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    #21
    Quote Originally Posted by nicolodeon View Post
    Interesting replies guys. Thanks. Ako, wala akong ka-amor-amor dyan sa MMDA traffic enforcers. Sadly, wala pa akong magandang experience sa kanila. There was one time dati na tinanong pa ako kung alam ko spelling ng yield. The nerve! Yung nagtanong akin nun, alam nga spelling pero di mapaliwanag definition. So paano mo paniniwalaan? There was one time na napako tyre ko while I was at the middle lane sa EDSA, so lumiko ako patungo gilid. Abay akala ko eh tutulungan ako nung lumapit na MMDA eh ang gagawin pala mokong eh titiketan ako for swerving. Pinagmumura sya asawa ko.
    Siraulo yun ah! Naflatan ka na nga, titiketan ka pa! kapal talaga ng mukha nung hayop na traffic aide na yon!

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    #22
    I think it's sad, actually. Some, if not most, of our enforcers are either holdovers from the metro aide group or are undergrads/HS grads from low-quality public schools.

    In proper english, they're practically illiterate so how can one expect them to understand ANYTHING? Unfortunately, they're given power beyond their means of comprehension. Sad, really.

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    #23
    Di ko pinapansin mga ganyan, basta pag alam ko tama ako, di ko kinakausap at di ako tumitigil

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    #24
    laugh trip to ah. hehehe. dapat talaga pinapaikot ikot yang mga mmda na yan. dati ako din pag nahuhuli hindi ko din binibigay pag alam kong wala akong kasalanan. ayon pinapaalis na lang ako. naiirita na sa mga pinagsasabi ko eh. hehehe

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    #25
    Dapat pag-nakikipagtalo ka sa mga hayuf na yan style abugado ang dating mo, that way mai-intimidate yang mga yan

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    #26
    Quote Originally Posted by nicolodeon View Post
    Tumira na naman ang MMDA kahapon ng kanilang magaling na logic and reasoning, he he.

    For those of you who are familiar with the EDSA-Quezon Ave flyover, under the structure there is a unloading bay inside where vehicles can unload passengers.

    Last night, a friend of mine offered me a ride as he was going to Trinoma. He offered to drop me at that unloading bay so I can take an FX cab home. Okay, off we went, he moved inside that unloading bay and dropped me off.

    I barely alighted form the front passenger seat, when this MMDA chap with a surname of Lanio/Lampio (I forgot) came rushing with a ticket in his hand and asking my friend for his license. The following text are excerpts from their "discussion"

    Buddy: "Good evening sir. Ano violation ko?"
    MMDA chap: "Ser, bawal pong magbaba dito ang private vehicles. PUV lang po."
    Buddy: "Eh sir, halos araw-araw po akong may binababa dito na officemate eh hindi naman ako flag-down nung mga kasama nyong MMDA."
    MMDA chap: "Ser, hindii po nila alam ang kanilang ginagawa." (ampucha, nilaglag ang kabaro!). "Tsaka ser, may sign po dun sa entrance na nakalagay na bawal. Gusto nyo, tingnan natin."
    Buddy: "Sige."

    So off we went and lo and behold, walang sign. So balik kami sa sasakyan

    Buddy: "Sir, wala naman nakalagay na bawal eh. So wala akong violation."
    MMDA Chap: "Ser, meron pa din. Swerving." (after stating this, two PUVs also entered the bay to unload).
    Buddy: "Sir, bakit yun di nyo hinuli eh swerving din yun?"
    MMDA Chap: "Ser, PUV naman yun. Private kayo. Sila pwedeng pumasok dito at magbaba."
    Buddy: "Ah okay...so, ano pagkakaiba kung private or PUV eh pareho kaming swerving, kung yun ang gusto mong ikaso sa akin?"
    MMDA Chap: (nag-isip pa kunwari). "Ser, PUV yun. Loading bay lang po to para PUV. May sign dun." (he he, sign na naman daw.)

    Bumalik na naman kami. Eh walang sign. ....When we returned to the vehicle, a white Civic made a U-turn under the flyover (the vehicle came from Quezon Ave.) and dropped off a passenger behind my buddy's car.

    Buddy: "O bakit yun di mo hinuli?"
    MMDA Chap: "Ser, kasi po dun sya galing sa Quezon Ave so hindi sya swerving."
    Buddy: "Ah okay. Eh pero sir, sabi mo kanina bawal private magbababa dito. Eh bakit sya hindi mo hinuli?"
    MMDA Chap: (isip ulit...) "Ser, kasi po sya hindi swerving eh kayo swerving"
    Buddy: "Teka sir, ano ba definition nyo na swerving?"
    MMDA Chap: "Yung lilipat kayo bigla sa lane na katabi nyo."
    Buddy: (pointing to an SUV that changed lanes) "Eh yun, swerving ba yun?"
    MMDA Chap: "Hindi po."
    Buddy: "Bakit?"
    MMDA Chap: "Eh kasi hindi bigla pag lipat nya." (ang galing ng katwiran ano?)

