Last Friday I was too happy to step out of the office only realizing that Mitch was waiting for me for almost an hour in North Park. I knew I was in trouble. When I got to the packed restaurant, he gave me this nasty look and scolded me for not texting or calling him that I'll be late. I know I don't usually make mistakes and I always put up a good fight, but in this instance, I had no excuse. But I was too happy to give in, so I did the most logical thing. I apologized and told him that I was just too happy to transition work as it was the start of my vacation. He gave me a hard time at first until he warmed up cause I was beginning to lose patience and he knew.
We ordered our food and I caught up with how his day turned out when we suddenly heard a woman screamed her lungs out.
"Ayoko na sayo! Di nako sasama sayo! Layuan mo ko! Layuan mo ko"
She repeated it like forever. The guy was kneeling at her, trying to console her as the waiters, laughingly, still served their food. The woman was hysterical. She was screaming, crying and trying to tell the guy to get lost. Everyone in North Park was watching them. The waiters were at the counter snickering. The guard looked like he cannot digest the situation and the manager looked like she's starting to have LBM. This is after all a domestic problem and in this country, it's always bad to get involved in any personal problems. It's clearly unbecoming.
But this is a restaurant, hence a public place. And the girl was screaming and going hysterical for more than 15 minutes without even considering the fact that she's creating a massive scandal in a place where people would naturally come in happy spirits to eat.
People started to ignore them, but stolen glances were everywhere. People tried to enjoy whatever's left of their food. Too bad, Mitch and I were just about to start with ours. And too bad I'm not your typical Filipina who would turn a blind eye. When the girl started to scream "Kuya (Guard), ilayo mo sya sakin! Hindi ako sasama sayo!" I called the waiter. Mitch went pale. He knew anything could happen at this point and he knew he couldn't stop me.
I asked the waiter to tell the manager to at least escort the guy outside the restaurant to try to give the girl some space. Clearly, the girl was being traumatized by his presence. She wouldn't stop screaming and crying. I don't care if she was being too dramatic, but taking the guy out of the equation will try to subdue her. The manager clearly didn't acknowledge her responsibility. She called the guard to do something. The guard, being a male, went over to their table and tried to educate them on keeping the peace. It didn't work. I called the waiter again to tell their manager that the whole show was ruining my dinner. That's when they had to tell the guy to step out for a bit.
What I don't like about this scenario is that no one even tried to assist the couple into taking their fights outside. The waiters, managers and the guard, who supposed to uphold a good dining experience in the restaurant became paralyzed in this situation. They knew the customers were bothered and they knew the girl was traumatized, but they just kept on watching and snickering in the corner hoping the fiasco would die down. People always want to watch these scandals but fail to consider everyone's wellbeing especially with the couple too engrossed to realize the humiliation and discomfort they are creating towards the public.
The fight flamed when the guy confessed something to the girl, that much I know. How the girl reacted, it was that worse. I refused to think it was only a confession of a 3rd party because the girl was too hysterical for that unless of course she is a natural drama queen. It must be a 3rd party that led to something else. Or maybe something more serious and not a 3rd party at all. Or maybe a gay 3rd party because of money. It could be 101 things and all the couple ever did was to get people into their private business by creating such a ruckus.
Mitch witnessed the whole thing and tried to ask me if I'd do the same to him. I told him I was too educated to something like that. He knows it wasn't my style but I still think it really depends. I'd like to think that I can control my emotions pretty well and I have a high regard of propriety to act hysterical in public, but one never knows in certain drastic situations.
Note to guys, if they must confess something very hurtful to their ladies, I would find it in good taste to do it somewhere private. It's always safer and from the term itself "private". If the guys' motive in bringing the girl to a public place to confess is to minimize the negative reaction, they could be terribly wrong. It could backfire depending of course on how grievous the matter of confession is. Plus if the girl lashes out, the public would automatically brand himself an asshole. It also depends how men would assess their ladies. Some ladies are too passionate, emotional and dramatic to not care about appearances while some can hold it in pretty well. But then again, some girls who are tough and can control themselves well still tend to break down. So I would suggest, never divulge your sins in public. You will never ever know the reception. And lastly food is not always a form of bribe. It defeats the purpose of eating if you'd aim to ruin one's appetite.
