The video was posted on Facebook Tuesday by Gregory Paulo Llamoso, who said he caught the encounter using his camera when he was about to leave the LRT Santolan Station that same day.
"A loud voice caught my attention and all the people present there, ang lakas ng boses niya even she was small (She had loud voice for one so small)," Llamoso said. The video now has over 50,000 shares and over 12,000 "likes" as of this posting.
The video showed the passenger saying: "So now you're making me look like a liar? I'm a liar?"
"Ate, may pinag-aralan akong tao! Ginanon mo ako; I'm just returning the favor (I'm an educated person. You did that to me; I'm just returning the favor)," she added, gesturing that she was pushed.
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Hours later, the hashtag #amalayer, which apparently comes from "I'm a
liar", became a hit on social networking site Twitter. Paula Jamie
Salvosa, which was floated as the passenger's name, also became a
trending topic.
The
man who caught the video admitted that he did not know the passenger's
side of the story, but he added that a bystander told him that the guard
scolded the woman for using the wrong entrance.
"Alam mo kung
pano mo ako tinanong? Pano mo ako tinanong? 'Ate, anong problema mo?'
(Do you know how you asked me? 'What's your problem?')" the passenger
complained.
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In his post, Llamoso highlighted the fact that the lady guard stayed calm and did not match the passenger's apparent fury.
"Buti
nalang the lady guard exhibited the right behavior (The good thing is
that the lady guard exhibited the right behavior)," Llamoso said.
"She
did not fight back and she just kept cool and said her sorry. She
didn’t even utter foul words against the bully passenger," he added.
Llamoso
also said he approached the LRT office and asked that they take up the
matter privately, even as he remarked that the passenger "degraded" the
lady guard.
"[H]er arrogance and misplaced sense is a living proof
that being a true woman requires more than just privileged education
and breeding..." he added.
"You may speak English but that does not mean that you have class. #AMALAYER," Twitter user Leah Espiritu added.I just saw this #AMALAYER video. Grabe talaga. Practice humility even if you believe you are right. youtube.com/watch?v=SYjfT7…
— Isabella Magalona (@saabmagalona) November 14, 2012
"Showing off your 'English skills' when you know the person cannot reciprocate your 'fluency' is just so so low. #AMALAYER," Twitter user Esjaay said.
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Other tweeps, however, took the passenger's side, criticizing the behavior of some security guards in general.
One
Twitter user said: "Ako na may worst experience sa public guards (I
have the worst experience with security guards). I support #amalayer
girl."
"Both sides may mali. #Amalayer," another user said.
As of posting, Yahoo! Southeast Asia is still trying to contact the passenger for comment.
Meanwhile, answering tweets addressed to him, LRT Administrator Hernando Cabrera posted: "hi havent seen the footage yet, i'll check it out."
