Color-coded Valentine’s Day for Quezon employees
By Dan Estacio
LUCENA CITY– Quezon Provincial Government Office (QPGO) employees were required to wear on Valentine’s Day the color that corresponds well to the status of their relationships: red for those in a relationship; blue for singles; green for friend-zoned and hoping; gray for those who prefer to study first; and black for “it’s complicated.”
This is to make Valentine’s Day memorable and more fun. But for those who will not follow the color-coding, a fine of P500 will be imposed while for those will go on leave on Valentine’s Day, they will have to treat their co-workers to a meal.
The same gimmick was also adopted in Gen. Luna local government with Mayor Matt Erwin Florido issuing Memorandum Order No.. 8-2020 urging all employees on Valentine’s to wear color-coded attire according to their relationship status: blue, married; green, in a relationship; white, no GF/no BF; orange, naghahanap ng jowa (looking for a partner); pink, in a long-distance relationship; violet, magulo ang relasyon (in a complicated relationship); black, nabigo at pahinga muna (brokenhearted and not about to enter into a relationship); and yellow, marupok (easily succumbs to temptation).
In Gumaca town, Mayor Webster Letargo also urged his employees to wear their attire based on status of their relationship: blue-married, green-in a relationship, white-single, orange-searching, pink-in a long distance relationship, purple-its complicated, black-brokenhearted, and yellow-I don’t care.
Letargo added that for employees who will not heed his memorandum, they will be called “killjoy.”
