Charles Teves
- One passenger claimed that the jeepney driver gave her the wrong amount of change
- The driver decided to just give the girl the money she wanted just to end the argument
- The driver almost breaks down in tears as he needed the money for his sick child
We are all aware that jeepney drivers don’t make a lot. One story about a jeepney driver who was cheated by a passenger really touched netizens.
Angela, a Twitter user, shared her experience in a Twitter thread.
Angela usually commutes via jeepney and pays eight to nine pesos. One day while on her commute, one of the passengers claimed that the jeepney driver did not give her the right amount of change.
“There was this one time where the weather was so hot and one girl, who was pissed, shouted, ‘Manong kulang ho sukli n’yo sakin, 2 kami 50 binayad ko!'” Angela relayed.
So just like the usual, I'll enter the jeep and then pay my fare which is 8 pesos (sometimes 9) since I'm a student. However, there was this time where the weather was so hot and one girl who was pissed shouted "Manong kulang HO sukli niyo saken, 2 kami 50 binayad ko!"
— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
As per usual I'll act like I didn't care since that wasn't my business and I didn't witness what really happened. Plus, we were only 6 in that jeep at that time (1 was seated at the front and 5 of us were seated at the back aaand were all scattered).
— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
The driver said the girl only paid 20 pesos and that the right change was two pesos. The girl then cursed him while her friend just sat there quietly.
The driver replied “Neng, 20 lang yung binayad mo, dos ang sukli.” The girl got aggressive, “KUYA, 50 NGA BINAYAD KO DIBA, P*T@ NAMAN O.”
Then after what she claimed, the driver replied "neng 20 lang yung binayad mo, dos ang sukli". The girl got aggressive "KUYA 50 NGA BINAYAD KO DIBA P*T@ NAMAN O". The driver tried to calm the girl down but the girl was so mad about it. Her friend were just quiet tho…
— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
While they were arguing I can see how it was heartbreaking for the driver to hand over to her what she claimed as "kulang". So the driver gave her what she wanted, I was not able to count what he gave but I saw a 20 peso bill along with some coins.
— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
Angela felt bad for the driver as he was trying to reason with the passenger. The driver then decided to stop arguing and just give the girl what she wanted and handed her more change.
“I was not able to count what he gave but I saw a 20 peso bill along with some coins.”
What happened next soon set Angela’s blood boiling. The quarrelsome passenger and her friend alighted from the jeep when she heard the girl’s friend say that the girl really only handed 20 pesos and not 50 to the driver.
“I heard one of the girl’s friend saying, ‘Ui 20 pesos lang ga binayad mo ang alam ko’ and then the aggressive girl replied, ‘SH*T P*T@ weh? T*ngin@ yaan mo na at least nagkapera pa.’“
The girl and her friends went down and some people went in the jeep. This is where I got pissed…
I heard one of the girl's friend saying
"Ui 20 pesos lang ga binayad mo ang alam ko" and then the aggresive girl replied
"SH*T P*T@ weh? T*ngin@ yaan mo na at least nagkapera pa"— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
Angela was going to say something but the jeep moved away by then. She saw the driver murmuring something under his breath. “Yung anak ko may sakit pa, imbis na kumita nababawasan pa.”
UGH WTF?! AFTER THAT I GOT REALLY PISSED. I wasn't able to say something 'cause the jeep was slowly moving away from them. So I looked at the driver and he was problematic I heard him murmuring "yung anak ko may sakit pa, imbis na kumita nababawasan pa" something like that.
— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
He was distressed of what had happened. He was about to cry but he hid it so that the other passengers wont witness it. That's where my heart broke, he couldn't do anything about it 'cause HE gave HIS money already.
— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
The driver looked like he was about to cry but just held it in.
Angela wanted to help the driver. While she had already paid her fare, she decided to pay again hoping the driver wouldn’t notice, but he did. She just insisted that she had not paid yet. The other passengers figured out what she was doing and paid nine pesos each instead of their usual eight peso student fare.
I realised that what we thought as "small amount" could be such a BIG DEAL to someone who really, badly, needs it. I tried doing something not-so-obvious to help, so I paid 9 pesos again in hoping that he wouldn't notice that I had already paid.
— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
The driver got emotional and said, “Neng, maraming salamat.”
I wasn't able to witness most of it because my destination was near so I have to be ready. However, as soon as I was about to leave the jeep, he called and said words I've already heard from different people but felt different and sincere…
"Neng, maraming salamat"
— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
Angela left and smiled but couldn’t hold in what she was feeling and eventually broke down.
At that moment I just smiled and left. Kunwari strong pero I broke down after walking away. Seeing a father cry for his daughter really hits me.
— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
Lesson:
All jeepney drivers (let's include workers, janitors, guards and the likes) have stories that we haven't heard of. Let's all be kind, always.
— Angela (@leuuun) May 10, 2019
Angela ended the thread with a message to be kind to people who might have troubles that we might not be aware of.
God bless your beautiful heart, Angela! Sobrang dami mong ma iinspire dito ❤️ i love you!
— SHANELLE MAINE (@meowitsshanelle) May 11, 2019
pereng tenge nemen kakagising ko lang naiyak agad ako
— erin (@mxndlcrz) May 11, 2019
Nakakainis naman yung gurl? Jusko. Thank you sa ginawa mo ate jusko kung ako lang yan binigay ko na kalahati ng pera ko sa driver 🙁 mahina talaga ako pag dating sa mga ganyan. Kudos to you po 🙂
— joy (@luvforkoo) May 11, 2019
Thank you. May mga times na ginagawa ko to sa tricycle or jeep. Pag nafifeel kong need talaga, sinusobrahan ko kahit student lang ako. Minsan may abusado na driver pero merong alam mo na ginagawa nilang magpasada para sa pamilya nila. I feel at ease pag ginagawa ko yun.
— STREAM #UmpahUmpah (@soshimmery) May 11, 2019
:(((((( thank you for having a good heart ate, i hope everyone won't do anything that can harm or hurt someone. Sobrang hirap talagang kumita ng pera ngayon :<
— ɥɔʇıq (@hnnhkrstngrc_) May 11, 2019
The thread has almost 30k retweets and 50k likes.
