TNVS:WHEN CRAB MENTALITY STRIKES

Aside from being hospitable, we Filipinos are also known for having the so called “Crab Mentality” which is something that we hate but we have been doing without noticing it. I do not know why Filipinos has that kind of habit that if we see something or someone starting to succeed, we tend to do or say something that will obstruct or worse stop someone’s success, especially if our current state in life is not on the good side.

Technology is something we enjoy that make our everyday life comfortable, convenient and fast. In this era which technology almost took over, it is hard to believe that some of us still practice that mentality I have been discussing in this blog.

TNVS or Transport Network Vehicle Services is a new breed of transportation that is born from the unstoppable success of technology. This TNVS is known to give the answer of safety, convenience, comfort, courteous drivers (since most of the drivers are the owner of the vehicle itself) plus the cheaper mode of transport. TNVS has so far been successful and a lot of Filipinos has been patronizing since its introduction here in the Philippines.

TNVS has been in the news these past months even though its fulfilment of promise to the public. The reason for this is that the good old breed of transportation has been losing to the competition and TNVS has been taking over. On that reason, a group of people belonging to the old group filed a case which resulted to the TRO released by the RTC.

In my opinion, this is just another result of crab mentality that we have. The old kind of transportation which has been taken over already enjoyed the good old days they have before we have TNVS. Plus, TNVS offers a lot of things that they do not. We cannot dwell on something that is already out-dated, oldies but goodies do not apply on this matter. The group that filed the case against TNVS should accept that their golden days are over.

The only not-so-good thing I see is that there is a saturation of TNVS in the market which is not good. The only answer is that LTFRB should only give limited permits for TNVS to avoid this simple problem. In fact, a TNVS unit has only 5 years of service meaning, there will be chance for other persons interesting to apply for this kind of business.