My Father works for the house keeping department in one of the leading five star hotels in Mumbai. Many celebrities , buisnessmen keep visiting these hotels. Many times these celebrities want the furniture in their room arranged according to their need. This is where my Father comes into picture. My Father narrated this incident to me a few years ago. Vijay Mallya had arranged a buisness meet at the hotel. He wanted a round table arrangement. He gave the instructions to the house keeping manager who in turn gave the instructions to my Father. The manager told my father that the arrangement to be made was for ten people. Accordingly my Father arranged the biggest round table that was available in the hotel. Arrangements for ten chairs were also made as instructed by the house keeping manager. It should be noted that the biggest round table available in the hotel was for ten people. Vijay Mallya arrived with his fellow buisnessmen or friends. Amidst their meeting Vijay Mallya's son Siddharth entered the room.All the ten chairs on the table were already occupied. Vijay Mallya was amidst a heated argument with the fellow buisnessmen and was also using foul language. My father was present in the room to attend to the needs of Vijay Mallya and the businessmen seated with him. When Siddharth entered the room , Father arranged a chair besides the table. On seeing this Vijay Mallya became furious and said to my father "Mader***d itna chota table kyo laya " (Motherfu**** why did you bring such a small table). Siddharth stood there silently, giving an enraged look at my father. We are from a lower middle class background.My Father could not complete his education due to lack of finances.He works very hard to pay for my college fees.Many times guests in the hotel treat him very badly and rudely.Also big hotels have no policy that condems abusing the support staff. Many years ago Vijay Mallya and Siddharth Mallya were treated as celebrities in India until latter when their true colours were known. Following are the celebrities who were rude or verbally abusive to my father
- Katrina Kaif : Yelled at my father because the AC temperature was not low enough.
- Kajol : Famous for throwing tantrums.
- Virat Kholi : Notorious for his foul language.(Even I am shocked ! Could have been a bad Cricket match)
- Salman Khan : Visited the hotel a number of times and was always in a bad mood. He is known for abusing every person around him who caters for his needs.
- Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor : Very mean and rude people according to my father.
On the contrary there is a list of celebrities who are extremely down to earth and very polite to the house keeping staff. Their demands are simple and manageable . These celebrities include Varun Dhawan, Ratan Tata , M.S Dhoni and his wife Sakshi Dhoni , Illeana D'Cruz, Alia Bhatt.
No matter how high you escalate in terms of popularity or finances or success you should always treat the people who cater for your needs with compassion and kindness.
This is what my Father tells me as he attends to the affluent and rich people of the society with a big smile on his face.
Anupamaa
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