Lazy Allahabad

I always thought that I was the laziest person on earth but I was proved wrong very recently. Last month I was in Allahabad to take my GRE test. Me and my uncle were putting up in this hotel in civil lines right across my test center. It was not a cheap hotel, not a costly one either. Mid-range, charging around 2000 bucks a night we thought that we would have a pleasant stay. A 2.5 grand hotel in New Delhi gives a very very nice experience and Allahabad not being a metro, we thought would be even better at that price.

Anyways, we were soon to be astonished and very disappointed. The next day my uncle ordered his breakfast at 9 and they served it around 11 with no guilt what so ever. "Itna time to lagta hi hai sahab", said the waiter and he even dared to ask for a tip. Next day I was apprehensive that they'll be late again so I ordered my breakfast at 7 as my test appointment was at 9 in the morning and I told them that I have a test. When till 7.45 no one came, I called up the reception and asked them about the meal and they said that a waiter is on the way taking the breakfast.

Finally, at 8.15 we decided to go down and see what was happening. To our horror, the manager was sitting idly and the waiters very casually said that the breakfast had not even been prepared. Amazing un-professionalism this was. Anyways they were scolded and I had to just eat cornflakes and go take my test.

Another incident that frequently would happen in the hotel was that to save electricity bill they would very easily switch off the AC despite the fact that we were paying for an AC room. And when you told them it would take them 15 mins to switch it on. This is by far the worst hotel that I ever stayed it.

After the test we decided to go for a movie as we still had time for the train and so we went to the only PVR in town thinking we'd get AC. For the entire first half, there was no AC. And it mattered to no one in the audience but us. When we told the theater staff they said, "Sahab AC kharab hai". Again, the worst PVR experience. They should have ideally told us before or refunded our ticket fees. Why should a customer be charged 200 bucks for a non-AC movie hall once you promise something.

Anyways, after all that we were slightly late and had to pick up our luggage from the hotel and then goto the station. We told the rick guy to hurry and he said "Hum tez nahi chalega!". It's the worst experience I've had in any city. People are un-imaginably laid back and carefree. How can you expect change to happen?