legal action

 Touring the credits department at the Taj, I enquired as to whether clients had to pay for events in advance. The policy, I was told, is to settle finances within the ten day period that follows the function.

 Carefully noting this down, I asked if there was any penalty for not paying.

“Well, not exactly … we do send a 20-day reminder, which helps”.
(Me) “Right, before the booking takes place?”
“No, afterwards.”

The reminder, then, is sent ten days after the deadline.

(Me) “But surely you charge them interest if they are late?”
“Sometimes, yes. We can actually take legal action.”

This was sounding more like it.

“The only thing is that legal cases take ten years to resolve.”

 Another welcome to India moment …

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five to four

Two years after Jaipur, I found myself once again in London’s High Commission of India. I sat waiting with my queue ticket, marvelling at the reasonable speed of my visa visit thus far. Then I glanced to the clock and couldn’t help but chuckle: it read five to four.

Of course, my own (correct) watch said 11:35.

 I wondered, perhaps, if the embassy was running on Indian time. At BST+4.5 hours, that could almost be true. Well, until the time remained unchanged a whole hour later.

 … perhaps not.

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