IN LIGHT of the 2025 midterm polls, Ellen Adarna spoke about her personal experience with public servants, airing dismay at how some of them supposedly “act like we owe them.”
Adarna shared her sentiment through her Instagram Stories on Monday, May 12, noting how there are politicians who are “grounded and respectful” and those who are the opposite.
“Just speaking from experience rani guys ha. Some are okay — grounded and respectful… but some are just UGH, barf!” she exclaimed.
“It’s honestly wild when you think about it. We’re the ones paying for public servants—their salaries, their offices, their benefits. All of it comes from taxpayers,” she pointed out. “We’re basically feeding them three meals a day, with snacks and coffee breaks in between.”
But despite this, Adarna argued, some politicians are unfriendly toward ordinary citizens.
“[When] we deal with them, [it’s] like we have to tiptoe, smile nice, and act like we owe them. Like they’re royalty… in a country that’s already a mess,” she stressed. “Uh, no. Shouldn’t it be the other way around?”
She further noted that public servants should work for the people as they are the ones “keeping the lights on.”
“So, madlang people, don’t ever let anyone make you feel like public servants are above you. Because if they do? That means they’re more into maintaining power than actually serving the people,” she continued.
“And when they forget who’s boss, remind them,” she concluded. (Anne Pasajol © Philippine Daily Inquirer)