    Okay, balik ulit silang dalawa sa umpisa.

    Buddy: "Eh sir, kanina pa tayo dito. Bakit nyo ba ako talaga hinuli. Ano violation?"
    MMDA Chap: "Ser, yung kasing pinasukan nyong lane eh para lang po sa mga pupunta sa Monumento/SM/Trinoma lang. Dapat, dun kayo nagbaba sa kabilang lane."
    Buddy: "Eh dun may sign na no loading unloading di ba?"
    MMDA Chap: "Hindi po ser, pwede po dun." (ang galing ano po, mga tsikoteers?)
    Buddy: "So ibig mong sabihin, basta papuntang Monumento or SM eh dito dadaan?"
    MMDA Chap: '"Opo. Kasi yung sa outer lane po eh pang Fairview lang."
    Buddy: "Alam mo ba kung saan ako pupunta?"
    MMDA Chap: "Hindi. Saan po ba?"
    Buddy: "Sa Trinoma. So pwede ako rito?"
    MMDA Chap: "Pwede po."
    Buddy: "So ano problema mo?" (medyo mainit na ulo, he he)
    MMDA Chap: "Eh swerving po kayo eh." HA HA HA HA! amfotah.

    At this point, bigla na lang inabot ng MMDA chap yung license ng buddy ko at sinabi umalis na daw kami. Eh makulit buddy ko...

    Buddy: "Ser, ayun o! May mga dumidirteso." (pointing to outer lane). "Bakit di mo hulihin?"
    MMDA Chap: "Baka po papuntang Farview yun. Sa SM dadaan." (ang galing talaga).

    Saludo ako sa iyo, Mr. MMDA Chap! Isa kang henyo!
    isa ba 'to sa mga skits ng bubble gang? sayang di ko napanood...:hysterical:

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    #27
    Quote Originally Posted by pup2 View Post
    I think it's sad, actually. Some, if not most, of our enforcers are either holdovers from the metro aide group or are undergrads/HS grads from low-quality public schools.

    In proper english, they're practically illiterate so how can one expect them to understand ANYTHING? Unfortunately, they're given power beyond their means of comprehension. Sad, really.
    Ano pa ba i-expect mo sa mga MMDAs. Yung ngang ODD - EVEN numbers di nila alam ang difference...........

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    #28
    nMeron din ganyan sa San Juan. No read no write yung bobong mataba na babae na enforcer. Dati kasi nabangga barkada ko. Tapos sa station pinaparinig samin malabo na daw salamin nya eh yung kasama nya na nagkwento na bobo daw sya alam nyo kung pano nakapasok? Panahon ni Erap as mayor pa.

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    #29
    Quote Originally Posted by iho250 View Post
    isa ba 'to sa mga skits ng bubble gang? sayang di ko napanood...:hysterical:
    pang bubble gang talaga yan scene na ah

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    #30
    Quote Originally Posted by nicolodeon View Post
    Interesting replies guys. Thanks. Ako, wala akong ka-amor-amor dyan sa MMDA traffic enforcers. Sadly, wala pa akong magandang experience sa kanila. There was one time dati na tinanong pa ako kung alam ko spelling ng yield. The nerve! Yung nagtanong akin nun, alam nga spelling pero di mapaliwanag definition. So paano mo paniniwalaan? There was one time na napako tyre ko while I was at the middle lane sa EDSA, so lumiko ako patungo gilid. Abay akala ko eh tutulungan ako nung lumapit na MMDA eh ang gagawin pala mokong eh titiketan ako for swerving. Pinagmumura sya asawa ko.

    Dapat service sila. Ang kaso,- poaching ang nangyayari.... Dapat preventive o proactive, hindi reactive, na mali naman ang interpretasyon.... Ang hirap talaga, dahil nga subject to individual interpretation and mga batas trapiko rito at hindi pinag-iisipang mabuti ang mga inilalagay na batas at street-signs....


    I think it's sad, actually. Some, if not most, of our enforcers are either holdovers from the metro aide group or are undergrads/HS grads from low-quality public schools.

    In proper english, they're practically illiterate so how can one expect them to understand ANYTHING? Unfortunately, they're given power beyond their means of comprehension. Sad, really.

    Agree. Iyan ang masaklap dahil hindi nila ma-professionalize ang kanilang mga tao. Kung sino ang may mas makitid na kakayahan, sila ang binibigyan ng gobyerno ng power para magpatupad ng mga batas trapiko rito sa ating bansa...

    6000:mobile:

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