How to gesture: No, I don't need help backing out

[e2fee]

Towards the end of Tomas Morato (near the rotunda), about 8 pm, traffic light, so not hard to back out onto street. Approaching the car, I noticed this guy staking out the parked cars in his 'territory'. You could tell he was out to extract a toll out of every one by 'helping' them back out.

As I backed out, he made the usual hand motions. But there was really no need for his 'help', as traffic was light and the gaps long. I drove away without paying. I had no intention of paying, as I neither needed, wanted, or contracted for his 'service'. He screamed something that sounded like 'KURI---!'.

I was tempted to stop and engage, but decided that there are other more important battles to fight.

It's outrageous that some people feel entitled to be paid for helping you to back out and get angry if you don't pay, especially when there is clearly no need for the help. After awhile though, as with many things, the outrage gets replaced by sadness ... at how things have in come to this in Philippines.

So, is there some gesture or signal that one can make to clearly signify: No thank you, I don't need help backing out (and I am not going to be paying you even if you insist on 'helping').

[papao]

may naencounter naman ako..bingyan ko na ng ten pesos tapos may nakita syang ten pesos pa na coin sa loob ng car ko..pilit na hinihingi.ayaw ko ibigay, nagalit pa.tinaasan ko na lang ng window. ng paalis na ako triny nya pa iscratch un coin na bngay ko sa rear door ko, buti hindi malalim un gasgas..ayoko na lang awayin kasi baka pagtripan pa un kotse ko next time na nagpark ako dun...

mga taong ayaw magbanat ng buto!kakaasar

[Bogeyman]

How to signify that you don't need their help? Three words: Raise the finger.

Seriously, isa pang kinaaasar ko are certain people who 'help' direct traffic at bottlenecks -- with one hand, they signal for you to proceed, while the other hand is holding an empty can where you're supposed to drop your 'donations' for their trouble.

[nugundam93]

^^^ alien!

raise da magic finger! :lol:

[Dinxx]

I was tempted to stop and engage, but decided that there are other more important battles to fight.

ayos di naman talaga dapat pinapatulan mga ganyan.

just give them your spare change, close your window, then drive away...

[Fast Eddie]

meron na din akong na enkwentro sa ganyan: minsan sa baguio,naghahanap
ako ng parking malapit sa busy market. noon meron lumabas na naka park,
sinignalan ako noong lalake na ipark ko na ung oto ko. pagkatapos,binigyan ko na lang syang dalawang piso.

minsan din sa san fernando pampanga market, noong umaatras ako ng parking slot. meron isang bata na biglang pumunta sa likod ko, at gina-guide nya ako palabas sa kalye. noong papaalis na ako kinatok nya
window ko. syempre alam mo na anong ibig sabihin noon. baba ko window ko,
at binigyan ko lang baryang dalawang piso.

kung minsan parang na oobligado tayo talaga magbigay. pero naiisip
ko siguro talagang gutom na ung tao, at gusto rin kumain. sila wala,tayo meron; so, binibigyan ko rin naman siya na walang angal. sabi nga sa biblia:, "give and it will be given back to you". kung barya-barya lang okay lang akong magbigay.

ayaw kong bigyan ung mga lasing, tapos pambili lang ng alak nila.

[aceshark]

mas binibigyan ko yung mga sekyu na nagga-guide. minsan 20. pero kapag mga parking attendant, barya-barya lang. pero kapag ang napatapat sakin is yung tipong kakaupo ko pa lang at di ko pa na-start yung makina tapos katok agad sa likod, naku, maghintayan na lang kami. kung sino una mainip, talo. ako may yosi, sya wala.

[russpogi]

Hell no! Sabi nga ng teacher ko dati, "Marunong akong mag-maneho!". hehehe! Well, with the exception of really tight situations where a "hand" would make my backing easier, i would give around 5-10 petot or any loose change I have. Other than that, I just ignore them.

[redorange]

I remember being on vacation about 2 years ago and we were coming from a bar in Timog. After we backed out of the parking the guy knocks on the window and as the usual routiine we gave the guy P20, he complained and said that my niece told him it would be P40 for watching the car. My nephew told him that nobody agreed to P40 and he drove of w/o paying the guy. But I guess it's just not in the Philippines where that happens, when I was in Atlanta we encountered a beggar and he complained after my friend gave him $2 in quarters. He said he wanted $10 and not in quarters.
Now a days beggars can be choosers I guess.

