Saturday, April 01, 2006

Customers you hate!


I've worked in a desi restaurant for a while, and it was fun to work there. however, u get your share of some bad times too. Here's a bit of it.
The type of customers you hate:


1) Those who come in and behind them there is a whole trail of his relatives: wife(s?), children, friends, friend’s wife’s, friend’s children, uncles and aunts, uncle and aunts children, uncle and aunt’s relatives, uncle and aunt’s relatives’ children. In short, a bunch of all the generations possible at one time. They come in and actually ask for a place to sit. We’re thinking inside: you have out staffed us, how about YOU help US in making a place for u to sit? Or how about getting your own drinks? Coz oh man, 20 glasses on one tray, with children playing all around u.. totally lethal man. Lol. I do not want any blame on me for dropping those glasses full of drinks on the wretched children, just because they couldn’t stay in one place




2) The ones who come very doubtful of what they want to order. They ask for the menu at the counter and stand there for a reaaalllllyyyyyy loooonnggggg time contemplating on what would be the cheapest yet the most filling dish. Then their questioning session starts, “what comes in this combo?” (although everything is written in the menu) To make them feel bad, yet to be polite we say, “Well whatever it says on there...” then we list the stuff. HeHeHe. :D “Do we get drinks with that?” (No sir) “ Do you charge taxes on this?” (huh? R u from Canada?) “Can we substitute the fries with something else?” (when it says ‘no substitutes’ at the bottom). Then this guy would add up everything in his head (taking his own sweet time again) and even calculate the 15% tax (he would ask a calculator for that) and after experimenting with it for a while he would stand up from his ‘temporary office-table’ [come-on! U didn’t expect him to be standing up all this while, he was making a critical decision of what was going to go in his stomach that day!!] finally relieved that he’s made a decision on what to eat. I think if u look closely u can see a bead of sweat on his forehead. I don t know man.. maybe his wife only gave him 5 dollars and 67 cents exact to be spent on food that day. Who knows?!

3) It is really really loud and busy. All the tables are full of people. You are following the Freudian rule of least effort and most gain. You are totally stressed and SO NOT in a good mood. So this one annoying customer decides to become funny when u start taking their order. “Why is it called ‘papadum’? Why not ‘mamadum’? “ ( I don’t know dumb ass, maybe u should go ask your papa and mama?) “ The water that you have, is it pure water? Or tap water? (Pure water? Huh? U expect us to do filtration in our kitchen? Oh and by the way, you’re in Canada, the water u drain down your toilet is cleaner than what some people drink in other parts of the world). “If we don’t have money, are we supposed to go and wash the dishes?” (grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr)

4) It is dead silent and you have just finished cleaning up. Now this customer decides to come in just milliseconds before you are closing. He makes an innocent and kind of embarrassed smile and asks “r u closed?” (Oh man, No! PLEASE don’t order, we’ve just finished cleaning.) He makes an innocent plea of giving whateverrrrrrrr is there, coz its late at night and he cant find a decent restaurant open. So out of the goodness of your heart you give in and say ‘Okay so maybe we can manage a Biryani for you.’ He thanks you a thousand times and then asks “Do you think you can add in a kabab too?” We’re like.. ‘ummm okay’ Customer: “and while you’re at it u think u can throw in a Butter Chicken with Nan as well?” (Oh man! U better not add anything else, or I’m going to wring your neck) “Oh actually my wife is here too, can u make two biryanis pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?” then the wife walks in and sits down on the table. (hmph!) When we’re almost done with the order, he turns around from the table and says, “oh we’re eating it here by the way” (damn man! Since when did u become the owner?) We look at him in disbelief ( You have GOT to be kidding me!!! Its freakin’ LATE!!!) He smiles a sheepish smile again and says “ we have no where to go actually, where r we gonna eat? And our house is really far” ( How about your car genius? The turtle-slow car in which u managed to come here so late!)

