- Netizens shared funny tweets and memes about Secretary Salvador Panelo
- Sec. Panelo finished his commute challenge in more that 4 hours and he was late to work.
Sec. Salvador Panelo has fulfilled the challenge of commuting from his house to Malacanang.
On Friday, October 11, Panelo took public transportation from his home in Marikina to his office in Malacanang.
Leaving as early as 5:15 AM, Panelo experienced a bit of the hardship everyday commuters face as it took him more than 4 hours to arrive at Malacanang. Incidentally, he was almost an hour late as Malacanang usually starts its work day at 8 AM.
From several minutes of waiting just to get a ride (thanks to policemen who helped him get a ride), to squeezing into packed public vehicles, to getting offloaded from a broken tricycle, to finally hitching a ride on a motorcycle to Malacanang, the palace spokesman got a small taste of Filipino’s everyday commuting woes.
Celebrities and netizens reminded Panelo how he belittled commuters’ plight though laughable memes and funny tweets.
Staunch admin critic Agot Isidro tweeted Panelo of his infamous line that there is no transport crisis yet in the metro.
Ok.
Now do that everyday.
Wala pa ring krisis? https://t.co/K35VuAD5y2
— Agot Isidro (@agot_isidro) October 11, 2019
Actress Ria Atayde meanwhile sarcastically tweeted about Panelo’s “creativity in commuting.”
Huy Pilipinas! Creativity pala problema natin. Hindi traffic. Ano ba guys? Kayo naman 🤦🏻♀️ https://t.co/Znb9OC4z6I
— Ria Atayde (@RiaAtayde) October 11, 2019
Another known government critic, Ethel Booba, also chided Panelo for being late to work.
Late na sya para sa normal na pasok na 8:00 AM ng taga gobyerno at masama nito nadamay pa ibang pasahero. Charot! https://t.co/TdmK6tifJF
— Charot! (@IamCharotism) October 11, 2019
She also joked about a round two of the challenge since Panelo already finished the first one.
Okay tapos na ang 1st round. Si Patner @paolobediones naman ang mag announce ng next challenge mo. Charot! #ExtraChallenge https://t.co/HUBme65BVf
— Charot! (@IamCharotism) October 11, 2019
Spoken word artist Juan Miguel Severo tweeted about Panelo’s “creativity.”
https://twitter.com/TheRainBro/status/1182494920705052672
ABS-CBN reporter Jeff Canoy managed to cleverly use his name to tease about Panelo’s experience.
Walang Jeep Canoy https://t.co/1Dz7nwHDxV
— Jeff Canoy (@jeffcanoy) October 10, 2019
Music artist Bullet Dumas on the other hand, tweeted a parody song.
Lakompake.
Manila (Parody) by Hotdog
🎼 bd
🎥 @lianhammer pic.twitter.com/xmd64QtAMa— Bullet Dumas (@bulletdumas) October 11, 2019
Aside from celebrities, here are what other netizens have to say about Sec. Panelo’s failed commute challenge.
panelo, overheard: whats your favorite idea? mine's being CREATIVE pic.twitter.com/ac2pIwdqeY
— andrea (@clytemnestras) October 11, 2019
https://twitter.com/itsleenicol/status/1182666591475032066
