There are some questions that you encounter na hindi ka readying sagutin... not that hindi mo alam sagutin... pero, parang hindi mo lang sigurado kung "for real" ang tinatanong sayo...

Ang mga eksena ay hango sa mga tunay na pangyayari... babala... maaring makawala ng ulirat ang mga kwento.

Eksena 1 (Sept. 26, 2005, 1:30 P.M.)

Enter Kolehiya from a prominent university...I won't mention the name of the school pero mahilig silang ma "mana" as in arrow..., with punas pawis aura... sabay fling ng hair...

Me : "Yes ma'am, how can I help you?"

Kolehiyala : "uhm... mag oopen ng account, am from "bleep" company, payroll account, (in her kolehiyala twang)

Me : Ma'am, may ID kayo?

Kolehiya : uhmm... wala e, di ko dala... credit card? pwede?

Me: (hesitant, kasi we don't honor credit card as their proper identification) wala na po kayong ibang id? fresh grad kayo ma'am, right? school id? you have?

Kolehiya: Wala e... (pero maya maya, nag present sa akin ng school id... palusutin na natin)

Me: Ok, I'll just process your account, just give me a sec... (to that effect)

Nang mabuksan ang account in no time (no joke hehehe)...

Me : Ma'am, this is your account number, just inform your employer na dito idedeposit yung payroll nyo and your atm card will be ready in three working days.

Kolehiyala : Di ba pedeng i padeliver... (in a "never in my life ginawa kong pumick up ng atm card tone")?

Me : Am sorry ma'am pero either you have to pick up the card personally or send a representative with an authorization letter para marelease namin yung card, you have to sign some receiving documents kasi e.

Eto po ang punchline...

Kolehiyala : "Kailangan ko ba talaga ng ATM Card?"

Me : (if you could just imagine my face, ang sabi... "are you bloody serious you are asking me that question?)" Err... yes ma'am... di po ba, dyan papasok yung payroll nyo? (at the back of my mind... ang gusto kong sabihin...paano kayo susuweldo ng walang card? mahuhulog po sa langit ang pera?"

Kolehiyala : just nods, ok... (na parang narealize nya na kailangan nya yung atm card... in a strange way...)

Eksena 2 (today at around 10:30 in the morning)

Sira ang isa sa phone line sa office... kaya nagpatawag kami ng maintenance... after a few minutes of pagbubutingting ni mr. maintenance... gumana ang phone, kaso, topak, kasi nag crocross line dun sa isang linya ng telepono.

Officemate : Jeff! ba't nag crocross line sa line 2 tong linya ko!

Me : tulala sa kanya (at the back of my mind... ok ka lang? taga pldt ba ako para malaman kung ba't nag krus krus ang landas ng mga linya nyan?)

End of stories...

Minsan ang hirap din yung may image na maraming nalalaman... people are expecting you to give them answers na obvious naman ang sagot or di naman dapat itanong pero since alam nilang kaya mong sagutin, sa di maipaliwanang na dahilan, itatanong pa rin. Mahihiya ka na lang na barahin sila...pero in the end, tatawanan mo na nga lang...

Next question please!