Whiners

It is not usual for me to whine about things. I find complaining about little and unnecessary things a total waste of time and energy. Things like sitting in a traffic, waiting for a person and falling in a super long line are just outside of my control. Yes, I do know that I could have had prevented it from happening but I also know that there is nothing I could do about it anymore at that given moment. I can tell you that I could easily go through those without emitting any grumbles and mumbles of sort. Well, it does not mean that I am not secretly annoyed about the fact that I had to wait for hours but I could apparently put up with all those inconveniences. I am just like that. I do not want to tire people with my useless complaints.

I always ride a cab to go to work every single morning. I had a hard time getting a cab earlier because it was already kind of late and traffic by the time I got off our building. Anyway, after 30 minutes or so of trying to hail a cab, I fortunately got one. Being my usual controlling but empathizing self, I told the driver to make a U-turn and just take the "road less travelled" to avoid the traffic.

Driver: Hindi ba traffic diyan?!
Me: Hindi po.

He then took my advice and drove off to where I want him to go. Upon entering "the road less travelled", I asked him to take a left turn on the next street in which he retorted "Tapos saan tayo niyan?!". I just told him plainly that we will take a right turn upon reaching the end of that street and we will then take Kamagong. I was quite taken aback by the tone of his voice but I chose not to mind it thinking that maybe that was just his normal voice.

After quite some time of travelling in Kamagong, we then came to a temporary halt because of the traffic.

Driver: Traffic naman itong tinuro mo.
Me: *silence* (I had become so used on hearing the reply, that I just dismissed it. The traffic was caused by the traffic lights ahead and I knew that it will not last longer than about 5 minutes. The traffic there was just normal and there were just so many cars lined up that time and the road was kind of narrow that is why almost all the drivers who do not normally pass there are always quick on assuming that the traffic there was heavy.)

Well, I was right. The cab advanced again in no time.

Upon reaching the end of Kamagong, I asked the driver again to take the rest of my default route only to be flooded with freakingly annoying comments from him: "Paikut-ikot naman tong gusto mo", "Hinayaan mo na lang sana ako", "Wala kang diskarte", etc. blah blah blah. I had replied to some of his comments but stopped myself midway because I am not the kind of person who will retort to those kind of nonsense. He was actually grumbling and mumbling the whole time which kind of got in my nerves. But anyway, indifference during these times is the best reply (revenge).

For his information, I had already tried all the possible, convenient routes there are from our house to the building where I am working and vice versa. I had also done experimentation. I tried leaving the house on different times and tried different routes to just find the most efficient combination for me to reach my destination. I had timed all of my trips, logged all those data to my phone's notepad when I was just starting in my new job so I am quite confident that this route that I am taking now is the most practical route there is regardless of what time I am going to leave the house.

People like that cab driver are just so annoying. Nakakasira ng magandang araw. Kung tutuusin hindi nga siya naipit sa traffic e. As much as possible, I always try to be considerate and mindful but maybe he did not take it that way. I was trying to save him from the traffic and I was trying to reach my workplace in no time and I was trying to create a win/win situation for both of us but I guess I failed. Haha. He should have just shut his mouth.

Anyway, what was even worse is that he still has the nerve to not give me the rightful amount of change that I should receive back. What a jerk. I would have let him take it if he had been an accomodating driver but because of his attitude, he does not deserve it. Haha. Para sampung piso lang e.