So I got a ticket yesterday. Apparently I stopped too far in an intersection and right in front of a yellow-clad member of Makati's police force. I could totally point the blame at the fact that the goddamn line on the street was too faded to see, but the truth is that my eyes were on the stoplight while attempting to invoke my Lite Ace's powers of beating yellow lights. Guh. Now, I know that the Makati Police do not like to be messed with, so I just remained as complacent as possible. I even spoke straight Filipino to cooperate. This is a far cry from my SOP when it comes to dealing with problems like these, because I usually I play the "I'm foreign! Your country confuses me!" card and speak really REALLY fast English.
After the whole thing, the officer says "Alam mo sir, ayoko talaga magbigay ng ticket kasi ang bait niyo po" (You know sir, I really don't want to give you a ticket because you're a nice guy). I told him it was cool, it was my fault, and he's just doing his job. Feels pretty good actually, knowing that someone appreciated your effort of kindness.
THEN I REALIZED THAT I DON'T HAVE A LICENSE FOR THE ENTIRE HOLY WEEK, HAVE TO PAY A 500 PESO FINE, AND HAUL MY ASS TO SOME BUILDING WHOSE LOCATION IS NEXT TO UNKNOWN TO ME.
FUCK!
3 comments:
dude, heres a tip. buy yourself those driver's license plastic folder/holder thing and place P200 in it. it will be over in less than 5mins :)) - david
well in any case... atleast now I have someone to go with me. Depends though, are you going to Makati City Hall or Orense? hehe - Rio
I cheated and paid my girlfriend's driver to pick it up for me.
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