Yen and I went to Basil Thai Restaurant in Pasong Tamo last Thursday. We got there at 1:22 pm. We found a table and sat down. After about 3 minutes, the waitress told us sorry daw, last call na yung 1:30 pm. Wala na silang cook. Ha? last call is 1:30 pm and it’s only 1:25 pm yet their staff started gallivanting already? It was only 1:25 pm when she approached us, eh di dapat we could still dine. Ang tamad naman ng mga empleyado ng restaurant na ito. O kaya mabilis ang relo nila.
We had no choice but to leave. I told the waitress “ang tamad nyo naman”.
If i were the restaurant owner, I would feel bad because that meant lost income for the restaurant.
When I was growing up in Binangonan, my parents had a store. My father would close the store late, kasi he would wait for some more customers. “Baka meron pang bibili”. It was only when the tv show Hawaii Five O and Streets of San Francisco were showing that he would willingly close the store a little bit earlier, otherwise, he patiently sat there, hoping to make that one last sale for the night. Sayang kasi. Ang tawag dyan sa Tagalog ay “arimuhan” or “nag-aarimuhan”. Nagbabakasali na makabenta pa sya, kumita pa sya. Yan ang masisipag at masisinup sa buhay.
It was heavy traffic along Pasong Tamo, we didn’t want to look for another restaurant that would entail longer travel time. Yen and I went to the fastfood at Alphaland for quick lunch.
She had pad thai (P100) while I had seafood noodle soup (P90). We had two small bottles of fresh buko juice for P55 / bottle. We spent P300 for our meal plus the fish ball.
Oyen’s dessert, fish ball
Once in a while it’s nice to eat in fast food eateries or carinderia or tabi-tabi. As long as the food is clean, then go. Cheap and fun. It’s also one way of patronizing the business of small entrepreneurs.
