starting my day (errrr night) right, part 2

here i am again, taking the same concepcion route to go to work. actually, i really feel hesitant in taking the same road because of what happened yesterday with a sta. ines' tricycle driver. i was wishing not to get him again to avoid further conflict.

when i stepped down the bus, the same atmosphere of tricycle drivers calling "pasaheros" greeted me. from afar, i was looking at a guy who is wearing glasses, with a white striped polo and is waving at me. remembering that "he" was not wearing glasses yesterday, I waved back, informing that he'll be the driver that will take me to our "service". as I approached their area, I noticed that the tricycle driver was kinda hesitant, decided not to get into his trike and watched TV instead. his sudden reaction made me confused so I tried to check on his face but he's kinda hiding so I was not to able to take a good look at him. another tricycle driver offered a ride and I agreed.

I decided to tell the TD to stop a few meters from my usual stop (just to avoid yesterday's scenario). I gave him 50 pesos and he told me that he does not have enough change so I bought something from the store and went back to him to pay the same 15 pesos fare. however, another confrontation arose. here is how it went:

ME: eto po. salamat. (sabay abot ng pera)
TD: (binibilang) sa susunod bente na ang ibigay mo ha! kaya ayaw kang isakay nung kasama ko kasi kulang kang magbigay
ME: (pissed off) ahh... sya pala yun. e lagi naman akong sumasakay dun, 15 lang ang bayad ko
TD: yun na nga e, ikaw lang ang nagbabayad sa amin ng 15. lagi naming singil bente
ME: kung ako lang ang nagbibigay sa inyo ng 15, e bakit yung ibang drivers, pag binibigyan ko ng 20 may sukli pa rin akong lima? tsaka ang reason nung kasama nyo na naghatid sa akin dito kahapon e dahil iikot pa raw siya sa kabilang barangay para lang makabalik sa lugar nyo.
TD: oo tama siya kasi nga one way na lang dito. bawal bumalik.
ME: sino ang nasabi sa inyo na bawal bumalik? e allowed ang mga tricycle drivers na hindi na umikot sa kabila. kahit itanong mo dyan sa traffic enforcer, baka kayo pa ang mapahiya kasi tama ako. palibhasa kasi gusto nyo lang manggulang.
TD: SA SUSUNOD MAG-JEEP KA NA LANG PAPUNTA DITO!
ME: MAS MAGANDA NGA SIGURO KASI WALANG NANGGUGULANG PAG JEEP ANG SINAKYAN KO! (sabay talikod)

ang ganda talaga ng start ng work ko... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!