I am just really annoyed with people in the LRT.
Specifically, those who feel like they need to show what they have.
Who cares about what they have?
Well, probably some people do.
I especially get ticked off by those who do not switch their phones to silent when they go out. Personally, my phone never rings unless I am at home, and that is also quite rare. The vibrate function is there for a reason, people! Common etiquette! What's the worst of the lot? Easily the following:
- Using a full song for a message tone.
- Letting the bloody song play until end.
- Loud alert tones.
- Waiting for the tones to end before picking up.
- Talking SO loudly about rubbish.
- Shouting on the phone.
- Choosing annoying songs as alert tones.
- Those bloody monotone alerts.
Seriously, it does not take a person 3 bloody minutes to check if you do not recognize the number. If you recognize the number, answer it, and talk discreetly. If you don't, then don't bloody pick it up! Why must you wait 2-3 minutes, looking at your phone's screen, and wondering who it is? And what's the big idea with choosing stupid melo-dramatic songs as your tones? It just makes no sense! I mean, the tones are there to alert of an incoming call or text, because presumably, you are waiting for an important one. But if you're going to let everyone hear the excruciating sounds out of your phone, then you, my dear inconsiderate traveler on the public transport system, needs to stay at home.
This one gets on my nerves too. Why do people think it's perfectly acceptable to cam-whore in a crowded LRT car? As anyone from any city would tell you, LRT cars, when full, do not have enough luxury space. You are supposed to sit/stand at your place, and avoid bumping into people and being a general dork. Tell that to the stupid girls who take out their pathetic Nokia phones and start cam-whoring in a crowded LRT car! During rush hours, Manila's LRT cars are literally over-flowing, and the last thing anyone needs is a pair of giggling girls doing 'kawai' poses and bumping people as they try to hold their phones at a distance. Seriously, we need to make laws against these.
Oh and how about those PSP buggers? Yeah, we understand. You're thirty years old, and your parents never bought you a Sega Genesis, so you buy a Sony PSP and play it on maximum volume in an LRT car. I got one thing to say to you: I hope it gets stolen. Yeah, you have a cool gadget, but you don't need to flaunt it! Hasn't anyone learned yet that you should never show expensive electronics in a public transport? Dumb-ass.
Last and worst of the lot. Experiencing this, I had the hardest time controlling myself from walking over and smashing their gadget. Ladies and gentlemen, in an LRT car, two women brought a portable DVD player with plug-in speakers. And guess what? They played some Chinese drama (Meteor Garden) inside the LRT, with the sounds on full volume. *grr* You should see the faces of the other people in the LRT car. Hello! Newsflash! Meteor Garden is SO 2001! You want to appear cool, then watch Heroes or Lost but I suppose we can't help double-digit IQ citizens. I knew a lot of people love to show-off, but this one takes it to another level. It's so ridiculous it's not even funny. I might end up ranting for another hour, so I'll stop now.
Sometimes, I am just so euphoric when the LRT car's doors slide open and I escape the idiocy of some of the people who use the public transport.
If only it wasn't so darn convenient.Jay~
The stupidity of some people really escapes me.
Especially when those guilty of this are mothers.
This particular woman puts to shame the phrase, "Mother knows best".
Because she obviously doesn't.
At Quirino Station (one station past where I get on) a lady climbs aboard with a big bag. She was with her two young children, and I estimate their ages to be 6-7 for the boy and 3-4 for the girl. I was standing (it's normally very hard to get a seat on the LRT) and initially they were too, until a man went off at Pedro Gil Station (right after Quirino).
So Mother sits down, and Little Girl leans on her lap. Son holds the safety handrail beside Mother. Then the events at United Nations Station (right after Pedro Gil) would mark a woman's futile attempt at liquid control and expose her double-digit IQ.
