That’s what five staffers of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office did when they started their “happy hour” early on Friday.
Their boss Baltazar Tribunalo was in Manila on official business.
The four job-order workers and one casual employee stepped out for drinks in a cafeteria a few blocks away from the Capitol compound.
“Sayo man lagi kaayo mo nag-inom?” (Why are you drinking out here so early?),” asked Gov. Hilario Davide III.
His question and sudden appearance jolted the men.
They couldn’t answer.
“Make sure that you are leave or else..,” Davide said in Cebuano then left.
The governor’s driver had spotted the workers on a chance trip to a cafe and alerted Davide, who was visiting his law office in the M. Diaz Building nearby.
The workers, who were confirmed to be on duty that day, face sanctions by the Capitol discipline committee.
“What they do outside is a reflection of me and my governance. We can’t tolerate these abuses in the Capitol,” Davide told reporters yesterday.
Provincial Information Officer Ethel Natera said three other Capitol employees – all assigned to the Provincial Health Office – were also caught on Friday drinking in a cafeteria along M. Velez Street by the Capitol’s assistant chief security officer, Bobby Legaspi. They too were placed under investigation, Natera said.