Comments on: Stolen Electrical Wires & Parts

By: daylene bernardo

daylene bernardo — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:40:38 +0000

i wanted to report an employee of meralco who stoles and sell the wires that is own by meralco i was there i saw all the monkey bussiness that thier doing…..watch out for them

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:28:09 +0000

Yup enough said… thanks guys for discussing an issue without taking any of it personally. I continue to hope that I can plow some of my resources into creating more jobs in the local market…give people the opportunities and hopefully they will run with it!

By: RobKSA

RobKSA — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:29:53 +0000

I agree with you guys; poverty or hunger is not a justified reason for stealing. I just have a soft spot for them because I came from a poor family so I once knew how to be hungry and tempted to steal.
Ok, now let’s stop this and continue with our cooking :)

By: ems

ems — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:35:08 +0000

OK RobKSA, in the back of my mind, I know you have a point…..maybe I’m just being partial. My family lives in Tondo and I’ve seen many poor families living there. There are those that do the hard work, and yes they do complain…a lot, especially when they don’t have enough to eat. But they are good people who don’t harm anybody. And there are those who are bulkier and stronger in built….also complain a lot…but never work. I agree with MM, stealing should never be the option because it is wrong. I just can’t understand why the poorer they get, the more children they have.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:48:32 +0000

I buy both sides of the coin/issue, but I would solve it first by cutting our population growth by 80%. The average educated city dweller is now having roughly 3 or less offspring but the less fortunate and less educated families are still having upwards of 7 to 8 kids each. The average family size is still in the 5-6 kids area. And if I were supreme dictator, I would figure out who could breed or not… and it isn’t based on income levels… I am only partially kidding, mind you. Another way to look at it is that we are far less prodcutive per worker than many of our neighbors…that might address the “katamaran” or “output” issues… a clothing factory in China might make 2-3x the amount of garments than we do so so even if they are paid slightly more, it is still better to sew the clothes there. All we have to look at is a typical Mcdonalds outlet, ever notice that it might have 2-3x the staff of a typical equivalent in some Western countries? Okay, so the U.S. pays maybe PHP1500 per day in wages versus our PHP400 but if they do the work of 2 people, the difference starts to narrow dramatically… Rich or poor, I do not countenance stealing; it is just plain wrong. Don’t have any kids if you can’t reasonably assure that you can feed, cloth and educate them…that is no one else’s responsibility (including the state) than your own.

By: RobKSA

RobKSA — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:02:53 +0000

ems, If the rich and famous in our meads can steal why not somebody who is hungry? It’s not katamaran, it’s the lack of opportunities for them to work their bones. I’m one of those who have work my way out of poverty; but only after I have to find work abroad, there’s not just enough work around for the poor of our country.

By: wysgal

wysgal — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:53:33 +0000

Just goes to show that without the order of law to keep us in line, we’re all savages deep down inside!

By: wil-b cariaga

wil-b cariaga — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:16:27 +0000

cruel but. . . yeahhhh ban them from electrical conection. . .hehe

By: frayed

frayed — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:41:46 +0000

I agree with Gonzo. Was going to say something similar.

By: gonzo

gonzo — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:19:44 +0000

There is one main culprit here: poverty. If menial job workers in this country were paid an actual living wage we would see a lot less petty theft. even the police are underpaid, so anyone with a bit of money can buy himself out of being arrested. it’s a cycle of poverty; a culture of poverty. robKSA has a point.

Morals and ethics are for the eating classes, or those that have their three squares a day. No food? No morals. It’s not a case of being immoral, actually it’s more amoral– questions of morality and ethics do not even factor into the equation amongst the poorest of the poor. Survival is the name of the game.

The type of theft that MM has described happens even more rampantly in poor African countries for instance.

Those who talk of morality and ethics are getting their stomachs filled daily i can assure you.