Iloilo Airport Check-in
This is Part 1 of the Sights & Scenes On My Iloilo To Cebu To Tacloban Flights.
The final 2 legs of my Circle Trip, that brought me to Luzon, Mindanao, and back to the Visayas! Yep, flying back home to Cebu, but just in-transit to Tacloban. Let's Go!
This was fun "so far". An uncommon route. 'Di lang lamyerda, me kasamang work! It went TAC ✈ CEB ✈ MNL ✈ CGY ✈ CEB ✈ CRK ✈ EUQ 🚌 ILO ✈ CEB and ✈ TAC.
Ah, I said "so far", since it's not really done yet! I'm writing this at the Cebu Mabuhay Lounge, waiting to board the last and final flight of this 'circle trip' back to Tacloban.
I should be able to post this story tonite, when I have finally arrived. For who knows, other interesting sights and scenes may still occur from now until my arrival, right?
Check-in: Iloilo
Alright, continuing from the previous story, I went to the PAL check-in counters and got my boarding passes. Plural yes, because I had 2 flights: ILO-CEB and CEB-TAC.
You already know Connecting Flights and Through Check-In or Check-Thru, right? I have had lots of those cases lately, so I've been describing them in previous stories.
It was quick since I already did my web-check-in last night. All the girl had to do was just print the two boarding passes, and off I was to the pre-departure area upstairs.
Final Security Check
Ayayay long line entering the final x-ray area. But nothing we can do about it, di ba?
Alangan namang tayo pa'ang mag-donate ng maraming x-ray machine sa gobyerno!
Misery Loves Company
Hey, TBH as in To Be Honest, I really wanted to say something to these two men!
But I controlled and held my self in check hehehe! They probably wouldn't be able to grasp what I wanted to tell them anyway - because they're the "yes sir" kind of guys!
Do you know the "yes sir" men (and women)? Oh yeah, people like them who belong to autocratic forms of organization. They are trained to only listen to their superiors.
Not only that, they're also trained on the maxim that: 1] their boss knows everything; 2] their boss is the sole authority they must recognize on any matter; and 3] when in any doubt whatsoever, go back to Item 1] and Item 2] strictly in that particular order!
Cognitive Dissonance
What did I want to tell those 'boys' anyway? Ah well... that according to sociological and clinical research, it has been proven, that adults who wait in line, become easily irritable, when they see service providers sitting around, and seem to be doing nothing.
Notice I underscored the word "seem". Because the service providers (examples are those 2 men) may not really be doing nothing. But, if it looks like they are, in the eyes of the beholder, these beholders (tayo yan) will become "irritable" from that time on.
That's if, we the beholders (customer/client/constituent) don't accost them pronto!
Look at that woman at right and the man in green. From their posture and/or stance alone, I could already tell, that they've recognized the irritant: nagku-kwentuhan lang sila, habang nagdudusa kami sa pila! Add in: my very own urge to tell them something!
Those men, even their bosses can/will naturally parry, deny, deflect, rebuke or refute that accusation when confronted. But the powerful human brain will say: estoryahee!
There are many solutions to that situation. The easiest way would be: get lost! Kung wala rin lang naman kayo gagawin, huwag ka dyan sa mismong dinadaanan ng pila.
Di ba ang sabi sa military-style training nyo if you have nothing to do, don't do it here?
Apply that here. But if you have something to do, is that the right way to sit or stand?
It's a very true human behavior - that we get irked while patiently waiting in line, and we see service providers who look like just lounging around in their own living room.
Lalo na, if service provider is a bayaran ng bayan - meaning: ang ipinapasweldo sayo eh galing sa mga bayad (terminal fee) o taxes ng mga taong nag-durusa sa pila. Da!
Solution: Kung ayaw mong matakot, mahiya ka man lang sana!
If you keep in that mind, then you will probably scram, or maybe look for something to do, like magkunwaring me ginagawa o isinusulat. Hindi naka-upo na parang hari.
Lalong-lalo na kung di ka pulis, dahil police desk yata yan!
Even that jaguar (dya-gwar, blue guard, chief) is obviously nakikipag-kwentuhan. Eh look at how he stands? Has he forgotten the word "snappy" that they always say?
Tapos, ikaw na nagbayad ng Terminal Fee... that is what you see!
What is this, a psychology blog or travel blog? Hahaha, kasama yan sa mga inaaral ko, how to properly relate, engage, interact w/ people, when you're a service provider.