Little Girl starts vomiting. A lot of vomit. The vomit is liquid. Son starts laughing at Little Girl. What does Mother do? She takes a roll of toilet paper. Clever isn't it? But what do we do when we want to clean up a mess using a loo roll? We wrap some up on one hand and tear this off to clean up the mess, right?? Oh, not Mother!
She held the entire roll in front of Little Girl's mouth.
That's right. Little Girl's vomit was just soaking and splattering off the thick paper cylinder. Oh. My. Lord. The looks on everyone's faces were just, "WTF is she doing??". What was more amazing was the fact that she was trying to wipe her daughter's face with the dry parts of the soaked loo roll. I guess she doesn't know how to use one.
The carnage was fantastic. I swear I didn't know how much a little girl could puke out. It must have been the size of a 'Bubur Ayam McD' bowl (that's the McDonald's porridge we have in Malaysia). It was that much. So here we go. Laws of physics 101: Inertia. As the LRT coasted to a stop at Central Terminal (right after U.N. Station), the girl's vomit started rolling forward. It was horrendous. And guess what? They got off here. *GRR* Mother just stood up, grabbed Little Girl, and climbed off the carriage. Yes. She left the uncleaned river of vomit behind. The smell was awful.
Obviously, no one sat at the seat she vacated, as there was a pile of icky stuff right in front. However, this 'cool' looking guy, obviously a poster-child for Fitness First climbs aboard, looking tough in his tight shirt, Nike shoes, and Oakley shades. He walks towards the empty seats and steps on the..
Well, you get the feeling that his shoes won't be smelling nice after that.
And the shades did not help.Jay~
This is the first post of my new series called..
LRT Tales.
I use the LRT almost on a daily basis. It's cheap, very efficient, and pretty fast. Yeah, it's cheaper to use the jeep but with the pollution at Taft Avenue, holy cow. :/
Anyway, I have told so many stories to friends here about my experiences in the LRT that I thought, hey, might as well start a series on it (like my short-lived but extremely popular series called F.U.C.K. which does not stand for any profanity).
Here's one of the funniest (read: most gross) stories.
Last week, while using the LRT to go for dance practice with Redd, our coach and friend from G-Force, I was pretty happy to find that there was a seat vacant (extremely rare; Manila's population does not permit empty seats LOL). When I am in the LRT, I usually look down, or play games in my phone. Unfortunately.. I saw a pair of legs across me. A woman's legs. A woman's very hairy legs.
How hairy can it be, you might ask. It's like this. It's HOLY **** kind of hairy. Like, "DAMN!" kind of hairy. You get the picture. It was insane, and I was SO bothered! After a few minutes, I couldn't stand it anymore, and I HAD to tell someone. The last three numbers I texted were Gayle, Redd, and Ann, so I sent them a text about this ridiculously hairy woman across me. Ann and I had a hilarious conversation then.
(Italics are Ann's)
OMG, I just saw the hairiest legs on a woman I have ever seen!
Hahahahahahahahahaha.. Laughtrip..
Seriously, the legs are ZOMG-hairy. I'm so bothered now sis.
Maybe it's not really a woman..
I'm sure it is.
Then, I stupidly looked up.
I can confirm, it was a woman.. but..
I saw a moustache.
Holy shit.. She has a moustache!
Hahahahahaha.. It's a man! Can't be a woman!
But I can bet it's a woman. I'm sure of it.
Take a picture!
And I did.
I was so scared! I didn't want to appear like a sick pervert, but OMG, a shot must be taken of those King Kong legs. I was pretending so hard to be playing a game, but my camera is at the back, which means it's so obvious if I snapped a pic! I managed to, but it was a bit too blurred. I was shaking a lot. ROFL.
Note that it's damn blurred. But you can clearly see a black fuzz on the legs. Eww.
Ok, I got a pic.
Wahahaha.. Show me at the studio later!
It's kinda blurred, but we'll see.
Hahaha.. I can't stop laughing. It's my YM message now.
ROFL.
Ann had fun, and I was scarred for life.Jay~
