coraLai

damn bureaucracy!

okay, so there i was, going to the municipal hall with the proud thought of doing something good for the country…damn! i never realized how hopelessly and disgustingly ill our bureaucracy was/is.  so there we were properly in line waiting for our rightful turn–we were among the first ones to submit our registration materials– when all of a sudden, this cretin of an employee(whether he really is an employee or not is still a mystery) walked into the office with a bunch of papers. So, no big deal right? Except when names were called…the stench reeked out. Sooooo, this is what they do huh! Turned out, those who just came into the scene didn’t have to sit their butt out for even a fraction of a minute (okay, i may be exagerrating, but hey, i’m entitled to my own rage) and wait for their rightful turn just like every other self-respecting and good citizen who have been waiting since the crack of dawn, myself included.  What’s even more infuriating is the fact that another nitwit of an employee (volunteer, actually.  jeez, you’d think they could have employed a person with at least half a brain) was actually assigned to answer or, apparently, give dumb excuses and alibis to the already displeased and restless crowd. "take a number" my a**!!!!

one after another, those jackass employees (are they even employees? i really don’t think so, but for lack of better term..)started to creep their way into sneaking those impatient jerks with no soul whatsoever into being catered to, first.  it just makes me wonder, we were all would-be voters there with equal rights and everything, but what makes them so special so as not to wait for their freakin’ turn?  i sure hope that they’d be wise voters (don’t get me wrong  but this is without any point of comparison to me or any other person/s)..people who actually think..and think not just for themselves but also for others. but hey, excuse me for saying this, but what do you expect from people like these? 

now, onto the real culprits and perpetrators of this disgusting display of "palakasan" and such..the employees, or should i say non-employees with access nevertheless.  if they can act like this ("sabi ni sir chepar…" o "ni ma’am ewan…") during registration, then i’m afraid to think what they can and do during elections!  it just frustrates the hell out of me to think that even though, assuming that i already exercised my right to vote, they (whoever they are, i’m not sure either) can still tamper with the choices i made and come out with a different result! damn!

but it takes two to tango, so they say.  so, i admit my mistake for being a procrastinator like many of other Filipinos.  We should learn from our mistakes, so next time.. but hey, given the situation, it  might not be me, but this could and still happens to many Filipinos, the government could have given a better service, not giving into the "palakasan" system and such and doing it the better way just like some of those offices that we saw were running smoothly, well, as smooth as it gets anyway.

so with that, i leave this thought: Won’t  we ever learn?

p.s. a media crew showed up. you should have seen me rant and rave to them, thankfully, the camera was turned off… or was it?  and by the way, i’m talking about the Comelec office of district 4 of Q.C.

having said this, happy new year to all!

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