@McDonald's

"But sir the coke is free. It comes with the meal."

"I know that but I don't want it. I already got one with the meal my wife ordered."

"Sir but this one is for you. Two meals, two cokes."

"No thanks yaar we want only one coke. You take this one back, why waste?"

"But it's free sir!"



@buffet lunch

"Arre, why only two desserts? They are charging us for the other sweets also na. So you must try everything!"

"No no I'm off sweets."

"To buffet lunch mein kyun aye? Ek din me kuch nahi hota. You must try everything."


Always makes me wonder what the takeaway boy/insistent buffet lady think after such an exchange. Did takeaway boy think we were too slow on the uptake and unable to comprehend the magic term free which means anything you don't have to pay for must not be refused?

Did insistent buffet lady think you were new to the buffet culture and therefore needed education which certainly is load your plate even with things you do not want to eat so that every morsel justifies the 400 odd bucks you were paying?