The Accidental Eavesdropper
I can’t help it if their conversations are conducted at broadcast level. Is it because there’s a mobile phone blaring in their ears, making them temporarily deaf so they talk louder (the way you sing louder when you’re wearing headphones)? Do they want to impress other people with the nonstop excitement of their lives? Or is it some weird sense of community: people broadcasting private conversations because it would be rude to leave total strangers out of the loop?
Overheard at Fiumicino airport, Rome, May 2006. A Filipino man in matching denim jacket and jeans. (Why must they match? And why is maong the uniform of Pinoy OFWs? Is it from watching FPJ movies?)
“Hello? Hello? Ako ito. Asan ka? Nasa palengke ka ba? Ah, nasa palengke ka. Hello? Sa palengke kamo?”
It’s like Waiting for Godot.
His phone bills must be astronomical.
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October 27th, 2006 at 01:31
Why do Americans love to wear shorts and hiking boots / trainers when they are on holidays? Even when they are on a cruise ship? Is it it from all the Indiana Jones movies? Or trailer trash is just a hit in the US?
October 27th, 2006 at 01:33
Oh, and denim is okey if you drive a Bentley.
October 31st, 2006 at 16:11
i guess you’re not invisible enough to overhear direct confidential backstabbing. sometimes its amazing.