Line up for lunch

A food court is supposed to be a nice place to dine. The environment must be comfortable. There must be a great variety of food to choose at a reasonable price.

I recently went to the food court at Taman Anggrek Mall, a new mall located on Jl. S. Parman. The food court is nice except for one thing. Instead of money, coupons are used for transaction.

At first, I had to queue for coupons, although there were some empty stands. I bought four coupons for four people, assuming one person used one coupon. But we wanted to eat more. Since money was not acceptable, I had to queue again for more coupons.

Having finished our lunch, we had two coupons still unused. I wanted to keep them for our next visit, but we were told that the coupons were only valid for one day; the date was already stamped on the coupons. Fortunately, the coupons could be refunded but I had to queue for the third time. I have never experienced such a system before, not even in Singapore which has many food courts.

ADRIANUS HIYUNG T.

Jakarta