Egad...A Magnifying what...? - ITC Kitchens of India

The Mystery of the Magnifying Glass and Other Sundry Stories

-ITC Kitchens of India

One hot day at Odreiw restaurant:

A couple saunter into Odriew restaurant one hot and sunny afternoon. They have been identified for a prank by the management and ITC Kitchens of India.

The good gent beckons a waiter for a menu card. The waiter promptly brings one to him along with a…

…magnifying glass!

The puzzled gent inquires of the purpose of the magnifying glass. The waiter patiently tells him that the menu is in fine print and would he rather not have it?

The gent hastily picks up the magnifying glass with one hand and holds the card with the other and proceeds to slowly read the contents of the card. 

Having forgotten in the end what he read out first, he apologizes to the waiter for the delay and proceeds to read it all over again. (Dear, dear!) 

At length, he gives up and asks the waiter to tell him what is on offer. The waiter tells him slowly while he picks up the magnifying glass to check on the price of it. (Tsk, tsk)

After taking the order, the waiter makes his way into the kitchen while the gent and the lady sip on some juice. After a satisfying meal, they are presented the bill, but (dear me) even that comes in fine print?

Once again, he proceeds to use the magnifying glass, but what’s this? Will this restaurant not let him be in peace? He has to pay for using the magnifying glass, he thunders, all of which is recorded and uploaded on YouTube. (Oh, dear!)

Unperturbed, the waiter asks him to read the fine print. The man whose face was red now turns a nasty blue. 

Quickly, the waiter hastens to add, no, the actual fine print, down there below everything? The one with the asterisk?

Written below are the words, “Price of the meals is subject to change and is exclusive of the amount of time spent holding the magnifying glass.

The man sputters and the waiter hastily gives him a glass of water. (Dear, dear!)

His demand to speak with the manager brings the manager to the table, who profusely apologizes telling him that a joke had been played on him and would he be so kind as to accept a gift hamper from the management and ITC Kitchens of India? Thank you, and please do visit us again.

The miffed gent suitably appeased accepts the gift delightedly with the promise to visit the restaurant but minus the magnifying glass, eh, please! The manager laughs at the man’s attempt to joke and normalcy returns at Odriew restaurant. For a while, that is…(wink, wink.)