A Thief in Disguise

Last night, while on my way to work, I was riding a jeepney bound for Toril. Scared of the recent news on jeepney holp-ups, I have been very keen every time I ride a jeepney whenever I go to work at night. The moment I rode that jeepney and I saw the face of that male passenger in front of me, I sensed there was something wrong with this guy. So I decided to secretly keep a close watch on him.

There was something with the way he looked and the way he moves. Somewhere near Ecoland, the jeepney stopped on a red light and a female passenger handed over her fare. Since that guy was seated somewhere in the middle, he reached for the coins handed by the passenger. What bothered me was he did not give it to the driver! I just observed him.. maybe he was just waiting for the driver who was also giving the change for the fare of another passenger.

But after several minutes, he still kept those coins in his hand and he slowly placed the coins inside his pocket. Darn! Then another passenger handed his fare but this time the guy handed a P50 bill. He had no choice but to hand it to the driver. Then another guy paid a fare, and I was looking closely at his hand. He was very quick to keep some coins for himself and handed the rest to the driver. Omg! Is the driver not counting the fare? Why is he not complaining? This guy is stealing his income!

I thought of telling the driver about what the guy is doing, but I was also scared the guy might hurt me or might come down the jeepney the moment I arrive at my destination and he might hurt me. So I decided to keep quiet and told myself I will definitely not hand my fare to him.. he is not seated on my row anyway.

But guess what?! When I arrived at my destination, another passenger was also going down and handed his fare and that guy was very quick to grab his fare. I handed my fare to another person but that thief was quick to get mine too!! grrrr! Shame on him! Before I stepped down the jeepney I still saw him again getting some coins from the fare that the guy and I paid for.

This thief has a big body, he looks healthy too.. why can't he just try and work and earn a decent income for himself rather than victimizing that poor jeepney driver? I just hate lazy people. People who rely on the easy way to get money. If you want to earn, you must work hard for it.