
After waiting for almost an hour with the orange squash drink that was about to run out by half a glass, a single order of Tan, fried rice had arrived.
Then, five minutes later two orders, a Sumatran rendang and a premium tenderloin have also arrived.
Because all the food orders had arrived, without a second thought, Tan immediately ate the fried rice with the all-meat side dish.
In just less than half an hour, all the food that was on the table had already been exhausted without remaining.
Tan was satisfied with the taste of the food, according to the price.
Although the portion of fried rice is less than the fried rice sold on the roadside.
But as for the taste, the fried rice he had just eaten was more satisfying than the fried rice he had bought near his home.
He had eaten all his orders, but his hull was still plenty of room for food to enter.
Without further ado, Tan decides to order a snack or dessert as his dinner cover.
He looked around in various directions, puzzled over how to order food again.
He did not know the procedure of calling the waiter or booking again in a five-star hotel. When it was at the Padang restaurant or food stall, people just yelled to call the waiter while raising their hands up.
Mery who saw Tan's gelagat immediately told Rita.
"Rita, your boyfriend seems to want to pay, go quickly." Mery Eject.
"He's not my girlfriend! Why don't you just come?" Ask Rita.
"Oh, you know, I don't want to serve people like him, commissions can't be tired, lazy me, mending serve other visitors who might they order more food." Mery clear.
"You are yes, if the work is professional, do not choose, and also do not accuse someone without clear evidence, not necessarily he is a poor person, he said, if it turns out he's a successful businessman or heiress of a conglomerate, your money will be, remember, don't judge by the cover!" Obviously Rita.
Mery was just being indifferent, the advice of his coworkers was only made in the right ear and then forwarded like a toll road to exit the left ear.
"Well, remember him, fix you his girlfriend, otherwise he's your husband dong." Mery said.
Rita was upset and wanted to hit her partner's head. But it's not because Mery said, "Just kidding, don't be serious about it, you'll have wrinkles under your eyes, you're already there near him, pity look at him who's wailing like a lost child." Said Mery who held back a laugh seeing Tan like that.
Rita sighed and she walked over to Tan who was still frowning. He thought it was like a child who lost his mother or father in the crowd.
It looked funny to her and wanted to laugh, but she held it off. He should, however, look calm and professional in his duties.
"Excuse me, sir, how can I help you?" Ask Rita politely and kindly.
The sudden arrival of Rita made Tan startled and immediately nervous. "A ... Anu, I want to order more food, can I see the menu again?"
Hearing that made Rita surprised, but she did not show her surprise. Only a friendly smile was shown.
"Okay, please wait a minute, I'll get it." Said Rita who immediately returned to her place to pick up the menu book.
"Why returned? Can't he pay?" Mery asked as Rita returned to her original position.
"No, he wants to order again." Rita said as she picked up the menu book and smiled happily as she would earn a huge commission on payday.
"Message again, is he crazy? Does he have the money to pay for it? What if he can't pay later?" said Mery who still maintains his mind that Tan is a poor man.
Moreover, he has heard from his ex-girlfriend that Tan has a debt and can not pay the installment.
Actually Rita also thought about the thing said by Mery, she was worried that Tan could not pay so she did not get any commission.
But Rita can only hope that it does not happen and believes that she receives a lot of commission on payday.
He quickly approached Tan whose desk was already clean from the leftover plates of food and drink from his first order.
Rita gives the menu book and then records the second order of the controversial visitor.
Tan ordered 4 four-season dumplings, beef gyoza, bakwan maize, soto ribs and he wanted dessert recommendations on Rita.
"Please recommend the dessert menu, which is delicious according to mbak?" Ask Tan.
"I suggest you order a Japanese cheese cake." Said Rita.
She actually wanted to recommend the dessert menu that had the highest price so that she would get a bigger commission, but Rita chose Japanese cheesecake because it was perfect for dessert according to her.
