Nakakatawa itong dati naming kasambaho (kasama sa trabaho). Retired na sya matagal na but he comes to our office almost everyday to ask for dole outs.
Sa akin muna, tapos pupunta sa office ni Oyen, tapos next day dun naman kung nasan si Nyke, tapos si Edmund naman. Ni-ro-rotate nya kami. Dati we were not comparing notes, tapos we discovered, among the four of us, thousands a month pala naibibigay namin, imagine in one year yun. We decreased the amounts that we give, ganun pa rin. Tapos ngayon nga we give P100 each na lang or sometimes P200 every time he comes, four times multiplied by four weeks P3,200 pa rin x 12 months = P38,400 a year minimum amount. Minsan si Edmund P500 ang bigay.
His daughters told me they provide for him. Meron nga syang dalawang anak sa America, nurse yung isa and the other one is a medical technologist. Mas malaki pa ang sweldo kesa sa amin.
Nasa office ko na naman sya nung isang araw.
Kunsumisyon pero hindi naman namin sya matiis. makita ko pa lang sya, na-i-stress na ako.
I can imagine that this stresses you out. Actually, this is one of the reasons why I don’t want my parents to retire in the Philippines. I fear that they will become everyone’s bank, pharmacy, registrar, etc. They cannot say no and people take advantage. I really dislike that people think that if you can, you should give. That it’s an obligation and if you don’t, you’re kuripot. Takes the joy out of giving. Just thinking about it stresses me out.