occupation: SAHM

This is the 6th consecutive day where not even a drop of water comes out from our faucets.

We have no choice but to buy water from those delivery trucks, where they charge P25 per drum. Our water tank’s capacity is 3 point something drums, but the men would peg it at 4. And the water is not even clean. Yet we have no choice. It hurts whenever I have to shell out a hundred for a tank when we pay around P150 a month to Maynilad. But that’s still steep since I used to pay only P70 a couple of months back for the same amount of water.

I called 1626, Maynilad’s hotline, to ask them “What the hell is going on here???” but I had been on hold for at least 10 minutes, listening alternately to beeping sounds and elevator music. I read somewhere that they record what you say while you’re on hold, so I had my speech – “Ang kakapal ng mukha ninyo mag-charge ng malaki, pero nuknukan naman kayo ng inefficient at ayaw nyo pa sagutin ang telepono!!! Ikaw, Lopez ka, hindi ka magaling ka magaling na negosyante!! Ipasa mo na kami kay Ayala!!! “

Having no water can really be trying. And after 6 days of scrounging for it, and paying an exorbitant price for it, all of us here in our subdivision are our wit’s end. Anyone who knows anyone from NAWASA/Maynilad? Pakikalampag nga yang mga lintek na yan!!!