Hyderabad: The luxury of sitting on a chair or bench and ordering a cup of Irani chai will soon be a thing of the past. Considering the rising wages of the waiters, the Irani restaurant and cafe managements are implementing the ‘self-service’ formula in the hotels.

Already, several restaurants in the city have done away with the ‘waiter practice’ and many will soon follow suit. “The waiters are demanding Rs 1,000 to Rs 1500 for a day. The duty starts at 5 am and ends at midnight, previously they charged Rs 700 to Rs 800 a day,” said a hotelier at Aghapura in the city.

An Irani restaurant with 12 tables has four waiters, and if more tables, a couple more waiters. On average, the management until a year ago spent Rs 3200 to Rs 3400 for the wages of waiters on any day. If shift-wise, it

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