‘Knocked For 45 Minutes’: Australian Man Shares Alleged Scam Experience In Jaipur Hotel
Taking to social media, he recounted how the manager of his hotel teamed up with a cab driver in an attempt to fleece him.
An Australian man’s post narrating an unpleasant experience from his recent visit to India has sparked up a debate online. Taking to social media, he recounted how the manager of his hotel teamed up with a cab driver in an attempt to fleece him. Responding to a viral thread on India’s lack of social trust, the Germany-based writer and lawyer named Andrew Hammel shared about his time when he was visiting Jaipur, Rajasthan, and took a cab back to his hotel.
In his post on X (formerly Twitter), Hammel wrote, “My favourite story was taking a cab back to my hotel in Jaipur, a Holiday Inn, which was supposed to be one of the best. Maybe 30 minutes later there’s a loud pounding at my door. It’s the cabbie and the hotel manager."
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He went on to explain that the hotel manager informed him that the cab driver had “accidentally" given him too much change and that he should return Rs 3,000. Hammel politely responded that this did not happen and he has no intention of giving the cab driver extra money. Saying this, he closed the door, but the knocking started again.
He realised that the hotel manager and cab driver were banking on the fact that he would get tired and pay up. In short, they wanted to bully him into paying extra money. To his surprise, the duo kept knocking on his door for 45 minutes. “That’s when you realise time has very little value to them. The cab driver might make 400 rupees an hour doing legit business, so investing 2 or even 3 hours in a potential payoff of 3000 rupees from the rich foreigner is reasonable," he wrote.
Elaborating further, Hammel revealed that he was saved by American corporate culture. “There was a barely-legible international complaint hotline on the torn laminated instruction sheet on the table. I invited the manager and cabbie in and called the hotline in front of them. Even after I began spelling the hotel manager’s name to the hotline, he still persisted in demanding the 3000 rupees and threatening to call the police," he said.
At the end, when he started repeating words like “police," “crime," “arrest," “harassment" and “fraud," the guy eventually surrendered. He and the cabbie finally left.
But it doesn’t end there. The lawyer mentioned that he heard loud knocking and the same wheedling complaints from another door down the hall.
Soon after the video gained traction online, users chimed in to share their views.
A user expressed, “It is too bad they have no conception of virtue ethics, which is ironic given how rich classical Indian philosophical literature is in that regard."
“Next time, go to Jai Nina’s. It is an awesome Jaipur hotel with a lovely garden," an individual suggested.
An account remarked, “I had a similar incident in New York City in the 70s. The airport limo guy came to the room and reminded us that we had forgotten a tip. The hotel manager was with him. We were naive and paid."
“That’s quite insane. My worst experience with scams was in Thailand, but even there the buck stops at hotel management. They have a reputation to protect and are always on your side," shared a user.
The post has reached more than 2.9 million people till now.
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