The FX Tales (Part 1)

While waiting in queue for the next FX going to Cavite after class on a Wednesday night, I could think of a hundred topics to blog about. Yet there's one that seemed befitting given the situation I'm in, and thus begin the FX Tales...

Being a commuter for as long as I can remember (Except on those REALLY RARE days when I’d drive the family car or when my dad takes over the wheels.), I’ve had quite a fair share of pleasant, not-so-pleasant, and albeit comical experiences when it comes to riding FX services when going to places outside Cavite. Blame it on my fellow commuters who add color and humor to the entire riding experience. And so I'm sharing with you how I've classified the diverse commuters I've come across with, given the fair length of time I've been travelling from the South going to Manila and back. Read on and see if you can relate based on your own personal experience, recent or otherwise. I know I did.

FX Commuter Type 1: The Good Samaritan

It's those fellow passengers that take it upon themselves to reach out (literally) and act as conductors who pass the fare/change from one fellow passenger to the driver and vice versa. On some cases, they could be those people who voluntarily collect fares from others and get to perform the complicated job of figuring whoever gets how much as change for their respective fares. Bibo, noh? But you've got to admit that these people make life for fellow passengers a little easier.


FX Commuter Type 2: The Cellphone Boombox

This type of FX passengers are those kinda annoying ones who answer their mobile phones and talk in such manner as if the person they're talking to on the other end of the line is either deaf or has got some serious earwax issue. Really! It's as if they have an inborn boombox rather than a voice box within their anatomy.


FX Commuter Type 3: The Sleepbangers (Now this one I can relate to the most!)

You usually encounter the sleepbangers when you ride the FX during the so-called rush hours in the mornings and late afternoons. They're the ones who either bang their heads sideward to the window or pa-simple to that other person's shoulder. What's amazing about these people is how they manage to maintain their sleep despite some loud banging on the FX window. For some, they can't help but keep their mouths open or, on a more unsightly note, drool on themselves or the not-so-lucky ones beside them. Of course, there are still a rare few who snore quite loudly as if they're in the comfort of their own bedroom.


FX Commuter Type 4: The Wa-Paki’s

The wa-paki’s are those people who never seem to give a damn about anyone and anything else besides themselves, even when they’re aboard a PUV. They don’t do anything – they’re just there. Never mind that your butt is barely touching the seat or if you strain your arms in fervent hope that someone would be kind enough to pass your fare to the driver when you’re seated the very end of the PUV, the wa-paki’s will simply do NOTHING. In short, wala talaga silang pakialam.

Whoa! Never thought it would be this long. I still have some three more types in mind but I guess I’ll have to make a part 2 of this post lest I want to bore my readers to death. It will be up in a while so do watch out for it. For the meantime, I’m gonna grab some chilled milk from our fridge and some banana as well; simultaneous blogging and web surfing is making me hungry.

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