The weekend buffet

It has started to warm up a little. We decided to have an early lunch buffet last saturday. The place was fairly empty, only about half a dozen tables were occupied. It was easy to observe around while having a little chit chat with my company.

There was a big party sitting on our left side. One person was too peculiar to miss in there. He only had a bowl of sambhar (an indian curry cooked with no intent of having a particular taste) in front of him and he was gulping one spoon after another in quick succession. There was no synergy among that group being on the same lunch table. Every other minute one person would get up and go fill up the plate with bunch of buffet items, come back and indulge.

There was a family of three on the table at 2 O' clock from me waiting for their food to be served. The man was looking down and fiddling with his blackberry. The lady was staring at other cars outside the window on the right. The little kid was keeping himself entertained by looking at other kids. I think it would have not made any difference if they had taken three separate tables.

There was a single person sitting right in front of me with very thick glasses and a nerdy look. His mango lassi (an indian milkshake) was on the table, but other orders were yet to come. He was sipping it very slowly making sure that it is still half full when the food arrives. After all a little sip in between does taste good.

We were done in about an hour and I walked to the cash register to ask for the check. The person standing behind the register asked - Two weekend buffet? I said yes.