How it took One Gimcrack Waitress to Teach me Something I Should've Known Before.

There is no sincerer love than the love for Food. We can't thank Zomato & Swiggy enough for making it so much easier for us to order delectable food at the ease of our fingertips.

(& these empty pockets! *sigh*)

But nothing beats the jubilation when you receive your favorite pasta served to you at your favorite restaurant with unerring ambiance and the just-your-kind track-list on, right? Something to look forward to after having a grim day.

It was one of these days when my SO and I decide to go to THE FAV STUDENT HANG OUT PLACE of the entire North Campus. I won't name it but let's just say, it has something to do with big doors 😏

Usually the place is very lively and has beaming students in line who don't mind waiting. This experience, however was different. The number of staff members surpassed the number of customers. Maybe something to do with the timing. We didn't mind. We just couldn't wait for our order to be served.

Of all the places I like to have my food at, 99.9% are of the kind where there's no trashy EDM playlist blasted at volumes so high where you can't hear the person on the other edge of the table talk. I can't imagine myself going on a date somewhere where you've to yell at the top of your voice to ask for a glass of water.

(Yes you guessed it right, I'm not a clubbing fan either!)

This restaurant we were at, wasn't a one like this. I've brought my siblings and childhood best-friends here.

Unlike Joey, I like sharing my food with the people I love! *wink*

It was when the staff started yelling at each other to pass on the bill, check on some order on table number XYZ, that we got baffled. This stuff's not supposed to be made heard out to every single customer in the restaurant, right? I couldn't help but notice their young new recruit. How could've I missed her amidst her audible-visible-extremely out-of-tune lip-sync to Wrecking Ball? She literally kicked our table on her way to the other end of the room, doing nothing, obviously, but DANCING!

💯 points for guessing it right, she didn't care enough to notice, or, apologize.

The sole reason I came out for a meal turned out to be just the opposite. If I wanted to hear her sing and spit in my food, I would've rather had a meal with my nasty younger cousin. I was paying a hefty amount of GST for that meal in return for her to deliver her services, not listen to her rants to her colleagues, about nothing! The entire plan to lighten up the mood drained down the flush just like that and I couldn't help but ask to talk to the manager before even finishing the last bite of the sandwich I would've otherwise fought for!

It pained me to take a 500 Rupee bill out while the manager apologized for the amateurish behavior of the young waitress. Storming out of the cafe, I couldn't help but wonder how many such meals could've gone wrong but they didn't because of the wonderful staff I never bothered giving any compliments to. When asked for a review, I've only reviewed places about food, or their music and decor, but always took this one for granted.

Guess it did have to cost me 500 Rupees to learn it, but I did :)

Cheers to all the polite and extra-ordinary staff out there, doing their job right!