Be there, n make a Difference

I had once written about the “kadak” experience of Tea at Tapri and how the taste is just awesome …

Probably sardarji ne mera post padh liya and the thing went straight into his head. The tea’s taste (which was once just tooooo good) has since been on the downslide … not to mention the quantity of milk as well.

Maggi still remains amazing (so far, touchwood !!!) 

Today, what compelled me to write this post is the harrowing experience which I had for my routine breakfast at office … kande pohe …

Hmm…it so happened that the usual tapri at which we have breakfast and tea (yes, you guessed it … we have long shifted from sardarji’s tapri) was closed … which is quite common these days … ( although i dunno why that tapri wala closes his tapri almost every third day … but, that might become the topic of another post )

Hence, we had no choice than to try out other options … and sardarji had once told my breakfast mate, Madhura, that … “Hum aajkal pohe bhi rakhne lage hain ji.” Probably, sardarji realised that majority people in Panchshil Tech Park have kande pohe as their staple breakfast. So, as part of our trial n error, we went their and had sardarji’s pohe.

And now, I am in a fix as to what to write and what not to write in “tareef” of the pohe. Since I am falling short of words, forget phrasing a complete sentence … hence I will resort to goliyan … here goes …

• Cold
• Looked stale
• Taste (if any) was absolutely pathetic
• Priced at 10/- INR
• Pohe were presented in Thermocol plates with plastic spoons ( after hearing the price, one thought which immediately flashed into my mind was … ye thermocol plate aur plastic spoons ka price bhi humse hi wasool raha hai … grrrrrr )
• goliyan = bullets

An important thing which I consider my moral duty to inform you all is that there are muchhhhhhhhhhhh better tasting kande-pohe available at host of other tapris for 6/- INR.

And have I mentioned that sardarji has employed one more person apart from his kid ( oops … sorry … of course sardarji hasn’t ‘employed’ his kid on the tapri … wo baccha to us tapri ka bhaavi owner hai … he is gonna inherit the fortune made by sardarji in this tapri business  )

Also, sardarji has purchased the neighbouring tapri … i can sense some expansion plans here … So, if you are wondering why I’ve given the topic of this post as Quick Money … let me clarify …

Going by sardarji’s pricing policy … he is easily getting almost 50% profit in the total sales of pohe alone ( yeah, howsoever “bhangaar” the pohe might be … there were still some takers ) … and also, there are other items as well, besides maggi, tea, sandwiches, rajma chawal, chana chawal, aloo paratha and other things … and with the onset of summers, he has started keeping “shahi lassi” and cold drinks as well … I won’t be surprised if someday he starts limbu sharbat as well … (over) priced at 10/- INR

Itna profit at so less quality will quickly enable him to “royal bhalle bhalle” till the end of the road …. !!!!!!

P.S. Just some food for thought : how far is one justified at earning huge and multiplied profits by offering under par products ???