Damn Expensive Pizzas

Yesterday we ordered two mid-size pizzas (pepperoni, extraveganza, one garlic bread with white sauc and a small bottle of Pepsi) and the bill was around Rs. 835. I was shocked when the person on the other side of the phone told me the total amount that I’d have to pay, and just to confirm that I had heard right I asked him again. I didn’t cancel the order because the money was — at that point — not the issue, but both Alka and I felt outraged for having to pay so much for so little junk food; we also felt a bit embarrassed because a family can eat food for many days with this much money.  I don’t mean to sound apologetic but spending 800 plus just because you want to eat something different is really stupid. Even insignificant, fundamental things are turned into a luxury just to make a quick buck in our country. Although we can afford such exhorbitant pizzas (at least as of now) it repulses us to spend so much money on them, so we are not going to have them at least for a few months.