Playing Fair vs Doing Fraud to Live

No: 59-07

September 16,2022

Yaaay! It"s Friday once again and it feels good. Though weather is hot and i really sweat after going to the market , a bottle of cold Pepsi Blue quench my thirst ! Oh! how satisfying . I'm not fond of drinking soda but today aaaah! can't just resist. This taste really good by the way, not so sweet but the spirit of soda is there. If you're craving for softdrinks i think this is better than the dark colored ones.

Anyway, After doing some errands like paying the monthly amortization of our motorcycle, we headed to the supermarket to buy some stuff for our store then to the wet market for our viand for the day. I got to observe how busy life now in the street and actually everywhere compare to a few months ago.

You can see people now without wearing mask though i prefer to wear one still in public places. I'm not ready for a mask off in public yet. The experienced of thinking if it's your end already a year ago (i had a moderate to critical stage covid last year) was not a pleasant one, hehe! There's a bit of trauma left but soon i know it will totally be gone in my system. But for now , mask on in public won't be a bother to me.

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As we arrived in the supermarket , our favorite parking attendant as always greeted us with a smile . He always have a space for us ready to park. We always go to the supermarket as early as possible to avoid traffic and crowd inside . We call the parking attendant "Tatay" (Father) coz he's in his 60's already. It's been almost two years that we've seeing "Tatay" in the parking area. Assisting the customers of the supermarket to the parking lot in exchange for a small amount.

We always give him an amount that he would be delighted , small amount still but he seems always glad upon receiving it. My 6 year old son Mateo call him "Lolo" and always ask his presence when we are in the supermarket. He always bid goodbye to him and smile to "Tatay" when we are about to go home. My husband gave him a small amount last year as Christmas gift and this year , we are planning to give him something special.

See how diligent some people are to make a living despite his age. We highly commend people like "Tatay" whose working hard and not be a burden to our society . This is what i'm saying often to my kids. It's not a sin to be poor as long as you know how to be responsible in handling your life. Work to feed yourself . Work to live and make a life. Sometimes it's really hard to meet both ends but still we can't just lie down and wait for somebody to help and feed us. Being lazy wont do us any good.

It's more easy to give and help people who are helping themselves too. "Mas masarap silang tulungan". It feels good to help people like "Tatay" coz you know it's worth helping them.

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On the other hand , after the supermarket my husband drop me to the wet market. I went to the meat section and while choosing meat , someone poke me on my shoulder and when i look at my back i saw a well built man probably on his 30's begging for money. I look at the meat vendor and asked her if the man was serious or if he was just pranking me.He does'nt look like a beggar.

Really , i can't believe he was begging for money. The vendor told him " we are working here hard since dawn yet you are here begging ?" With your well built body and young age , you can still work and earn a living. I don't give him even a single cent and he looked at me as if he's going to eat me alive, i felt uncomfortable and vendors just told him to go away.

When i was about to pay , we heard a commotion in the fish stall section. The vendors suddenly stop what their doing and listen to what is happening. Lahat naki " marites" syempre pati ako, hahaha! A woman around 55-60's was insisting to the fish vendor that she paid 1,000 pesos to the vendor. But the vendor told him that she only gave a 500 peso bill. The lady is handling a 1000 peso bill telling the vendor that she has two of it and the other one was given to the vendor.

Two of the customer whose also buying fish told the woman that she only handed a 500 peso bill to the vendor coz the two buyer saw it confirming the statement of the vendor and she probably buy something already and forgotten about it. The vendor with a calm voice says to the lady that he's selling fish in the market for years and it's not their cup of tea to do fraud.

I can attest to that coz i am one of their "suki" or regular customer. The woman pointed to the apron of the vendor with pockets in front and insisted that he put the 1000 peso bill in the said pocket. So in order to prove to the lady that he's not lying , the vendor put out all the money in his apron pocket in front of all the customers around and there's no 1000 peso bill there but only hundreds and 500 peso bills and the chaos stopped.

The lady probably did'nt know that most of the people in the market, vendors or buyers know each other in the vicinity. Some may not know their first names but through their faces you'll know that we are living in the same area. And the lady they say is a new face and what we call " dayo" or not living in the community.

How sad it was right? How sad how people turn to fraud in order to have more . I don't understand why the lady was unafraid of doing fraud . The man and the lady are those people who are the complete opposite of "Tatay" whose working hard to earn a living. Tatay the parking attendant deserve a reward and soon we will give it to him before Christmas.

Playing fair to live seem hard but doing fraud is something you'll regret in no time.

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Nearing Christmas , streets are busy and people are hustling in preparing for it ,saving for gifts and food to serve. Some are working really hard yet some also are on the go to do fraud. So be careful folks coz they are out also in search of their next victims.

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