It’s been more than twenty days since December rolled in, and traffic around the metropolis has just been horrible. Because of the Christmas rush (as well as the much awaited 13th month pay), the volume of people that troop to the malls increases tenfold. Hour long waits going into malls. Ten-meter-per-minute travel time on Edsa. Ugh.

If there’s one thing I’ll be glad about once Christmas is over, it’s that cab drivers will no longer be able to take advantage of daily commuters.

“Saan po kayo ser?”

“Sa may Greenhills.”

“Hindi po kaya, masakit paa ko eh.”

Great. Jussssst great.

I don’t commute to and from work, but believe me when I say that I feel for everyone who has to go through this unfortunate ordeal.

The more important question is, can you blame these taxi drivers? Once they get stuck in an area like Ortigas during the holiday season, their daily trip count can go from 10 to 1 in an instant. Definitely bad for business, but these are the hardships that come with the job. It’s like working with a boss you despite, or even having to deal with a graveyard shift job. Every member of the Filipino workforce (no matter what social class you belong to) has to deal with shit every now and then.

My point is simply, dear cab drivers, you cannot make your customers suffer.

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