Experience of some one - Be careful 1)Sardar Pav Bhaji -Mumbai
It is one of the famous Pav Bhaji restaurants in Mumbai. It is so busy over the weekends that you nearly have to spend around 45 mins in the queue to get yourself a table to sit and order your dish.Coming back to the question, after waiting for almost 50 mins in the queue, my friends and I were finally relieved to get a table. The hunger was at its peak and we were waiting for someone to come and take our order.The restaurant being busy, the waiters were moving everywhere, serving each table. Finally, we saw a waiter with bottled water in hand. He was simply putting the bottles on each table without asking. Soon after, there came another waiter serving ‘Papad’ in plates. They will not really ask you but you need to answer them instantly as they come near your table. Mind you, their service is so fast that you have to tell them ‘No’, within a split second, if you don’t want the bottled water/papad else at the end, you’ll end up paying for the same. The trick here is simple, after waiting for almost 45–50 mins in queue, everyone is hungry and tired to actually analyse whats going around and by the time you realise, you already have a bottled water on your table and papad in your plates. 2) CCD (Cafe Coffee Day) One fine day, my cousin and I were hanging around at Carter Road, Bandra when we planned to visit the CCD, which is in front of the beach, to treat ourselves with some refreshing coffee.We entered the cafe and were scanning the menu to check the options available. Soon, we were approached by a waiter to take our order. Here is how the conversation went: He: Mam, what would you like to order? Me: I would like a Crunchy Frappe and Devil’s Own. He: Okay, Mam would you like to have Vanilla Icecream or chocolate brownie in Crunchy Frappe? Me (thinking this is included in the drink): How do you serve it? He: We will either add Vanilla icecream in the Frappe or we will blend chocolate brownie when we prepare it. Me(being a chocolate lover I am): I’ll go for chocolate brownie. He: Mam, would you like to have vanilla icecream or chocolate icecream in Devil’s Own? Me (asking my cousin): What will you have? My cousin: Vanilla icecream. Me (to the waiter): Vanilla icecream in Devil’s Own. He: Okay mam, I will repeat your order. One Crunchy Frappe with brownie and one Devil’s Own with vanilla icecream. Is that it? Me: Yeah, its perfect. He: Okay Mam, I will get your order. We got our drinks and enjoyed it completely. Soon, we asked for bill. And thats when we came to know we were fooled. The bill was Rs. 200 extra apart from the original cost of the drinks.We called out the waiter and asked about this. He: Mam, you had ordered chocolate brownie with Crunchy Frappe and Vanilla icecream with Devil’s Own. So, we have added 100 rs. for both of them. Me(with an angry look): You should’ve informed us that its costs extra. If we’re coming here for the first time, how will we know if its included in the drink or not. He: But Mam, its chargeable. We can’t revert the bill. Me: I don’t know anything. I don’t want to pay extra for it because you didn’t inform us about it earlier. And then we talked to the manager, luckily we were exempted from paying it. But soon I realised, ‘Be careful’ while placing order at any such outlets. If you don’t wanna pay extra, always tell them, I want the regular one. 3. McDonalds I went to McDonalds to get myself a McAloo Tikki meal. As I reached the counter to place my order, here’s the conversation that took place with the counter guy. He: Namaste Mam, what would you like to order? Me: One McAloo Tikki Meal He: Mam, a Medium Meal or Large Meal? Me (recollecting that they have a small meal also): You also have a regular meal right? He: Yes Mam Me: Yes, so I want a regular meal. I paid the bill and then I realised, how they might be fooling so many people who are unaware that they also have a Small/Regular meal and end up paying 50%+ extra for a Medium meal.. This is how the restaurants/outlets trick people who are unaware of the prices and the menu. -- With best wishes S Chander -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAE5xeN9uG0KgZgmH0r4RNG7f1z9QrDF%3DYqEgk6HsWX9i7%3DvOGw%40mail.gmail.com.
