Comments on: Who Are The Filipinos, Anyway? Part 3

By: Philly

Philly — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:50:22 +0000

Hi macky, thanks for dropping by and for your interesting comment. A fellow I used to work with in the US … you might say he was a bit on the ‘economy-minded’ side … won a free bus trip to a casino which included dinner. The guests were reminded that even though the dinner was free the wait staff worked for tips alone, so please don’t forget them. My orgainzed friend put a dollar bill and a twenty in his wallet .. the $1 (yes one whole dollar) for the dinner tip and the $20 to buy chips with. Well, as you might have guessed, when he finished dinner and went to the cashier for chips he found he had accidentally given the waitress the 20 and had only a single left to gamble with … poor him. I assured him the waitress probably deserved the $20 more than the owner of the casino did…

By: macky

macky — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:21:04 +0000

many years ago, i once left a $100 bill for a $1 mrs. fields cookie at the mall. being a kid tourist then, having US bills in the same color can be confusing when you are used to color coded peso bills (they’re all green!).

luckily, the store attendant spotted my mistake for me. i was around 14 years old then, so age or international borders can spark similar mistakes.

by the way, i never told my parents about my near mistake as i walked back holding the same so-called $100 cookie. they would have revoked my spending rights right there.

By: Philly

Philly — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:05:34 +0000

Good eye, Mark. yes the P 100 note (slang name “ube” because of its purple tint) is the only currency I have ever used which has the issuing country’s flag (common, of course) and another country’s flag in the same picture … I guess a celbraton/recognition of the American years as part of the Filipino heritage … I sure did adouble take the first time I saw one … could you imagine a US note with a Philippine flag on it, or perhaps the Union Jack?

And you were the closest so far on my tip … I was more generous than most,I guess, I picked up the p500 pesos note from the tray that held the correct P815 and left the rest … hope the girl bought something nice for herself with it.

By: Mark Cowley

Mark Cowley — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:24:30 +0000

I see an American Flag. Since she saved you P1815, I would have gave her a 10% finders fee… P180?

Mark

By: Philly

Philly — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:59:24 +0000

Hi Gene, thanks for dropping by and for the comment. P50? Well that;s fine I guess, but my thought was that this girl already had mt 2,000 pesos in her hand and already _knew_ I had made the mistake and could have got away Scot free had she wanted to, so I was a little more generous …. any more entries?

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:19:34 +0000

I would have left her either P50 or P100 as the mood moved me.

Gene

By: Philly

Philly — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:36:19 +0000

P 100 would have been fine … I’ll wait for some more opinion before I reveal what i did leave.

My eyes are a year older and I can see the flags … although I also have notes in my pocket to pull out. I thought when you clicked on the image they would get bigger but I obviously screwed something up when I uploaded. Better image coming. The point of the question is, how many countries can anybody name that have the national flag (ensign) of another country on their currency? Pretty few I would wager … and since we’re talking about the Philippines you ought to be able to guess the second country pretty easily…

Thanks for coming by and for commenting.

By: Danny Thompson

Danny Thompson — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:51:46 +0000

I think I would have left her a P100.00 tip.
My eyeballs are 61, I don’t even see any flags.
Dan

By: Philly

Philly — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:35:14 +0000

Hi, thanks for visiting and for your story … I’m sure most people figured that’s what would have happened to me. So what’s your answer to my question? I’m going to tell what I left but I’m trying to get a sense for what others would have done when finding this lovely, honest waitress.

By: pmonchet

pmonchet — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:40:40 +0000

Yes, That happen to me one time on my way back home from our meeting and We had to drink a little failing to notice the time that it was already 1:00Am.I had to ride a Taxi cab and use two P100.00 (In my mind)pesos never getting the change.My fare registered P180.00. When I waked up and check my wallet that morning,I am poorer by P1,000.00.Lucky driver!