Of kings and serfs
| HE SAYS |
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| Aldrin Cardon |
The lady food server in a joint fronting the Kalibo airport in Aklan insisted she could not serve me a burger. A burger is not on their menu.
But she offered me an alternative: A cheese burger, which I was sure was just another burger, only that it comes with a tiny slice of cheese.
I did not dare argue as she was coming off a petty fight with a co-worker, who I supposed is their technical/all-around boy ready to take his mid-noon siesta. He switched the television channel to Max — which was then showing a war movie, interrupting lady server’s momentary dream of princes and princesses while insisting they don’t serve burgers!
She was surfing channels before she was rudely interrupted by a burger-searching customer. She was checking on updates on William and Kate’s so-called wedding of the century..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110502com6.html
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