[Radical!]

I guess you have to live with this....actually, this is one of my pet peeves while driving around town. I hate it when they tap the trunk ala truck/jeepney (it reverberates inside). Worse if they have a coin or use their ring! When they do that, I tell them to stop and I leave without paying. If they really help by stopping traffic without tapping on my trunk, I give them minimum 10 bucks.

[phat_azz]

about the tipping thing (sorry sa OT)... at the coastal road major intersection (the one with uniwide coastal mall), may mga "punas boys" ng windshield doon... pinapunas ko na din yung lalaki (teenager) since gusto ko na alisin yung mga coins sa coin box sa kotse. most of the time di talaga ako nagpapa-punas. so isang dampot ako (mga 6-8 coins cguro nakuha ko)... nagkataon puro 25-centavo coins yung nasa ibabaw ng coin box... nung pagbigay ko ng coins, sabi ba naman nung lalaki, "salamat ha! ang bait mo!" with a sarcastic tone. natawa na lang ako. gusto ko nga sana sabihan, "buti nga binigyan pa kita e." sorry kung OT. :twak:

[slip-slick]

is it really hard to just ignore them?? i do.

ang naiinis ako is when they stop traffick on main roads just to let someone back out.

[sirkosero]

sa prc din sa makati. may lotto outlet. kapag bumibili ako dun, meron parating mag assist daw lumabas. tapos pag lalabas mo na kotse mo, kakatok-katok, kapag di mo bigyan, hahampasin yung kotse mo. one time nung umaatras ako, ginawa nya uli yun. nung di ko binigyan hinapas yung kotse. buti na lang may kotse ng pulis sa kanto. pinuntahan ko yung pulis tapos pagkita namin, tumakbo na yung naniningil ng 'parking'

[kimpOy]

kaya ako pagnagpa-park, laging front facing the street para vroom na agad he..he

[slamtaz]

kaya ako pagnagpa-park, laging front facing the street para vroom na agad he..he

hehehe i park this way too, especially kpag meron drinking session dun sa pupuntahan ko..

[seonadancing]

Di pa naman ako naka encounter na rude guide. I give them P5 lang and most of the time they say thank you.

[swordsman]

naku wala yatang gesture for that, unless you'll seriously take the 'finger' advise. it's either you give them spare change or not, they're not worth your time na patulan.

pero personally, if i frequent a certain place na kailangan ko mag-park, i usually give them no more than 10 petots but not less than 5 petots. baka kasi pagbalik ko, matandaan nila kotse ko at gasgasan nila auto ko.

pag madalang naman ako magpark sa area, minsan i still give them some loose change kung may extra sa kotse (tamang-tama pambili ng isang lucky me noodles, na malamang pangkain nila sa araw na yon)

kung ikakasama mo na loob ang pagbibigay ng 5 pesos, then just ignore them anuman marinig mong remarks.

pero ibang usapan na pag hinahampas na kotse ko or intentionally gagasgasan. i'll give them a piece of my mind na...

my 2 cents..

[swordsman]

ang naiinis ako is when they stop traffick on main roads just to let someone back out.

sir, ikaw ba yong magba-back out o yong dumadaan sa main road?

mas mahirap at nakakainis yata magbasahan ng isip ang both drivers kung sino ang mag-gi-give way

[raine]

one time sa Mcdo paalis ako sa parking merong nag guide na bata, binigyan ko ng barya pero nagdatingan pa ang ibang kasama binigay ko na ang lahat ng barya ko pero yung iba nagpipilit parin na bigyan ko sila kahit sabi ko na wala na ayaw paring tumigil, sa kakulitan ang sabi ko wala na ano gusto nyo ibigay ko sa inyo T*T* ko, ayon nagtigilan, kaya lang kasama ko mga anak at asawa ko nadinig nila, kaya yung mga anak ko ginagaya ako kapag merong mga batang nang hihingi sasabihin T*T* ko kaya naman nagagalit din mrs ko sasabihan ako ayan pinadinig mo nsa mga bata ginagaya ka,

[russpogi]

... when I was in Atlanta we encountered a beggar and he complained after my friend gave him $2 in quarters. He said he wanted $10 and not in quarters.
Now a days beggars can be choosers I guess.

Kapal naman ng mga pulibi sa iyo! hehehe!