"Then I order that and mineral water." Said Tan who closed the menu book and handed it to Rita.
The woman re-read Tan's order and then after verifying it was appropriate, she immediately left Tan to hand the order over to the kitchen.
After handing over the order to the kitchen, Rita returned to her position and was immediately interrogated by Mery.
"What's? What did he order? mineral water?" Mery's Scorn.
"Yes, he ordered mineral water" said Rita, who was interrupted by Mery. "Already I guess, he's just a mineral message, there's no way he's ordering any more food."
Rita does not care much about Mery's words, she immediately mentions Tan's order in addition to the mineral water.
"No way, he ordered that much, did he have a rubber belly, not that's the point, he has ordered food with a total of 180 thousand and when combined with the first it has reached 600 thousand more, not to mention 11% VAT and 10% service charge, which when in total ... " Said Mery who stopped because he was counting.
"1.5 million more." Sahut Rita who faster calculate the total amount of Tan payment later than Mery.
"He spent that kind of money just for dinner alone, isn't he the poor guy I thought he was? But I heard from her ex-boyfriend, he's in debt." Think Mery.
"Is he a stupid man or a man who wants to enjoy luxury before he ends his life?" Ask Mery in his mind.
Meanwhile, Tan does not know that he is being a topic of conversation that is quite exciting for Rita and Mery.
He just busied himself with his smartphone while glancing at a special table for the 4-8 people in front of him, not too far from where he was.
He looked at the place because there was Saras with his fiancee who was eating food while making out.
Seen Saras facial expression that is very happy and continues to act spoiled with his fiance, very different attitude when still dating him.
"Was she and I just a one-sided relationship, then why would she accept my feelings if she didn't like me?" Tan asked in his mind.
There was a sense of anger, disappointment and sadness in him seeing the very different attitude of Saras with his fiancee rather than her being the woman's lover.
She is angry that Saras does not consider herself a lover despite accepting her feelings. This sort of her had been taken advantage of by Saras while being a lover's partner.
It is true with the saying that love is blind, because he became a slave of love makes his eyes have been closed by the treatment and attitude of Saras to him.
He was saddened to have wasted time, energy and money for the sake of the one-sided love made by Saras.
"Is this a new trial that You have given me, O God?" Said Tan who then sighed.
He thought that with him having money, everything would go back to normal, he could survive, rekindle love with Saras, get married and form a family with her.
But that was just her own imagination. Reality had slapped him in the face so many times that he would wake up from a long dream.
A few minutes later, a male waiter brought five of Tan's six orders: a four-season beef gyoza dumpling, corn flakes, mineral water, and Japanese cheese cake. Soto arrived three minutes later.
Without wasting any more time, Tan bulldozed all the food to put into his stomach and processed well, in just under an hour.
"Well, I can finally feel my stomach almost full." Said Tan who felt very satisfied with all the food he ordered.
The taste and quality of the food he ordered was worth the price he had to spend, although he was a little disappointed because of the fried rice section, the portion was not half of the fried rice sold near his home.
He did not want his stomach to fill up because it would only make him sick to his stomach and religious teachers when High School also said "If you eat not to be full, stop immediately when you feel almost full, and stop immediately when you feel full, that is the sunnah of the Prophet of the SAW."
He always stopped eating when he was almost full.
Now he wants to make the payment but he comes back confused to make the payment.
He did not know the payment procedures made at the five-star hotel restaurant.
Spa is the same as payment at restaurants or food stalls in general, which comes directly to the cashier.
In a state of confusion, Tan was again surprised by the presence of Rita who appeared suddenly to provide help to him.
"Gosh, the quality of service in the restaurant of the five-star hotel, is amazing," Tan said in his mind with great admiration, especially to Rita who from the beginning to the end, she provided the best service for him.
"I think I should tip this employee." Thought that Tan had decided to tip Rita who did not know that she would be given a tip by Tan.
