Jhal Jhal Chili Pork. Sip in a glass of wine with ice. Customers want to smoke a cigarette after such a meal. But many go out to smoke and never come back. The bill of food is lying on the table!
This has become an almost regular occurrence at a 120-year-old restaurant in central Kolkata’s Chandni Chowk. And they found a new way to solve it. He put ‘Vivek Barta’ on the restaurant table. Everyone has been requested to kindly settle the money and leave the restaurant only then. This awareness message has caught everyone’s attention due to Anandabazar Online.
This message is written in a very simple way. It said, ‘Honourable Sir, I hereby inform you that if those who will take food and drink in our restaurant, if they want to smoke, then one of them will stay inside instead of going outside. Because, it is with great sadness that I inform you that for several days in a row some people went outside the gate while smoking khariddar and did not come back inside. As a result the payment of that customer has to be given to the waiter. We are the poor brother of customers. I will be eternally grateful if you cooperate with us considering our situation.’
Restaurant workers say this often happens. Each of the waiters is in charge of two tables. If someone escapes without paying the bill, the bill is deducted from the waiter’s salary. Many times waiters covertly settle the bill from their own pockets to avoid accusations of dereliction of duty.
Not just 1-2 people. Many a times a group of 5-6 or even 10-12 people eat and run away without paying the bill. Some people got into the taxi from the front of the shop. Many others join the crowd of the metro in front.
Milan Banerjee, manager of the hotel, said that this arrangement is with the permission of the owner. It seems that people’s conscience has been affected a little bit.