Not my fault!!
Two weeks ago, I went to a restaraunt in Adayar along with my friend.This time it was my turn to loose some cash.We almost spent 2 hours there chatting various issues ranging from work in office to Indian Team's captain selection policy.
After washing my hand in the finger bowl, I took my debit card and gave it to the person concerned. he came after 5 mins and says' Sir there is no cash in ur account'. I really felt embarrassed. What I had in my wallet was some 50 bucks for me to reach home. I knew I had some amount left in my account. I had to rush to the nearest ATM (since it was my treat, my friends's wallet was also empty!) to get the cash. When I checked my balance in the ATM,the balance left was 10 times more than the amount printed in the bill.
Did the barer do it intentionally to get his tips??If I had paid the bill by card, his chances of getting the tips are less. he made me pay the bill by cash and got his tips.
2 Comments:
not sure if the billing system in india works different, but over here in the US, when u pay by card, a line for TIP comes up and u add the amount to the sub-total.
but i agree, that would have been embarrassing indeed.
You can always tip the waiter through the "TIP" that is printed on the chargeslip that is presented to you when you pay through a credit card. There's another trick here: The merchant has to pay a 2.5% surcharge on the transaction amount, IF the payment is done throught a credit / debit card. A lot of people merchants charge this to the customer. But a lot of people, because of this reason, refuse to accept the card.
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