Like this:

So, we were outside the supermarket. This guy parked his van near the gutter where people park their shopping cart to be picked up by the supermarket staff. I was loading our car with the groceries from our second cart, when the first cart I left rolled towards the door of his van. He then  started mumbling how big the dent was. I wasn’t paying attention to him because I already left the cart and I knew it wasn’t my fault that gravity exists on earth. I mean my cart wasn’t the only one parked that time, meaning people leave their cart on that area all the time. What pissed me off was when he started shouting, “sorry ha. sorry ha. sorry ha.”. He stared at my dad, who at that time had no idea what happened because he was on the other side of the car. My dad didn’t like the stare and the way he kept on going, “sorry ha”; so, my dad answered back, “bakit parang sinisisi mo ako, hindi ko naman alam kung ano nangyare”. The guy didn’t answer, took his place on the driver’s seat, then stared at me, so I went over the window and said, “Excuse me, I didn’t push the cart. Gumulong yung cart”. The guy didn’t answer and drove off.

I know it wasn’t wise to answer back, but I can’t help it. Here are the reasons why it didn’t bother me answering him like that:

1. The dent wasn’t that big, I even thought that there was none at all or I just didn’t see it because it wasn’t noticeable. It’s not as if the cart had a very big impact on his van, because as I said, the cart was just on the gutter and his van was near the gutter. Another thing, even if I didn’t have the distance of the cart to prove it, I’d know if the dent was big with the way he handled the situation. Any man who had his car seriously damaged by another person would approach the other party and would show them the damage as ground for negotiations; instead, that guy just tried to get our attention by shouting, “sorry ha. sorry ha.” He didn’t even stay to defend his claimed big dent on the door of his van. I mean no person on his right mind would just leave behind the people who damaged his car, that is if the damage was really serious.

2. As I said, I considered the cart not my responsibility anymore, because I already left it where all shoppers leave their cart after using it. I wasn’t even facing his van nor the cart when it happened. The cart wheeled towards the door of his van and it was an accident. I’m not gonna pay for any damage, especially a damage that wasn’t really there.

3. I just hate a person who’s just good at initiating confrontations then shuts up when answered back. As they say, “hanggang unang salita lang”. And isn’t it a little childish to just holler, “sorry ha, sorry ha, sorry ha”. A real man, for me, would deal with the situation by talking, hindi nagpaparinig. Most of all, a real man at that given situation would speak up if he firmly knows and believes that he was right.

I swear I was very passionate when I was writing this entry, because even up to now, I can still feel my blood rising. For that, I’ll stop here because I’m afraid this burning passion would lead to something else, say two or three more paragraphs of endless babbling.

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