Monday, February 12, 2018

Jeepney Repair in the Middle of the Road

In the Philippines when your vehicle breaks down in the middle of the street it is best to fix it right then and there without moving it out of the way. After all it's only a small thing. A problem quickly fixed.  You won't be long.  




I wonder what the trouble is. Maybe it's not too serious. Just a little overheating or something. Or perhaps a loose fan belt.

What do you think that guy on the motorcycle is doing? Looks like he and the jeepney driver are talking. Is he offering to help push the jeepney out of the road?  Just to the left and out of the camera frame is a gas station.  They could push it there and then proceed with the repair.


Well it's been two hours and the front wheel is off which means this guy is going to be tying up traffic for a long time. But it's not a problem because fixing his vehicle is way more important than worrying about a little thing like blocking the intersection.

How many times have you seen a jeepney just like that, with the wheel off and the seat acting like a warning barrier, parked in the middle of a busy street causing traffic to slow down and back up all because the driver is too inconsiderate to push his broken vehicle out of the street? I have seen this scenario too many times for it to not be a cultural thing.

1 comment:

  1. Filipinos live in a bubble of self interest and entitlement. They have zero concern for how their actions affect others.

    These pictures are a classic example of that. This asshole driver could've moved his vehicle so that it didn't cause any inconvenience but he chose not to. Basically sending a big FUCK YOU to everyone that had to pass by this inconvenience.

    The other problem is that no Filipino ever seems to complain about this bullshit. A nation of enablers if there ever was one.

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