Shame On You

As if it’s not shameful enough that your whole household had to live with no electricity for a few weeks because Meralco, thankfully, caught you stealing power. And you even found it as an opportunity to brag about your daughters who are working in the States by saying that the penalty Meralco was asking from you (which was about Php300,000) was manageably payable since that was just equivalent to a few hours of work of your daughters as nurses. How come it took you a few weeks to raise the money then?

As if it’s not shameful enough that the hookers you hired made some scene out in the streets of our ordinarily peaceful village prompting your concerned neighbors to call the authorities, only to find out that you double-crossed those bar girls on your agreed upon rate for the services they rendered, thus they ended up raising hell on you. I wonder if your wife, who was then out of the country to visit your daughters in the States, ever knew about it.

As if it’s not shameful enough that you had to do a door-to-door campaign to support your call for a recount of the votes during the previous homeowners’ elections, only to find out that the total votes you really got was two. Yup, two, dos, dalawa, deux. Let me take a wild guess who those two were. One was you, of course. And number two was Mister B, your bestfriend and future mental institution cellmate. Whatever happened to that campaign? I’m just curious if you even found a third ally.

And now, how dare you turn back on an agreement witnessed by several neighbors, village officers plus an MMDA officer that you would readily foot the bill for the repair of the damage caused when your jeepney smashed on my Tatay’s parked vehicle? Of course, you can claim that you are already a senile senior citizen causing you to forget certain things and make senseless decisions. But then, how could you forget that you even signed a memorandum of agreement on your responsibilities on that said accident. It’s all in black and white, mister. And wherever court of law we reach in this dispute, that agreement shall hold ground. Trust me on that.

Shame on you, Mister A.