CHENNAI: The frenzy of political campaigns is tricky to omit with the state set to visit the polls on April 18, however many eating places and tea stores around the town have a request for his or her buyers — don’t talk about politics while consuming.
Their grievance: Customers get into heated arguments over politics and finally end up occupying tables for a very long time. Some even get into fights. Such incidents, they claim, have an adversarial have an effect on on industry.
Adyar Ananda Bhavan, a popular chain of vegetarian eating places, has put up such posters in all their branches around the town. Rajamani, supervisor in their branch in Anna Nagar (East), said now and again customers get emotional and start shouting at each different causing discomfort to different customers.
Agreeing with him, Srinivasa Raja of the Tamil Nadu Hotel Owners Association said most of these resorts, where such posters are put up, have a capacity of utmost 100 seats. Occupying a table for a very long time will increase the wait time for different customers, now and again resulting in losses. “These posters might inspire such customers to pay up and leave soon. Despite the posters, a few of them occupy seats for more than two hours. At instances, they discuss explicit parties loudly which might disillusioned others,” he added.
Not all eateries agree with this tactic. A couple of of them claim that campaigns this election season are bland in nature on account of the absence of stalwarts like M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa.
Suprabha Hotel on Harrington Road, which used to put out such posters in the past, has evaded doing so this time. Workers at the resort say customers find the speeches of leaders unappealing and there’s infrequently any dialogue on elections.
Their grievance: Customers get into heated arguments over politics and finally end up occupying tables for a very long time. Some even get into fights. Such incidents, they claim, have an adversarial have an effect on on industry.
Adyar Ananda Bhavan, a popular chain of vegetarian eating places, has put up such posters in all their branches around the town. Rajamani, supervisor in their branch in Anna Nagar (East), said now and again customers get emotional and start shouting at each different causing discomfort to different customers.
Agreeing with him, Srinivasa Raja of the Tamil Nadu Hotel Owners Association said most of these resorts, where such posters are put up, have a capacity of utmost 100 seats. Occupying a table for a very long time will increase the wait time for different customers, now and again resulting in losses. “These posters might inspire such customers to pay up and leave soon. Despite the posters, a few of them occupy seats for more than two hours. At instances, they discuss explicit parties loudly which might disillusioned others,” he added.
Not all eateries agree with this tactic. A couple of of them claim that campaigns this election season are bland in nature on account of the absence of stalwarts like M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa.
Suprabha Hotel on Harrington Road, which used to put out such posters in the past, has evaded doing so this time. Workers at the resort say customers find the speeches of leaders unappealing and there’s infrequently any dialogue on elections.
To eat here, keep politics off menu: Tamil Nadu hotels to patrons
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April 15, 2019
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