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Sal Panelo Takes The Commute Challenge: A Timeline

Sal Panelo Takes The Commute Challenge: A Timeline

Oct 11, 2019   •   Patricia Sahagun and Kel Fabie

After slamming the previous administration for creating a transport crisis, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, in an effort to humor his critics and prove there is no transport crisis whatsoever, decided to embark on a great journey government officials rarely do: commute to work. 

So how did Attorney Panelo do without the help of a 2-Billion Peso Jet? Let’s find out.

Out on the road at 5:15

By all accounts, it would appear that this journey of epic proportions was undertaken at 5:15 in the morning, a good 2 hours and 45 minutes before he was due for work. He was coming from Marikina.

 

Seen in a jeep headed to Sta Mesa at 6:16

After waiting for a while for a jeepney in Concepcion Marikina, the spokesperson is then seen inside the jeepney, still in high spirits, headed to Sta. Mesa.

 

Sighted in a jeep in Stop and Shop at 7:29

Taking a jeepney from Stop and Shop to Manila, Sal was spotted inside another jeepney at this point.

 

Spotted in a jeep around Cubao at 7:38

At what seems to be a case of a brisk ride or late uploads, the Spokesman is seen in the QC area, near the driver.

 

Tries to get down from a moving jeepney around 7:58

With two minutes to spare before he’s due at work, he gets off the jeepney while it’s still clearly in motion. There’s a violation for that, I’m pretty sure. 

 

 

Conflicting Report: Spotted still waiting at Concepcion at 6:53

A bit odd, but it does add up if every other jeepney ride he’s been seen in was around 7AM. So what was it really? He got up at 5:15, and got out of Marikina only an hour and a half later?

By the way, it supposedly took the help of policemen for him to get a ride from here. Isn’t that nice? When can we have cops hailing jeepneys on our behalf?

 

Hails Angkas at around 8:30

With a tricycle breaking down and options thinning, the Spokesperson ditched all pretense of commuting and hailed what is clearly an Angkas rider at around 8:30 to get to work. The average commuter would use only jeeps, buses, and trains, while ride-sharing and premium apps like Grab and Angkas are considered premium options.

And, oh, those options are often under fire from the government, too, so imagine how it would be if Angkas weren’t allowed to operate today for some reason.

 

Gets to work 47 minutes late at 8:47, says “there is no crisis.”

Panelo arrives in the Malacanang Compound at around 8:47, well beyond late for work, and claims there is no crisis, despite nearly spending four hours on the road, which, if you are keeping count, is half his working hours in the office. 

Unlike Panelo, a person going through a similar commute would also take another four hours headed back home after work. What this means is that they spend as much time on the road as they do at work, which is not a sustainable way to live by any means. And if these same people were late by 47 minutes with regularity, they would get fired.

Maybe if he gets up earlier next time.

 

How was your commute today? Tell us below!


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Kel Fabie. is a DJ, host, mentalist, satirist, comedian, and a long-time contributor to 8List (Hello, ladies!). He has an Oscar, a Pulitzer, a Nobel, and two other weirdly-named pet dogs. He blogs on mistervader.com.

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