Read a damn neat blog today- http://prabhukrish.net/category/he-she/. I realised that we actually enjoy things that we relate to.
Anyways my frnd and i were dining at Saravana Bhavan the other day and the place was very crowded.You would expect a restaurant of that standards to have some kinda regulations. But the place was wrkin like a Muniyandi Vilas. My frnd i were seated in a table for 4( coz nothin else was available) and we decided to sit nxt to each othr instead of facing one another.A couple entered and finding no vacant seats decided to sit at our table. I was so surprised. Coz they didnt even ask us if it was ok with us.
There were few young boys workin there.Some of them looked hardly 12 years old. Suddenly one of these boys dropped a plate and it landed with a big crash.Everybody looked up n the boy was obviously scared. He was not pulled up in front of us but it makes me shudder when i imagine how his act wld have been punished.He looked so young and innocent that my it broke my heart to see him wrkin like that.Even if i want to help him, the max i can do is fund his living expenses and education. What wld happen to his parents n siblings who are probably relying on his income?
I really wish i can do somethin..( jus thinkin aloud guys)
Anyways my frnd and i were dining at Saravana Bhavan the other day and the place was very crowded.You would expect a restaurant of that standards to have some kinda regulations. But the place was wrkin like a Muniyandi Vilas. My frnd i were seated in a table for 4( coz nothin else was available) and we decided to sit nxt to each othr instead of facing one another.A couple entered and finding no vacant seats decided to sit at our table. I was so surprised. Coz they didnt even ask us if it was ok with us.
There were few young boys workin there.Some of them looked hardly 12 years old. Suddenly one of these boys dropped a plate and it landed with a big crash.Everybody looked up n the boy was obviously scared. He was not pulled up in front of us but it makes me shudder when i imagine how his act wld have been punished.He looked so young and innocent that my it broke my heart to see him wrkin like that.Even if i want to help him, the max i can do is fund his living expenses and education. What wld happen to his parents n siblings who are probably relying on his income?
I really wish i can do somethin..( jus thinkin aloud guys)
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I see loads of beggar women who carry a baby for sympathy factor to get money. C'mon people.. is this what you have kids for?
And about people lacking etiquette in restaurants -- tats totally true. They do not even bother to ask if they join the table and once a couple we shared a table with started becoming kind of too intimate to start making us feel uncomfortable! Sheesh.. ppl!
SB sucks! I hate the crowd there X-(. Its becomming uncouth, even the A/C part. Service has been horrible in most of my recent visits. Its loosing the charm. Now even these guyz r about numbers
on the bright side those guyz will turn out much more resilient that we r :)
Its again the atitude of these ppl which is a prob. They think more kids translates to an increase in income.
SB is also very overpriced if you look at it in terms of service. Bt nobody can beat its yummy coffee......
i see kids working in a place, i try not going back there.
dharmabum- At last someone who likes by blog:))))))) I used to like SB earlier bcoz i had heard that they are really clean and fire any employeee who contracts any infection. But even that has changed now.
And do u find any decent affordable place which doesnt employ kids?
Nice post, I feel sad when I see kids working. I have a real soft corner for these children. I recently heard that children cannot be hired by anyone. Including for house work. Has'nt that come into place? I was very happy on hearing that. I heard this news about a month back. Well the worst part is people coming to restaurant treat these kids really bad. Damn those people!
As R.E.B.E.L said people should become more sensible while having kids.
Ya the law agnst employing children has long arrived bt i don see anybody following it. I still see kids working in these places.Wat the use of passin the Act then? Its really really sad.
btw- i loved ur post abt the Newyork Nagaram song. Simply fantastic!
Thanks! Glad to know that you liked my newyork nagaram post :)
Wish you a very Happy Diwali!!!
try karpagambal mess in mylapore (its right behind the temple)
it might look a lil shoddy (to my knowledge, its been there for atleast 50 years now), but i can assure u that u wil not have an upset tummy :)
murugan idli is also alright, haven't seen kids around the place.
more importantly, i think it is a very grey area - lotsa kids actually support their otherwise poor / unsustainable families. there r kids(slightly more grown up ones) who work part time
Dharmabum- Let me take ur advise n visit the k. mess.
Karthik b.s- Bt its sad that they have to fend for their families n themselves. And how is it goin to help a little boy's future if he's gonna work in a tea shop. Obviously he'l not be savin up for the future, so its not helpin them anyways.