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India Today
14-05-2025
- India Today
Watch: Mumbai couple refuses to pay pizza delivery man for not speaking Marathi
A Domino's Pizza delivery man in Mumbai was harassed by a couple who refused to pay for the order because he did not speak Marathi. The incident took place on Monday night, May 12, at a residential building in the Bhandup area, and has sparked outrage online after a video of the exchange went delivery agent, identified as Rohit Lavare, recorded the argument on his phone. In the video, the customer can be heard saying that they would pay Lavare only if he spoke Lavare tried to reason with the couple, he asked, "Jabardasti hai Marathi bolne ka, par kyun? (Is there a compulsion to speak in Marathi? But why?)" To this, the woman replied, "Hai yahan pe aise hi. (Yes, this is how it is here.)" Watch: Lavare then questioned further, saying, "Who has said this?" and added, "If that was the case, then you should not have ordered. You don't want to pay, isn't it? Fine. (Nahi aata toh phir nahi order karne ka na. Nahi dena hai na paisa, haan theek hai, theek hai)."At one point in the conversation, the woman objected to being recorded and said, "Mera video nahi nikalne ka, main tumhara video nikal sakti hoon. (You cannot record me, while I can.)" Lavare responded, "Ye kaun sa jabardasti hai? (What kind of compulsion is this?)"advertisementAs the situation escalated, a man accompanying the woman tried to shut the door, but she intervened and began recording the delivery agent. Lavare asked the couple to show if the food was in any way bad, "Dikhao na order kharab hai toh dikhao. (Show me if the food you have ordered is bad.)"The video has added fuel to the ongoing Hindi-Marathi language divide in Mumbai, where several such incidents have been reported. In April, a similar incident took place when Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) beat up a bank employee in Lonavala for not using Marathi in daily business transactions.
NDTV
13-05-2025
- NDTV
"Speak Marathi Or Won't Pay": Mumbai Couple Harasses Pizza Delivery Agent
For this Mumbai couple, the pizza was not enough, they also wanted the person delivering it to be able to speak to them in Marathi, a detail that they failed to mention when they placed the order, fanning the Hindi-Marathi language row. The incident, which took place on Monday, was reported from Bhandup, a suburb of Mumbai. Speak Marathi or no money was the message when the delivery agent, Rohit Lavere, landed at their door. " Jabardasti hai Marathi bolne ka, par kyun (Is there a compulsion to speak in Marathi? But why?)," asked the man from Domino's, a popular pizza restaurant chain. " Hai yahan pe aise hi (Yes, this is how it is here)," the woman shot back, an iron grille door separating the two. " Kaun bola aise (Who has said this)," the man demanded to know. " Nahi aata toh phir nahi order karne ka na. Nahi dena hai na paisa, haan thek hai, theek hai (If that was your precondition, then you should not have ordered. You don't want to pay, isn't it)," the delivery agent said, filming the conversation between the two. " Mera video nahi nikalne ka, main tumhara video nikal sakti hoon (You cannot record me, while I can)," said the woman, prompting a sharp response from the delivery agent. " Ye kaun sa jabardasti hai (What kind of compulsion is this)," he asked. At this point, the man next to the woman decided to shut the door, when she intervened and started recording the whole thing. " Dikhao na order kharab hai toh dikhao (Show me if the food you have ordered is bad)," he demanded to know. The delivery agent had to return without the money. The company involved is yet to respond.
