A man who is struggling to sell ballpens to provide for his family was cited by a netizen and hooked the attention of online community.
Man was seen in the downtown area of Bacolod City in Negros Occidental selling ballpens everyday to provide necessary day to day needs of his family.
A netizen from Bacolod named Eliz Law cited the old man and posted to social media through her Facebook account the picture of the guy.
The photo of the old man shows and depicts that the man was holding boxes of pens and is smiling.
Based on the status of the post, it says, “63-year-old man struggles everyday selling pens to provide for his family. I’ve been buying pens from him since last year and I can attest it’s of good quality. To my friends, classmates, colleagues and students, if you happen to see manong Eddie at the downtown area, would you please buy one? Thanks!”
The status was also written with a hashtag Ballpen Ni Manong Edz.
A lot of the users of the said social networking site was touched by the situation of Manong Eddie.
There were commentors who recognized the man and claimed that they once bought a pen from him.
Some of them even stated that the ballpens were cute and is only 15 pesos with a nice mark trace.
Netizens who saw the post praised him for being so hard working and responsible.
A certain April Escarda even stated in her comment thanking Eliz for taking the photo. At least through it, they were able to help the old guy in ‘simple ways’ that they can.
Truly, helping others in our own little ways does not cost a centavo. Manong Eddie is indeed a great example for everyone. It is because despite of his old age, he still managed to work to feed his family. Kudos to him for being a responsible man.
