Interesting ..Read it .. A kings revenge ... Rolls Royce cars were being used for transportation of citys waste in India by King Jai Singh .. :o One day during his visit to London in 1920, King Jai Singh was walking in casual dress in Bond Street. He saw a Rolls Royce showroom and went inside to inquire about the Price and Features of Rolls-Royce Phantom II Tourer. Considering him a just another Poor Indian citizen, showroom salesmen insulted him and almost showed him the way out of the showroom. After this insult, King Jai Singh came back to his Hotel room and asked his servants to call the showroom that King of Alwar city is interested in purchasing their few Cars. After few hours King reached the Rolls Royce showroom again but with his full astonishing royal manner and in his royal costume. Until he reached the showroom there was already red carpet on the floor and all the salesmen were bent with respect. The King purchased all the 7 cars that they had at showroom at that time and paid full amount with delivery costs on one condition that the same salesman delivered them to India. The young man did so, much to the envy of his mates. On the appointed day, the cars were arrayed in front of the maharajas palace, paintwork gleaming and engines purring as the proud salesman stood by. The King ordered municipal department to use all those 7 Rolls Royce cars for cleaning and transporting city’s waste. World’s number one Rolls Royce cars were being used for transportation of City’s waste, the news spread all over the world rapidly and the reputation of Rolls Royce Company was in drains. Whenever someone used to boast in Europe or America that he owned a Rolls Royce, people used to laugh saying, “which one? The same that is used in India for carrying the waste of the City?”Due to such reputation damages, sales of Rolls Royce dropped rapidly and revenue of company owners started falling down. Then they sent a Telegram to the king in India for apologies and requested to stop transportation of waste in Rolls Royce cars. Not only this but they also offered Six new cars to king free of cost. When King Jai Singh observed that Rolls Royce has learnt a lesson and they are sorry for their mistakes, king stopped using those cars for carrying wastes. Keep sharing our posts ... Source : telegraph.co.uk/expat/4193893/Bejewelled-carriageways.html - #BhanuRachuri
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 13:51:01 +0000