u/CrazyHeart99

I'm currently staying at a luxury hotel in Jaipur, and the breakfast buffet has reminded me that money and manners are two completely different things.

Some observations:

People pile their plates with enough food to feed a family, take two bites and leave the rest. Mountains of perfectly good food end up in the trash.

It's not eating anymore it's consuming, hunting and devouring. Grab everything first, think later.

Parents let children run around the buffet, screaming as if it's a playground, while everyone else is trying to have a peaceful breakfast.

I watched a child poke multiple donuts with their fingers just to eat the sprinkles, then put the donuts back on the tray. No parent intervened.

People use serving spoons from one dish in another, mixing food and making a mess.

Some guests stand right in front of the buffet, deciding what to take while blocking everyone else.

Others treat the buffet like it's a race, cutting queues and reaching across people.

Conversations happen at such high volume that the dining hall starts feeling like a crowded railway station rather than a five-star hotel. This morning, one large group (dont want to reveal the state) was practically shouting across the room.

Phones on speaker, video calls at the table, kids watching cartoons at full volume; apparently headphones are optional.

Half-eaten food, spilled juice, used napkins and crumbs are left behind because someone else will clean it.

People touch bread, fruit, or pastries with bare hands before deciding they don't want them.

Some guests keep making multiple oversized rounds as though the buffet is about to disappear.

None of this has anything to do with being rich or middle class, or with any particular community. It's simply a lack of civic sense and basic etiquette.

A luxury hotel can provide beautiful interiors, expensive cutlery and premium food, but it can't manufacture basic public behaviour. Sometimes the breakfast hall feels less like a fine-dining space and more like a zoo.

Does anyone else notice this, or have I just been particularly unlucky?

Movie watching experience in Jaipur has become unbearable

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Went to watch Main Wapas Aaunga at Cinepolis yesterday &honestly, it was the worst experience but not due to the movie which was very good.

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There was a couple in their 20s sitting behind us. We were on a 4-seater, and the two seats next to us were empty. These geniuses decided those empty seats were footrests and kept their feet propped up on them the entire time.

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I politely asked them to put their feet down. They did. For about 5 minutes.

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Then the feet went right back up. I asked again, politely, and this time they just ignored me.

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As if that wasn't enough, they spent the entire movie chatting, giggling, passing comments on every single scene, and talking loudly to each other. It was an emotional movie, but thanks to them it felt more like a comedy circus with live commentary.

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What is wrong with people? Have we completely lost basic civic sense and common courtesy? A cinema hall is a shared public space. People pay money to watch a movie, not to listen to your personal conversation or watch you treat seats like your living room furniture.

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And to that couple, if by some chance you're reading this: you have absolutely no civic sense. Putting your feet on seats, disturbing everyone around you, and ignoring polite requests doesn't make you cool or funny. It just makes you inconsiderate. People like you are the reason the movie-going experience keeps getting worse.

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Jaipur audiences used to be much better. Now every other movie seems to have a few people who think basic etiquette doesn't apply to them.