Sari-saring texts
I “babysit” 12 college students this summer. They are University of the Philippines Mass Communication students spending their summer with communites and multi-media units like Kodao.
Thursday afternoon, I sent them this message:
“Gud pm. Raymund to ng Kodao. According 2 d community, better na sa Monday tayo pumunta dun kasi may medical mission maghapon. So cancelled ang Saturday natin. Instead, sa Monday na lang, 9 am McDo Don Antonio along commonwealth avenue, bside ever gotesco. Acknowledge with ur name.”
Their replies were:
“Okei po, salamat! jayson galvez po ito.”
“Ok po.-kristine sabillo”
“Ok..slmat po..-apRil esPejO”
“Ok sir raymund…thank you po…dis is yasmine tabAlingcos”
“c frances olayon po i2.ok po aq sa monday.”
“nabasa ko na po ung message nyo. Thank u po 4 di info.-ella marie dimaculangan”
“ok po kuya raymund.-myca jalova. Thanks.”
“Sige po. Thanks sir raymond!=) celia nachura”
“Ok po…Si edgar villar po ito…Il be there po sa Monday.” (Sent twice.)
“Sige po, sir. See you on Monday..-patricia sarmiento”
“Ok. Salamat po Sir Raymond. Actually mas ok po since may lakad po pala ako sa Saturday Thanks again.-Harry Bayona”
One student did not bother to reply.
Only one took notice of my name’s correct spelling. Two did not bother to remember.
All have not been students of Dani Arao yet. If they were, they would have insisted on correct spelling even with their texts.
I predict those who replied curtly would become journalists. Those who replied lengthily would become copywriters in an ad agency. The student who did not reply ay walang load.
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The same day, I received this text:
“Thank you for visiting SMART WC (Wireless Center) SM MEGAMALL. Was your transaction complete w/o the need for a follow up? Kindly reply w/ Yes or NO (free of charge)”
Enraged by the lousy service I’ve been subjected to the past five months (see previous entry “Travails of a techie wannabe” I was not content with answering with a simple “No.” So I fired this reply:
“No! No! No! Service was excruciatingly slow and atrocious! Took us five months to get a unit and sim”
To which I got the following reply:
“Sorry, you have entered an invalid response. Please reply with YES or NO to answer the survey. This is FREE of CHARGE. Thank you”
I understand this is an impersonal text survey. I could have just dismissed it there and then. But I still wanted them to know they suck. So I texted “No” again.
I received this parting shot:
“Thank you for taking the survey. Rest assured that we will continually aim to provide you with the best service that we can offer”
Yeah, right!
Good day po Kuya Raymund.
Nais ko lang po sanang magbigay ng komento, if you don’t mind po, kasi nakita ko po ‘tong post niyo habang nagse-surf ako sa internet ngayong gabi.
Saka gusto ko na rin pong kunin ang pagkakataon na ito para humingi ng paumanhin.
Oo nga, mali po ang naging pagbaybay ko sa pangalan niyo.
Pasensiya na po Kuya Raymund.
Di na po mauulit.
Pasensiya na po ulit.
Sige po, salamat po Kuya Raymund.
Nakatutuwang basahin ang inyong mga posts.
Interesting.
Salamat po at pasensiya na po ulit…
-Harry Bayona
Harry — May 19, 2007 @ 10:16 am
Actually, naging student na po ako ni Sir Arao sa J100…history nga lang… and sya po ang adviser ng org namin - UJP-UP (student chapter ng NUJP)
-kristine sabillo
kRyStYn — May 26, 2007 @ 12:16 am
Buti naman, Kristine. Member nga rin ako ng NUJP e.
Raymund — May 31, 2007 @ 12:41 am