India Saga 2.
Booking a hotel over the phone. Short version.
Me: Hello.
Man: Hello.
Me: Hello
Man: Hello.
Me: Is the Bharatpur Palace Hotel?
Man: Hello madam. Yes madam.
Me: I’m calling from Australia, I would like to book a double room with private bathroom for the 27-30 November. Do you have one available?
Man: Yes madam.
Me: How much would it be?
Man: It is camel-fair madam – 5,000 rupees. ($147)
Me: No, camel-fair finishes before then, I want a room after the camel fair. 5,000 rps is too much.
Man: It is camel-fair madam. 5,000 rps.
**Camel-fair actually finishes on 24 Nov**
Me: I’m sorry, that is much too expensive.
Man: You call back in one hour, my manager will not be here. I give you special price.
Me: Ok then. I’ll talk to you soon.
Man: Bye (hangs up quickly).
LOL
lets just say I called back an hour later, and the prices had dropped back to 600 rps – $17 (normal). This conversation actually took 7 minutes according to my phone….