As we reached the hotel, the
owner greeted us warmly and with a wide smile. Leaving no time, he started
asking us all sorts of questions about our walk in the town and what we studied
about the water supply. We took seat at the first table and answered most of
his questions as casually as we could.
In many scenarios the easiest way to get information you need is to
just give away all the information the other person wants and make them happier
and once you know they are happy and ask them what you need as calmly and
friendly as you can.
After he was content with the
information he had gathered from us, the information that would help him with
gaining hold on the local chit chats and gathering in the village for the next
few days, he asked us for our dinner. When we turned down his offer he said, “Sir,
just have dinner here once, you will forget the taste of all your city hotels.”
“Yes we are sure of that” Praveen
said.
“The taste of coastal cuisine. Wow”
I exclaimed and continued, “By the way, what do you have for dinner today?”
“Normally we cook the local
coastal items for dinner. But these days we have started cooking daal and roti for those new people. They take only selected items for lunch
and dinner and they do not prefer the local menu”
“Yeah that’s true, many people
prefer their local food in case they need to eat daily” Praveen said.
“So today you are cooking daal and roti for them?” I asked.
“Yes sir. We just got the order”
“Oh, so normally you wait for
their order to start cooking? Do we need to order before if more food is
required? And do we need to order for specific food? Just asking in case we
bring in our people next week” I asked.
“Anything Sir. This hotel will be
at your service. Just order whatever you want and you will get it” he said with
a pride.
“But still. If we get more people
like ten or twenty then when do we need to give order?” I asked.
“You can tell me just few hours
before you need the food ready. Like those people gave me the order just few
minutes back when they came into village and we started cooking. It will be
ready for them in just one hour. Some person will come in at 9 PM and collect the
food”
“How many plates did they order
today?” Praveen asked.
“We have got order for twenty
persons”
“And that much food will be ready
in just one hour?” I asked trying to show in a lot of curiosity.
“Why not? I have got the best
cooks with me. I just need one hour to prepare all this”
“Great! So now we don’t have any
issues for our food” I said turning to Praveen.
“Yes Sir. You don’t need to worry
at all for your food. I will take care of everything” the owner said.
We now needed just one more
information from him but it was critical information that we needed to set in
our plan. Both of us were neither sure on how to gather it nor on how to ask
more direct questions to the owner without raising his doubts. The clock was
now ticking faster than ever shortening our window in the long long day.
To Be Contd…
Vishal…
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