excuse me

Excuse me......we hear these words everywhere.......excuse me is a part of our everyday language....SO, why i am writing about these words?....well, i went to the bank late this afternoon as i have to pay my credit card....i heard these 2 bank employees......they were having an argument on what "excuse me" means.....

employee 1 : Excuse me ka dyan, bakit dadaan ka ba?
employee 2: Hindi, may kukunin lang ako sa table mo.
employee 1: So, why are you saying excuse me, di ka pala dadaan?
employee 2: eh, may kukunin nga ako eh....
employee 1: dapat hindi excuse me sinasabi mo.......

At this point, i was not able to hear more of their conversation because it was my turn to pay my bill......

I wanted to tell employee 1 that employee 2 was right in using the words "excuse me"..... excuse me is more of a verbal expression or idiom.......it is used to acknowledge or ask forgiveness for an action that could cause offense......so, in the scene i mentioned above, employee 2 was asking an excuse for her "would be action" as she will be getting something from the table of employee 1.

hmmmm, next time, i hope i can share to employee 1 that excuse me is a verbal expression and it can be used to express regret and apology!......(hahahaha, apektado ako kay employee 1.....i guess she needs to be informed lang naman)