andiecrafts

You ought to have heard of the saying “right kind of wrong” at least once in your life (as for me, I heard it in a song). As far as my limited knowledge is concerned, it is something that is considered wrong albeit its being right as being wrong. Yes, I’m sure that made it more understandable for everyone. OK, I’m thinking about saying “You are fat,” with the rudest face you could possibly ever muster, straight to the face of someone who is 300 pounds overweight but just doesn’t want to admit it. Being rude is wrong, but being honest is right. In this case, being rude is absolutely wrong, however, the honesty despite the rudeness made it a right kind of wrong. For all loophole finders out there, I know there are millions of loopholes (yay for you) in this argument, but to hell with arguments (for now). As this is my blog, let me get to my point.

Wait! How about vengeance, huh? Vengeance is wrong, especially when you end up killing someone (which is cool, but only in the movies). Anyway, people who choose the path of vengeance usually have reasons (and sometimes, logical at that), that seem right at that time. Ta-da! Right kind of wrong!

Anyway, the right kind of wrong generally feeds many of the most basic human qualities. Greed (chocolate cake, need I say more?), romance (didn’t I just say I heard “right kind of wrong” from a song?), Pride, blah, blah, blah. The wrong kind of right, on the other hand, is plain funny, basing on my experience today.

Let me begin with a not-so-little background. I am spending my on-the-job training at a cosmetics company, and there are, currently, four others with me. Edward (makasawa, puryagaba, hahaha…), Mujik (barkada, buti na lang), and two Pisayans, Michelle and Veyellah. I am having a lot of fun with them (though I can’t say the same for a lot of other factors) especially with the youthful high school students. It is fun talking with them, seeing as how much they remind me of my bittersweet high school years. People in Pisay generally are the same throughout the years. Despite how intelligent they are, they tend to be a bit slow in certain stuff. In our times, we label those people with LOTS (Lower-Order Thinking Skills) or NOTS (No Order Thinking Skills). As for Mich and Vye’s batch, they describe the phenomenon as LG (Low Gets).

They have this classmate who has had more than her fair share of LG moments (quite like the way I had, and still am having, LOTS and NOTS moments). Let’s call the classmate “Sec.”

Sec: (approaches a classmate) Ui… Alam mo, yung carpenter namin, hindi kumakain ng meat!

Classmate: Wow! Vegetarian siya?

Sec: Huh? Hindi.

CM: Ano pala siya?

Sec: Carpenter.

Sabi ko nga. Wrong kind of right. I mean, she’s right, right? Their carpenter who does not eat meat is, after all, a carpenter. Who could argue with that?

Nyahahaha!!!