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9 years ago
Today I waited 25 minutes for my Joibee burger. Everyone who came in after me was served. My niece asked what happened after 18 minutes. Then I had my run at the, my voice projecting nicely. No one would look at me; after I took my seat people stared. Another 3-4 minutes passed and my burger arrived.
Asus service center quoted my labor charge at 1000 P then changed it to 1200, but the Filipinos picking up their computers were only paying 1000 P. Asus called and said I needed a new motherboard for 2800P. My docking station had stopped working. I told them to forget it. I paid the 400P inspection fee and the tech was nice enough to plug the loose cable back on and now everything works. I could tell by the face of the store manager that he was going to rip me off. I know Poo says if you speak Tagalog this doesn't happen. That's apologetic. I get infuriated when someone scams me even 5 P. Being older, I have put up with too many scams and have reached my tipping point (no pun intended),

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