public office is a public trust (yeah right!)

i went back to UP from the quezon city hall in tears.

what happened?

1. november 22 - i went to the QC notarial section and made a written request regarding a document for a case. they gave me a request form which provides that i should follow-up after five days.

2. november 28 - i called their office to inquire about the document. i was told to go to the city hall the next day.

3. november 29 - i went there only to be told that they still need more time. the person in-charge and i made an agreement - i should go back on monday and the document will be ready.

4. december 4 - the person in-charge was absent. an employee told me that they can't give me the document. i explained to this public servant (?) that i needed the document in order to file a pleading in court. he responded in a very crass manner "yung five days sa request form, follow up status lang! basahin mo yung dokumento!"

sensing that this pig (literally and figuratively speaking),who thinks that he is doing me a favor when he performs the job that we (the public) are paying him to do, is an unreasonable prick, i asked him if it was possible to talk to the head of the division. he replied, short of yelling at me, "gusto mong kausapin ang boss namin. sige! 'yang naka black and white. sige kausapin mo!"

i went to his superior and explained to her my predicament. she told him and another employee to attend to my needs.

while waiting for them to perform their duties, the pig called me and asked me if i'd be willing to WAIT IN THE OFFICE UNTIL 3 PM. I told him that i will come back at 3 PM because i have other things to do. he tried to show me the documents which he was sifting through. since i did not see how my looking at the ledgers could hasten his work, i told him that i just wanted the results and will come back at 3 PM. He responded in a very arrogant manner "Hindi ka pala interesado, e di LUMAYAS KA NA!"

i was too stunned to react so i just went back to UP. when i arrived in school, i started crying.

i have never been more humiliated in my entire life. some people gave me the names and cellular phone numbers of friends who are occupying very high positions in the qc hall so that i can lodge a complaint against him. technically, i could file an administrative case against them for the delay in responding to the written request that i made (think, admin law). not to mention the treatment that i received from this rude, crude and uncouth public servant. i chose not to do so because it's the holiday season; i do not wish to burden myself with another problem.

hello! i once went to the senate with a friend and the people there treated us like decent persons. nakapasok ako sa opisina ng apat na senador (including the senate president's office) na nakangiti ang mga tao, kahit estudyante lang ako. tapos sa city hall parang basura silang makipag-usap sa mga tao?

pasalamat sya nakita ko ang crush ko after kong umiyak (at ngumiti sa 'kin). mababaw lang naman kaligayahan ko. :)

(i wanted to publish the pig's name in this article but prudence tells me that i shouldn't.)