8 Comments:

At 8:36 p.m., April 07, 2006, Blogger Tahira said...

DOnt worry sabeen I THOUGHT THIS WHOLE post was HILLARIOUS.. and soo did ppl, that i shared with
'ahem cough cough'
and number 2.. i totally agree with u cuz.. the place where i work.. sometimes ppl come up to the ordering counter and then they like read the menu thats up at the top.. WITH YOU... and they dont even sympathize for the huge line of customers thats right behind them!

Nevertheless.. i wont end my comment here...

In response to #4.. you desi ppl think ya 'all soo smart that if u start cleaning up way b4 closing time.. ya'all think you can get out early or maybe right on closing ... nope YA'ALL ARE wrong!

Once me and hamdiya went to popeyes at exactly 10:50pm. and guess who owned that popeyes store.. *DRUMS PLZ*..DESISSS.. :O.. yeh.. soo even though these ppl are SUPPOSE TO close at 11:00pm.. they decided to close their dooors at 10:50pm..soo me n my real AFRICAN friend.. went n stood infront of the closed doors and this desi had no choice but to open the doors for us (haha). Anyway so when we entered.. he was like they
're closed.. Am like well its 10:50pm.. according to my watch u have 10 mins more until closing. And guess what? He was tryin to be like your type of desi.. he didnt have any chicken left!! He asked us if we would kindly want to wait 20mins.. am like whaa? I bet he added the 20mins there cuz he thought we would say its too long and say 'no its ok' and leave and then everyone would be happy.. but then 'ahem' knowing hamdiya and her second love - popeyes (first love? hmm nah.. shez got a first love loll).. soo 'ahem'.. as a customers' protocol he had to go make some fresh chicken and fries for me and hamdiya both ..

Soo a leasson for your type of desi-... dont ever think that if u clean up b4 closing time.. that ur gonna leave right at closing time.. NOPE YA WRONG! If u tried this procedure.. you would probably stay longer than if u would have started cleanin up AFTER CLOSING TIME! YA GET ME?

until next time,
Tahira

 
At 6:18 a.m., May 07, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love you Tahira, and Sabeen.
If it makes you feel any better, I don't go out to restaurants! Pizza delivery rocks.

 
At 12:19 a.m., May 10, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

tahira BEGUM....and bean bag...
i go to restuarants all the time....
how the hell m i supposed to know wat they got...
i take my menu....read it...go through it...analyze it...think about it...then order...
helloooo...its a science, choosing the right food combination...so you actually enjoy ur outing...
:P

 
At 3:42 p.m., May 11, 2006, Blogger Tahira said...

umm yeah 'bean bag #1" ur suppose to take ur 'science decisions' and menu.. way way way awaaaaaay from the cashier's front!!


duhh

man these desis!

 
At 11:41 p.m., May 17, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tahira, you "wanna be" desi, QUIT TRYING TO HIDE IT! we all know you like us and wanna be just like us. I agree with the other anonymous person; about choosing the right food combo as a science. It sure is!

 
At 12:53 a.m., May 19, 2006, Blogger Tahira said...

oh shaddap ...javeria.. or maybe its amara... or ayeshii... or maybe its sabeen undercover...who knows

Allahu alam!

but thats soo not true anyway.. n u jus pushin it to ur 'subconscious'

soo huuusshhhhh

 
At 1:41 a.m., May 22, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

tahira BEGUM....u know u can't resist the desines..
come join the light....(muwahahahahaha)

ans anonymus junior...congrats..it is a science...regardless of wat others might say....don't let opinion on such an important matter be swayed...
may Allah keep u stable in the matter of choosing a food combo in a restaurant as science...
my blessings r with u....

TAHIRA>>>>>>>>>>> Thpb...:P

 
At 6:13 a.m., May 26, 2006, Blogger Tahira said...

oh anonymouse number 2...

chup!!

and dont call me beegum.. I know ya all are 'beegum wannabes' soo all ya all jus chup!!

 

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