Live In Chawls, No Delivery for you.
As Mumbai grows in economic power and the culture of consumerism and consumption takes place, there are bound to be some downsides. One of them is the class society syndrome, whereby you are judged by where you live. In a sting operation by Mid-Day, they found that a lot of the fast food chains would not deliver to chawls.
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Sunday MiD DAY: When I am paying for my order, why do you refuse to deliver? Is it only because I live in a chawl?
Dominos at Colaba: Sorry sir, it’s our company policy.
Of course when the head honchos at Dominos corporate land are questioned, one gets the corpo-bullspeak that is only taught at MBA schools.
Chief Executive Officer of Domino’s Pizza India Ltd, Ajay Kaul told Sunday MiD DAY “We do not differentiate between our customers. All customers are equally important to us. It’s untrue that we don’t deliver to chawls as a policy.”
“Since we are a delivery company that offers a guarantee of delivery in “30 minutes or free”, we have certain policies that help us keep up with this promise to our customers. We deliver in a pre-defined delivery area, which excludes locations that take more than 10 minutes to locate and deliver”
Dominos and McDonalds, that sucks. Lets see you do that to an address in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, NY.
That’s shocking for sure, Arzan. On the other hand, I’ve seen security guards at restaurants and fast-food joints turn away people who look ‘a certain way’. Even the walk-in windows at some of these fast-food joints have refused to sell a softy cone to a kid even if he has the money, simply because he’s obviously a street-kid.
I completely agree with you.your statement ‘One of them is the class society syndrome, whereby you are judged by where you live’ is absolutely true. Most often, we see people determining an individual’s potential, calibre, capabilities and sometimes even their worth for their external appearances. This is not only sad but disgusting.
How can people forget to treat others like human beings. WHy does this farce of class, style and position follow us everywhere?
Well, the anwer for this maybe that it is the order of the day. So, if it really the order I am very proud to call myself disbedient.
Not only does an organisation believe in this but it is even entering people’s minds and turning them into desenstised human beings. And desensitised people can never make a sensitve humanity. This is a grave truth which the sooner we realise the better it will be for All of us. I would like to appreciate you for delving into this arena.
I completely agree with you.your statement ‘One of them is the class society syndrome, whereby you are judged by where you live’ is absolutely true. Most often, we see people determining an individual’s potential, calibre, capabilities and sometimes even their worth for their external appearances. This is not only sad but disgusting.
How can people forget to treat others like human beings. WHy does this farce of class, style and position follow us everywhere?
Well, the anwer for this maybe that it is the order of the day. So, if it really the order I am very proud to call myself disobedient.
Not only does an organisation believe in this but it is even entering people’s minds and turning them into desenstised human beings. And desensitised people can never make a sensitve society. This is a grave truth which the sooner we realise the better it will be for All of us. I would like to appreciate you for delving into this arena.