My house is not that near to a main road so I have to ride a tricycle to get to where the buses are. The tricycle needs to have 4 people before it travels to its destination. This morning, I was the first one on the tricycle so I had to wait a couple of minutes before the tricycle was full. While waiting, there was this person who was not really very familiar with the place and was asking some directions from the tricycle driver. The tricycle driver looked as if he didn't even want to talk to the person. He looked like he was annoyed and was answering as if the person asking for directions was really bothering him. Since it was obvious that the tricycle driver didn't want to help, the person asking for directions decided to just ask another person. When this person was no longer near the tricycle, the tricycle driver started mumbling about how the person was stupid.
This is why the Philippines hasn't progressed, its because of people like this. People who are selfish, only thinking about themselves. Even more, people who have "crab mentality", purposely dragging other people down so they can raise above them. I don't know what the tricycle driver's problem was, but that wasn't really right and what he did was really annoying. I know it's bad to wish ill of someone, but maybe he needs to encounter a similar situation, where he'll be the one asking for help, and he'll be ignored. Maybe he was having a bad morning, but still, there's no excuse. Maybe he was just raised that way, to be selfish, only thinking of himself. This is the main problem of the Philippines, Filipinos who only think of themselves instead of sharing with each other. Look at Japan, look how disciplined they are despite the tragedy that has befallen there country. I can just imagine if that happened here in the Philippines, the chaos would be unimaginable.
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