Tan tells Rita about his desire to make the payment. The woman immediately nodded her head and asked Tan to wait for a while.
He immediately walked to the cashier to tell the cashier that Tan's desk number had been closed table and immediately performed the total calculation of the order on the table.
Rita took Tan's receipt paper which was calculated by the cashier.
With a quick movement, Rita returned to Tan's place in less than five minutes and she had already handed Tan the payment receipt.
"1.5 million, did I spend this much dinner? God, this is the most expensive dinner I've ever had." Said Tan who was surprised by the total price.
He initially thought that the total is only up to 500-700 thousand, but it turns out the price listed on the menu does not include VAT 11% and there is also a service charge of 10%.
Service charge is a new thing for Tan because in Padang restaurants or food stalls there is no service charge.
Even so he could still afford it because with the 600 million more money he had in his rekerning at the moment, 1.5 million was just a small number to him. It was almost the same he had to spend 150,000 rupiah.
Meanwhile, Rita who was standing near Tan was worried when she saw Tan's surprise.
He was worried that the man could not pay so he would not get a commission for the sale he made to Tan.
But his anxiety and worry disappeared immediately when Tan said, "Can I pay with an NI bank debit card?" Ask Tan.
"Of course you can, but if you use a bank credit card Merdeka or BPS, you will get a 10% discount with a minimum payment of 500 thousand rupiah." Obviously Rita is full of excitement because she will get a big commission at payday later.
Tan chose to pay by debit rather than credit card because he did not have any and he did not want to owe anything anymore. Tan is traumatized by having debts.
After all, he also had no credit cards at both banks and no plans to make a credit card.
"There's money to pay for debt and why credit card transactions can get a discount instead of paying with a debit card, it's not reversed." Thought Tan.
Rita then directs Tan to go directly to the cashier, making the payment process.
Without waiting any longer, the acute introverted man immediately got up and walked towards the cashier's place while Rita returned to her original place with a smiling sumringah.
He told Mery that made the haughty woman envious. "If I had served that man, I'd have earned that big commission, god I don't know if it turns out that man isn't a poor man but a rich man." Think Mery who's sorry.
Arriving at the cashier he had to queue because there were two people who were making payment transactions at the cashier.
The restaurant placed two cashiers and both were serving payment for visitors to the restaurant.
While waiting, Saras and Harry, his fiancee, came to the cashier to make the payment as well.
The two of them lined up right beside Tan who was trying to ignore him because he had a glance at Saras still acting spoiled to Harry.
It makes him even more disappointed in himself for spending a lot of time, energy and money on women who do not love him.
Saras also realizes Tan's whereabouts, but ignores him as well, focusing only on Harry, his fiancee. However, she is also curious about how much bills her ex-boyfriend has to pay and if Tan can pay them?
After waiting for a few minutes, it was time for Tan to pay. He handed his payment receipt to the cashier and then took the wallet in the side pocket of his jeans.
"Well, everything is 1,534,500 rupiah sir, want to be paid in cash or card?" Ask the cashier.
Tan did not have time to answer and give his NI bank debit card, suddenly Saras let out a surprised voice.
"1.5 million more for dinner alone, my God you're really wasteful, when you still have debt, Tan." Saras said that belittling and insulting Tan.
She then asked her fiance to pay her ex-boyfriend's bill because after all Tan and herself had spent a lot of time.
In addition, she wants to show Tan that her fiance is a rich man rather than Tan who she considers to be poor.
"Well, what the hell don't I do to make you happy and happy, you're a good woman." Praise Harry to his fiancee.
Saras acted even more spoiled to Harry because of his words.
"Let me pay it, combine it with my bill." Pinta Harry while taking out his credit card, golden in color.
The cashier who served Tan did not immediately respond to Harry's words, he first looked to Tan, waiting for a response to the offer.
"Thank you for your generosity, but I have to reject it, I can pay for it myself." Tan said that he immediately gave his NI bank debit card to the cashier.