In a tweet posted yesterday, the official account of the Quezon City Public Affairs & Information Services Office (PAISO) got into a heated online exchange with a commenter.
It all started with a tweet posted by PAISO in January that shared a photo of the Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista in an event with Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, the daughter of dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
https://twitter.com/QCPublicAffairs/status/826430322719887360
Twitter user @SPAMelaHam replied to the tweet Sunday, commenting on the mayor’s participation in the event.
https://twitter.com/SPAMelaHam/status/904225597936640003
PAISO explained the purpose of the event in a tweet, still calm.
https://twitter.com/QCPublicAffairs/status/904277688751235072
That is until another user @skullohmania joined the thread and criticized the mayor as well. “Good thing he has time for that, right? Hopefully, he has time to install lights along Commonwealth Avenue,” the tweet said in Filipino.
To which the QC PIO account replied: “If you only you used your skull to do some research. DPWH is in charge of Commonwealth, not LGU,” explaining that the avenue is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Works and Highways and not the local government.
https://twitter.com/QCPublicAffairs/status/904494311974199296
And let’s just say people did not take the advice well. @SPAMelaHam called QC PIO’s Twitter admin rude and said: “If you can’t take criticism, quit your job.”
https://twitter.com/SPAMelaHam/status/904523770303352833
Other netizens joined the thread and criticized the way the Quezon City’s account handled the situation.
“If you feel like that makes you witty, RIP public service. Decency just isn’t in fashion anymore, huh? The fight is now eye for an eye. Takes after their leader,” user @ManangJoyce said.
Kung feeling n'yo ikina-witty n'yo 'yan, RIP public service 😬 'di na uso talaga disente ngayon, ano? Eye for an eye labanan. Mana sa pinuno!
— mymyd🌟yl (@ManangJoyce) September 4, 2017
Others had similar thoughts.
If you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
— i am junk (@oldmanFagin) September 4, 2017
This is unbecoming of a government employee. You know that you are supposed to represent your employer right?
— ely yeah 🦂 (@anastasis) September 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/vincetrajano/status/904705370286731264
Jurisdictional issue aside, it is QC LGU's job to coordinate with DPWH regarding QC roads' well being. Paging @mhmbautista, paGMRC po tao mo
— EDWARD Phillips (@BongPhillips555) September 4, 2017
Bastos! Pwede kang idemanda jan sa kabastusan mo PUBLIC SERVANT kuno
— Butch Silverio (@silverio_butch) September 4, 2017
Napuno si Ares Gutierrez! Pero mali eh! Maling-mali! Kahit murahin ka pa ng mga tao, huwag ganito. Tyaka bungo talaga ang gagamitin? 😀
— Alexis Mabini (@aleksmabini) September 4, 2017
May problema po ba tayo sa maayos na pagsagot? Public affairs po, konting respeto sa pinanggagalingan ng sueldo nyo.
— Ma'amSyj🇵🇭 (@MaamSyj) September 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/notyeravgnerd/status/904557457011204097
https://twitter.com/mightor20/status/904630510328078341
The Quezon City government has not released a public statement about the incident.
