PUTANGINA. I was doing my groceries at KCC Mall. When I was done, an old man approached me and asked me if I can help him get his salary from the ATM via Landbank. And walang laman.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💔" title="Broken heart" aria-label="Emoji: Broken heart"> He said he walked from guiwan to KCC early morning kase wala siyang masakyan. ..
and he was hoping na pumasok na sahod niya. He& #39;s a Janitor at an agency and he& #39;s paid 6k+ a month. Heartbroken that he wasn& #39;t able to buy anything after all his efforts, he said he& #39;ll just walk home. And I swear to God nagsisi ako na di ko dinala ang extra money ko.
so I gave him 2k. that was what& #39;s left from my groceries and it was intended to gas up my car and buy LPG for our stove. I would have given him more. And parang nagalit pa siya. NAGALIT SIYA COZ I WAS GIVING HIM TOO MUCH DAW!!! WTF!!! I WOULD HAVE FUCKIN GIVEN MORE!!!
He said "Maam, okay lang po. Kunin niyo na lang ang pera. Babalik na lang ako pag may sahod na kame." I said "No kuya, ang layo ng nilakad niyo para lang sa wala. Kunin niyo na po yan".
And I swear he almost fuckin cried and he was gesturing to pull my mask down. "Maam, pakibaba po ng mask niyo. Ayoko po kayong kalimutan." And putangina di ko kinaya. Naiiyak na ako. . Sabi ko "kuya, di niyo naman kaylangan alalahanin lahat ng taong naging mabuti sa inyo".
And he said. "Maam, hindi ko na inalala na aalis ako dito ng walang mauuwi sa pamilya ko. Talagang lalakad na sana ako pauwi kase wala naman talaga akong mabibili. Pero salamat talaga maam." And fuckin damnit I walked away kase ayokong umiyak sa harap niya.
To those who are fortunate, please bear in mind that our excess goes a long way to those in need. So please, please, please, help out in any way that you can.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Loudly crying face" aria-label="Emoji: Loudly crying face"> Now is not the time to hoard and be stingy.