For further information, call your dear Pinoy Traveler. Caution: mahal ang TF ko!
Anyway, I got thru without confronting anyone (choose your battles 'ika nga)!
Tara, let's go inside.
The final 2 legs of my Circle Trip, that brought me to Luzon, Mindanao, and back to the Visayas! Yep, flying back home to Cebu, but just in-transit to Tacloban. Let's Go!
This was fun "so far". An uncommon route. 'Di lang lamyerda, me kasamang work! It went TAC ✈ CEB ✈ MNL ✈ CGY ✈ CEB ✈ CRK ✈ EUQ 🚌 ILO ✈ CEB and ✈ TAC.
Ah, I said "so far", since it's not really done yet! I'm writing this at the Cebu Mabuhay Lounge, waiting to board the last and final flight of this 'circle trip' back to Tacloban.
I should be able to post this story tonite, when I have finally arrived. For who knows, other interesting sights and scenes may still occur from now until my arrival, right?
Check-in: Iloilo
Alright, continuing from the previous story, I went to the PAL check-in counters and got my boarding passes. Plural yes, because I had 2 flights: ILO-CEB and CEB-TAC.
It was quick since I already did my web-check-in last night. All the girl had to do was just print the two boarding passes, and off I was to the pre-departure area upstairs.
Final Security Check
Ayayay long line entering the final x-ray area. But nothing we can do about it, di ba?
Misery Loves Company
Hey, TBH as in To Be Honest, I really wanted to say something to these two men!
Do you know the "yes sir" men (and women)? Oh yeah, people like them who belong to autocratic forms of organization. They are trained to only listen to their superiors.
Not only that, they're also trained on the maxim that: 1] their boss knows everything; 2] their boss is the sole authority they must recognize on any matter; and 3] when in any doubt whatsoever, go back to Item 1] and Item 2] strictly in that particular order!
Cognitive Dissonance
What did I want to tell those 'boys' anyway? Ah well... that according to sociological and clinical research, it has been proven, that adults who wait in line, become easily irritable, when they see service providers sitting around, and seem to be doing nothing.
Notice I underscored the word "seem". Because the service providers (examples are those 2 men) may not really be doing nothing. But, if it looks like they are, in the eyes of the beholder, these beholders (tayo yan) will become "irritable" from that time on.
That's if, we the beholders (customer/client/constituent) don't accost them pronto!
Look at that woman at right and the man in green. From their posture and/or stance alone, I could already tell, that they've recognized the irritant: nagku-kwentuhan lang sila, habang nagdudusa kami sa pila! Add in: my very own urge to tell them something!
Those men, even their bosses can/will naturally parry, deny, deflect, rebuke or refute that accusation when confronted. But the powerful human brain will say: estoryahee!
There are many solutions to that situation. The easiest way would be: get lost! Kung wala rin lang naman kayo gagawin, huwag ka dyan sa mismong dinadaanan ng pila.
Di ba ang sabi sa military-style training nyo if you have nothing to do, don't do it here?
Apply that here. But if you have something to do, is that the right way to sit or stand?
It's a very true human behavior - that we get irked while patiently waiting in line, and we see service providers who look like just lounging around in their own living room.
Lalo na, if service provider is a bayaran ng bayan - meaning: ang ipinapasweldo sayo eh galing sa mga bayad (terminal fee) o taxes ng mga taong nag-durusa sa pila. Da!
Solution: Kung ayaw mong matakot, mahiya ka man lang sana!
If you keep in that mind, then you will probably scram, or maybe look for something to do, like magkunwaring me ginagawa o isinusulat. Hindi naka-upo na parang hari.
Lalong-lalo na kung di ka pulis, dahil police desk yata yan!
Even that jaguar (dya-gwar, blue guard, chief) is obviously nakikipag-kwentuhan. Eh look at how he stands? Has he forgotten the word "snappy" that they always say?
Tapos, ikaw na nagbayad ng Terminal Fee... that is what you see!
What is this, a psychology blog or travel blog? Hahaha, kasama yan sa mga inaaral ko, how to properly relate, engage, interact w/ people, when you're a service provider.
For further information, call your dear Pinoy Traveler. Caution: mahal ang TF ko!
Anyway, I got thru without confronting anyone (choose your battles 'ika nga)!
Tara, let's go inside.
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