Friday, May 11, 2007

pay more, get less...new age principles

Every time I get out of coffee day, I keep making a oath never to return to such a lousy place again and to stick around to good old banglore cafes.

Just for facts, herez the comparision:

note: Waiter is the guy at CCD and Server is our local hotel boy

1) The waiter comes up with a pad and pen and jots down the order. Still I get a cappachino instead of a latte. He takes orders from may be 4 tables for about 20 items.

The server takes orders from about 15 tables for about 50 different items with various variations and it almost never goes wrong!

2) The order is place, food never delivered, and the bill arrives. To make things worse, the waiter comes up and asks if I want anything ELSE!!

The server gets the food in almost a jiffy, asks if you need any thing else with it, enquires if its ok, makes small talk, literally treats you like a guest at home and then gives the bill. He is happy if you tip him or not, wishes you a good day regardless of the tip and make you want to come back to the place!

3) It takes half hour to make a coffee with all the latest gadgets and still it comes cold and very light! He never remembers you!

I get the coffee IMMEDIATELY, and with the desired variation. If you are a regular (visit 3 times) he even remembers your requirement!

3 comments:

Prav said...

Very true...

Prav said...

Sorry. the sleepy me just clicked publish. :) I was supposed to say that same is the case with the supermarkets where people crowd up to pick up stuff so robotically. its any day nice to walk into a small shop (shetty angadi) to buy what you want.. whether he gives you a discount or not, he surely will greet you with a good smile and enquire how everyone in the family is doing...

Sundar said...

:-) wake up!! ur not paid to sleep :-P or are u?

ya i know but the supermarkt has an advantage of comparing prices...they are suited for some cases but not all.