I've seen jeepneys with weird paintings on its body. People's faces . Abstract colors and figures. Some adorned with silver horses in front, racing with the vehicle itself. Television sets in front to entertain the passengers. The eardrum breaking music coming from stereos of several others, brought inconvenience to the riding public especially those people looking for a comfortable ride.
Today, I discovered another innovation of passenger jeepneys. I haven't seen this gimmick before. As I step inside a jeepney this afternoon, somebody greets me, Welcome Aboard! ,then utters the message for the day. The message perhaps was repeated a hundred times the entire day. It is neither the conductor nor the driver who does it. It's the flat screen hanged behind the driver's seat. The vehicle I rode embraced the technology nowadays. I usually see flat screens in booking offices and in malls. No one ever imagined screens on jeepneys. How's that!
I should have rode the jeepney a little longer to satisfy my curiosity about the new gimmick. If I did, I should know at this time whether a dozen more thoughts will be flashed on screen and not just one message. I will have the privilege to ask the driver or the conductor who initiated the interesting idea. If names of companies or persons tailed the message, consequently it was a less expensive promotional campaign.
I'm more than willing to see these gimmicks on the road. It would be glad to start a day with a bible verse or a quotable quote from our jeepneys.
That is a good idea but I don't think it was P-Noy who initiated that. The new changes that are happening are indeed encouraging. May pag-asa pa talagang magbago at bumuti ang Pinas.
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