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Ah, the power of the text message.

Kapag male-late or mag-cancel ka ng appointment, meeting or deadline, it’s very convenient to just reach out into your pocket and call or text the expecting person to adjust their schedule in order to accommodate the changes you have made in yours.

SMS is very useful when you are traveling and you evaluate or sense na hindi ka aabot sa takdang oras. In other words “Pinoy Time”.

“Pare, male-late ako ng 15 minutes, me konting trapik sa MRT e.”

“Pare I can’t make it, wala pala akong brip na malinis, side C na ito e.”

To which you would reply…”K” (capitals, single letter, no period. In short, inis ka.)

Pero ok lang, at least naalala mo ako i-text. No problem pare (with the conyow accent)

Now, imagine yourself as the recipient of the message. You are driving along EDSA, in a hurry, because you will be late for you meeting. You did everything efficiently, para hindi ka “Pinoy Time”. Five minutes na lang.

You heave a sigh of relief…”I’m almost there…”

Suddenly you receive the text message that will make your day…

“Pare (remember, conyow accent dapat pag binasa…), sorry male-late ako, nasa Bicutan pa ko, puede reset na lang tayo ng after 5?”

Aba’y gago.

Now you feel that you are stuck in limbo. What will you do?

This is a true story. Just last week I experienced two situations wherein this happened. I know of some people who actually text 5 minutes prior to deadline or meeting time. Dapat sa kanila barilin sa Luneta.

“Oh, ok…magiikot na lang ako sa mall sa Magallanes, andami makikita dun! See you in 3 hours.” Type and send…sabay bato ng celphone na mamahalin.

Eto ang itext natin pag ganyan. “sige pre, gusto mo ng fs?”

“Ano yun pre?” Reply sha, uy buti marunong magreply.

"Foresight"

Eto pa, cs.

“Common sense.”

posted by nap @ 11:39 AM