And please, do not fight when there's a kid around and especially if he's eating. It's setting a bad example and we would want to avoid a crying chorus.
Men or women think about going public in these kinds of things. It almost always never fans out pleasantly. Always remember, in this day and age, a scandal is just a youtube away.
We ordered our food and I caught up with how his day turned out when we suddenly heard a woman screamed her lungs out.
"Ayoko na sayo! Di nako sasama sayo! Layuan mo ko! Layuan mo ko"
She repeated it like forever. The guy was kneeling at her, trying to console her as the waiters, laughingly, still served their food. The woman was hysterical. She was screaming, crying and trying to tell the guy to get lost. Everyone in North Park was watching them. The waiters were at the counter snickering. The guard looked like he cannot digest the situation and the manager looked like she's starting to have LBM. This is after all a domestic problem and in this country, it's always bad to get involved in any personal problems. It's clearly unbecoming.
But this is a restaurant, hence a public place. And the girl was screaming and going hysterical for more than 15 minutes without even considering the fact that she's creating a massive scandal in a place where people would naturally come in happy spirits to eat.
People started to ignore them, but stolen glances were everywhere. People tried to enjoy whatever's left of their food. Too bad, Mitch and I were just about to start with ours. And too bad I'm not your typical Filipina who would turn a blind eye. When the girl started to scream "Kuya (Guard), ilayo mo sya sakin! Hindi ako sasama sayo!" I called the waiter. Mitch went pale. He knew anything could happen at this point and he knew he couldn't stop me.
I asked the waiter to tell the manager to at least escort the guy outside the restaurant to try to give the girl some space. Clearly, the girl was being traumatized by his presence. She wouldn't stop screaming and crying. I don't care if she was being too dramatic, but taking the guy out of the equation will try to subdue her. The manager clearly didn't acknowledge her responsibility. She called the guard to do something. The guard, being a male, went over to their table and tried to educate them on keeping the peace. It didn't work. I called the waiter again to tell their manager that the whole show was ruining my dinner. That's when they had to tell the guy to step out for a bit.
What I don't like about this scenario is that no one even tried to assist the couple into taking their fights outside. The waiters, managers and the guard, who supposed to uphold a good dining experience in the restaurant became paralyzed in this situation. They knew the customers were bothered and they knew the girl was traumatized, but they just kept on watching and snickering in the corner hoping the fiasco would die down. People always want to watch these scandals but fail to consider everyone's wellbeing especially with the couple too engrossed to realize the humiliation and discomfort they are creating towards the public.
The fight flamed when the guy confessed something to the girl, that much I know. How the girl reacted, it was that worse. I refused to think it was only a confession of a 3rd party because the girl was too hysterical for that unless of course she is a natural drama queen. It must be a 3rd party that led to something else. Or maybe something more serious and not a 3rd party at all. Or maybe a gay 3rd party because of money. It could be 101 things and all the couple ever did was to get people into their private business by creating such a ruckus.
Mitch witnessed the whole thing and tried to ask me if I'd do the same to him. I told him I was too educated to something like that. He knows it wasn't my style but I still think it really depends. I'd like to think that I can control my emotions pretty well and I have a high regard of propriety to act hysterical in public, but one never knows in certain drastic situations.
Note to guys, if they must confess something very hurtful to their ladies, I would find it in good taste to do it somewhere private. It's always safer and from the term itself "private". If the guys' motive in bringing the girl to a public place to confess is to minimize the negative reaction, they could be terribly wrong. It could backfire depending of course on how grievous the matter of confession is. Plus if the girl lashes out, the public would automatically brand himself an asshole. It also depends how men would assess their ladies. Some ladies are too passionate, emotional and dramatic to not care about appearances while some can hold it in pretty well. But then again, some girls who are tough and can control themselves well still tend to break down. So I would suggest, never divulge your sins in public. You will never ever know the reception. And lastly food is not always a form of bribe. It defeats the purpose of eating if you'd aim to ruin one's appetite.
And please, do not fight when there's a kid around and especially if he's eating. It's setting a bad example and we would want to avoid a crying chorus.
Men or women think about going public in these kinds of things. It almost always never fans out pleasantly. Always remember, in this day and age, a scandal is just a youtube away.
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