to lose customers (without really trying)

March 30, 2008

yesterday, as i was hurrying home from the airport (i had just dropped off my parents and sister for their weekend jaunt to Singapore), i passed this tiny roadside karinderya where a couple of women were teetering on the edge of a thrilling verbal catfight.

Customer (in a voice dripping with sarcasm): “parang ayaw nyo po yatang dagdagan ng sabaw yung in-order to…“
Tindera (who was industriously adding huge scoops of sabaw in a plastic): “ha??“

Customer: “kasi ho napansin ko lang, nahihiya po yata kayong lagyan yan ng sahog. puro na lang sabaw ang nilalagay nyo… kanina ko pa kayo inaawat e ayaw nyo namang tigilan ng kasasalok ng sabaw!”

Tindera (now obviously offended, glares at the customer): “alam mo, numerong reklamadora ka talaga. dapat sa yo, yung ibibigay na pagkain me lason!”

by then, i was out of earshot.

i don’t know what happened after that, but i’m having a tough time deciding as to who gets my sympathy vote (my apologies to the warring tabbies, but i just couldn’t help but chuckle as i was walking away). that customer better find another karinderya to patronize soon though. better safe than sorry, ika nga.

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catfight!

Posted by zarine at March 31, 2008, 5:54 am

Funny story!

Interesting vignette with how life goes around the Philippines.

But something tells me that the customer will still buy food from that carinderia. XD There are lots of squabbles that look scary but in reality quite meaningless with Filipinos. That or Pinoys are just better at forgiving.

Peace.

Posted by Ozy at April 8, 2008, 5:06 pm

zarine, you need to be there to really ‘appreciate’ the humor. that parting shot from the tindera was a great punchline!

great point ozy … i think so too. i have a feeling that they’ve been through that routine before, hence the ‘ferocity’ of their lines. for a bemused passerby like me, that was a priceless experience though — it was almost like watching a roadside comedy skit

Posted by onyxx at April 10, 2008, 2:29 am

shucks, that would have been one heck of a fight.. and all because of sahog and sabaw..

Posted by twistedkai at April 18, 2008, 9:58 pm

heheheh sometimes people fight/argue for the silliest of reasons.

still it leaves me to wonder… whatever happened to that time-honored adage “The Customer is always right” anyway?

Posted by onyxx at April 19, 2008, 1:35 am

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