Generally I always carry a fair amount of cash with me, coz I’m a bit paranoid as to what might happen if I’m stranded without cash. The set of incidents which happened just now will now ensure that I will always carry cash with me.
I’d been to Hotel Balaji Woodlands for dinner - I don’t go there often, but have been there enough number of times to know that they *do* accept Debit cards. Now it so happened that I didn’t have enough cash with me - I had only Rs 30. Wondering whether I should goto the hotel or not, I just decided to go there. I ordered Naan and Kaaju paneer(or, kaaju curry as that was what given to me, the paneer - well they decided to eat it themselves 
) . I asked for the bill - it came upto Rs. 50. Fair enough I went to the cashier and gave him my debit card to charge it to that. The next set of events left me dumbfounded. Here’s the conversation
Me: (hands over bill and ATM card)
Hotel Guy(HG): (Shakes his head)
Me: What?
HG: Rs 50.. not enough
Me: I don’t have cash. Either you accept that or you give me this meal for free
HG: (puts my ATM card into the drawer)
Me: (Getting pissed) Hello, give me my ATM card back
Waiter: You go get cash, then I’ll give card
Me: Hello? How do you expect me to withdraw cash WITHOUT my ATM card? 
HG: We don’t accept debit cards for small amount
Me: (Me with voice raised, and bit of temper) What kinda stupid Hotel do you run? The one which says We accept debit card, but then reject it for “small amounts”? Give my debit card back.
(Now it begins to look like a scene - there are few foreigners in the hotel, and he obviously doesn’t want the incident to be heard to all)
Finally, he gives my ATM card and asks me to pay for the dinner tomorrow. I say fine
So here’s 50 paise to the hotel guy. I hope that amount is “big enough” to be charged to a debit card.
Also posted on Fifty Paise
You should repay him. Never keep debts with such type of people.
Anyways it’s quite funny. Moral of the story would be to keep more cash and use debit card when bill is above 1000 LOL.
April 7, 2008
Actually the moral of the story is - always be paranoid and always have *atleast* Rs 1000 in your pocket.
April 9, 2008
You come to Balaji…thats where my room is….i didnt knew those guys are so sick.
(9976 on chip forum)
April 9, 2008
@Saurabh. Whoa you in Chennai? Where near Balaji do you stay? Me at CNK Road, Cristal Guest House. You at Sam?
April 10, 2008
@Saurabh I stay near Star theater too 
CNK Road is the road right opposite to Balajai Hotel
Sam is the first guest house, on the left side of CNK road.
April 11, 2008
Whoa…I can make out that guest house you are telling…
I stay in Chennai Student Hostel…that is surrounded by “lots” of temples!!!
April 11, 2008
@Saurabh I been that side.. but not sure of where exactly this place is. FYI, I stay at Cristal, further down CNK road, not at Sam.
April 13, 2008
Simply outrageous. I think you should’ve clasped the ATM card tight and then told him that so that he couldn’t have snatched it (stupid bit*h). You have good guts though.
April 26, 2008
First of All,In TN ppl are very orthodox greedy and very old age types 
When you see that Mr.yoga-sundaram who is the CEO of worldtek software in his house,he will be simply wearing a lunky quarelling with the roadside vegetable seller on Rs.25(or 25 paise) to be returned.that is the mentality.another thing to be prepared of these hotels or wherever in TN or Andhra-they are simply very orthodox and cunning.they will rather kill you for 5 paise!I have even seen fight over 4 Ana(25paise) in Coimbatore local buses by educated youths.
Only sane place in south is kerela.elsewhere it sucks!
@Swami Vivekanada
Dude I payed 25 paise in Kerala for a plastic bag that I would have normally got with the stuff I bought anywhere else in India. I tell you Kerala people are more particular about their paisas.
April 27, 2008
well,Mr.cartik,I dont think so ,what I meant to say was that in TN,Andra and Karnatak I have seen poverty all over.most of the ppl are very orthodox.you cant understand what I am trying to say!
see,how untidy and uncivilized are those ppl in tamil nadu?quarelling for everything!I was shocked from my childhood seeing those barbarian goundamani and shenthil jokes,then came vadivelu etc!slapping is a common thing in madras state!see once I was travelling through sirkazhi and in the state bus,arguements turned wild and within minutes,both are beating each other,lastly one of the barbarian(who was from madurai) took his knife to poke into others thigh!that sucks!assholes,grow some brain!
Perhaps it will take a outsider to look what south India is!
Yes,I am from W.Bengal,basically belonging to “your own” Tamil Naadu(Naatham Naadu),
The same opinion goes to karnataka(especially mangalore and all!),andhra,maharashtra etc!sane ppl dont live there!
perhaps the most arrogant and barbarian ppl live in states like Tamil nadu(1st) followed by Punjab,bengal,up,bihar.these states must be moved into south africa for the sake of humanity!
and whatever atrocities these phuckers did,they post tamil vazga blah blah
yo,arivirukka unakke?naanum tamil naattil piranthavan daan.Enakka theriyathu? veli oorilirunde paarkum pothu daan theriyum,namma tamil nadu,andhra,karnatak ellam evalavu kevalam nnu.
Konjam yojanai senchu paar!Best of LucK
April 27, 2008
…and this is not a generalization,but a cultural problem,tamilnadu is facing due to thousands of years of poverty!
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