A Facebook user has accused Angelica Panganiban, and local hairstylists Jing Monis and Juan Sarte III of cutting in line to the immigration counter.
A certain JC Valenzuela posted on Facebook: “You know why the Philippines is poor. It’s because local hairstylists like Jing Monis, Juan Sarte, and “celebrity” Angelica Panganiban cut [in] line in the immigration [queue]. Good human behavior is free. Assholes.”
Sarte has responded to the rant, claiming that his group arrived at the same time and lined up in different queues, but Panganiban and Monis’ lines moved too slowly.
By the time he reached the front of his line, allegedly six passengers beside him left the queue because they had no departure cards. Passengers in other queues rushed to take the slots, including Panganiban and Monis, but his friends failed in the attempt.
According to Sarte, it was at this point when he decided to let Panganiban and Monis go before him, with the permission from the Bahrain-bound OFWs behind him, who were even delighted to see Angelica in front of them.
“As a courtesy to Angelica, who is female, a friend and a colleague, I offered to let them go ahead of me. I thought this is normal for people travelling together because I see it often,” Sarte said.
“I would have given the same courtesy to my mom, my sister or any friend traveling with me, celebrity or not,” he added.
Sarte suggested that Valenzuela check the airport CCTV footage to see what really happened.
However, Valenzuela, who has made his original post private to avoid trolls, shared a different side to the story.
According to Valenzuela, Panganiban’s group did not arrive at the immigration lines at the same time, and when Sarte reached near the front, he gestured to his friends to come over and cut in line.
“This means that your ‘story’ [about] 6 passengers leaving their slots–if true– has nothing to do with your established intent to do this,” Valenzuela said.
Valenzuela insisted that the group jumped the queue twice.
“One of the assistants of the Celebrity even said (non verbatim) ‘Wag na, mainis pa sila,’” Valenzuela claimed.
When he called the group out, Monis reportedly told them: “We’re late for our flight,” to which Valenzuela replied: “No, you’re not, we’re on the same flight.”
“Owning [up to] your actions [mistakes] would’ve been the best action sana. And an apology,” Valenzuela concluded.
Post from Maribeth S. Cate not as Edric Nelson Cate. Just to say that Mr. Valenzuela’s statement, “owning your actions…….” is true even without an apology since the most important is aminin ang pag-kakamali. Wasn’t there to have witnessed, but the message admitting a fault is important na wala sa karamihan ng mga Pilipino. Mahilig ang mga Pilipino gawing tama ang mali, not to mention justifying.