BLACK SUEDE SCANDAL - transcript of a discussion

All sorts of stories have been told of the blue suede scandal or canister scandal or Vicente sotto scandal or whatever they call it. It’s a shame that it was posted on youtube. No videos of that sort shouldve been allowed to be taken. But what’s done is done. Someone’sgotta pay for the humiliation it had caused the guy – no matter what background he’s from,no matter what social status or sexual preference he has. A few weeks ago when the story was all heated up and gossip of the incident had just started circulating, my teammates had discussed thematter faintly during work in our chatroom. As a team, we are gathered in a conference or a chatroom like yahoo or MIRC where we could ask each other for help and for resolutions to issues customers have the we are not familiar yet. Sometimes, the chatoom can get rowdy especially when the topic concerns everyone.Other times, it’s a place where we vent out frustrations when customers are too stupid not to find the power button on their cellphones and then curse you for it. It was one of those times when in some universal spontaneity, the black suede scandal was brought up. The chatroom has this English Only Policy but nobody seems to follow. In fact it’s a trilingual chatroom. People speak in Tagalog to spice up the discussion. It just seems funnier with Tagalog and English spoken by a Cebuano. The stories seem funnier and it keeps us awake.

(Note: The discussion below is of people who have very different backgrounds. Gay, lesbian, straight etc with ages from early twenties to late thirties. I took off the hahahahas and smileys because it would take up the whole space. )


ME: What’s important is that people get to learn something from it. Lesson learned, anyone?

TAMBOK: Lesson #1 :Though shall not pasukays?

ME: Nice one Bem. Hmmmm, Lesson #2: Huwag perfume?

JUN: Dili na mang-callboy…wehehehe

CHET: Pratice safe sex. Always.

JUN: Not perfume? Inhaler na lang.

ME: Hahaha… Inhale – exhale with it Jun?

CHET: Or di bale perfume basta lagyan ng tali para mahila palabas..hahaha

ME: Another lesson, ‘wag magpunta sa Sotto?

BARBIE: What if you don’t have money? You’ll definitely end up in Sotto.

ME: If no money, go back to Lesson #2: Huwag perfume…hahaha