Without turning this into a Philippines bashing post, it is really easy to get absolutely sick of the continual near stupidity that surrounds nearly everything that happens over there. Filipinos find it all so very normal, but just about every foreigner you meet there has a whole repertoire of mind numbingly annoying sagas to tell of beaurocratic blunders and general 'odd' attitudes surround so many everyday things.Serious reply? Ok.
What is your problem peter? I feel you hate philppines a lot .....
One of the very first things that repeatedly struck me (literally) when I started going there was the habit of people walking into me in the street. People would look at me, then step out of doorways or just step into my path like I was invisible. I weigh over 100kg, and Filipinos tend to bounce off me rather than the other way round. But they would look at me like I was in the wrong. It doesn't happen in the UK. People tend to look where they are going.
Much the same philosophy seems to go in the traffic system: people will walk straight out in front of cars, on a main road, and expect the car to stop. They'll make not the slightest effort to hurry across the road, but will dawdle as if they are on a suicide mission. I must admit, I did get used to the childish driving habits, but still never understood why Filipinos can't get their head round the expression "right of way".
One of my most infuriating hates from the Philippines was the "But I thought" reply that I heard so many times when I had asked a Filipino to make something for me, and he would do it how HE wanted to, not how I wanted it.
This happened numerous times, on everything from building work to furniture making, from tattoos to machine shops. They simply HAVE to change the plan slightly to what THEY think is best, despite being asked to follow the drawing or plan or instructions implicitly. This is one thing I REALLY hated about having anything done for me, probably my BIGGEST annoyance in the Philippines. In fact I built my own little workshop and tried to do nigh on as much stuff as I could for myself.
Going to the movies: The films start whenever they feel like it, there is no time table, they have no concept of a time table or schedule. People just wander in and out at anytime they feel like, watch for a couple of hours, talking all the way through, then get up and leave at some odd point of the movie. And usually not having understood a single thing about the movie, evidenced by the hysterical laughter everytime someone swore on screen, whatever the situation, and the total lack of laughter at real jokes.
And this could go on and on for hours, but I don't have the time to write it all down. In a nutshell, there is a right and wrong way to do EVERYTHING in this world, and the Filipino just seems to insist on doing so many things the wrong WAY.
And we won't even touch on the 'crab mentality' attitude!
