Illiterates

Posted by muragdoctor on February 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

I had thought adult illiterate Filipinos didn’t exist. I was, however, proved wrong. This incident happened around July last year.

While waiting to get my ATM card from a very long wait, I heard an interesting exchange.

Sunda lagi ang instruction, sir, the teller said in a tone that bordered on annoyance. Or maabtan ta ani ugma.

Follow the instructions, sir, or we’ll end up finishing this tomorrow.

Naa biya nay example dira.

The examples are there.

The teller returned the man’s application forms and went out to do some other business. The man meekly accepted the documents and signed whatever the teller marked.

ID number na bay, I said as I noticed that he apparently forgot to read the instructions. Dili na sign-an.

Those blanks are for your ID number. You do not sign there.

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