Two 40-ish men in polo shirts and jeans stood in line behind me at the Tokyo Tokyo fastfood place in Shangri-la Plaza Mall where I had lunch today. In between ordering pork tonkatsu and beef misono sumo meal, Man #1 was talking in a loud, excited voice to Man#2.
Snippets from their conversation:
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Man 1: “Pag sya nagpadala ng text sa akin, walang bayad. Pag ako, P2.50 lang. Mura talaga!”
Man 2: “Pwede pala yun?”
Man 1: “Oo, pare.” (In the tone that says, “Grabe, hindi mo ba alam yun?”).
Ganito yun. Pag nag-type sya sa computer nya sa New York, bumabagsak dito sa celfone ko (waves his celfone 3 centimeters under Man #2’s nose). Walang bayad yun. Tapos pag nag-text ako sa kanya, pinapadala ko sa email nya imbis na sa celfone nya. P2.50 lang ang charge sa akin nun. Subukan mo, pare, ang galing talaga.”
Man 2: “Oo nga ‘no. Masubukan nga.”
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Hurray for technology! Double hurray for word-of-mouth, in-your-face, under-your-nose, my-pare-is-mayabang-but-he-does-make-sense advertising!
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