I had a guest from abroad last week and had to bring him for outing to an entertainment place in order for him to experience Malaysian hospitality.

A couple of weeks ago, I heard of a new lounge operating inside of the famous hotel near the famed Petronas Twin Towers.

In order to entertain my guest, I decided to check out this place. We went there, paid the cover charge of RM50 each that included one drink. We asked what kind of drink we could get with this voucher and the reply was either one of these following drinks - champagne, wine (red or white), draft beer or an assorted range of soft drinks.

My guest and I preferred champagne bearing in mind that the cover charge was RM50 per person and we could get a glass of champagne. After finishing our first glass, we thought to order a second glass of the same drink of the same brand.

Serving the drink took almost 25 minutes (imagine how long you would have to wait if you didn't have exact change to pay your bill).

To our shock, the bill for the same drinks of the same brand that we paid as the cover charge was almost double; to be exact it was RM165 for two glasses of champagne.

Hence, I wanted clarification from the waiter but not unexpectedly, he wasn't satisfactory in his response. Then, I decided I wanted to see the manager or general manager.

There he was; a tall and big handsomely dressed foreigner, a ‘white man'. At the beginning, he was a little ‘rude' in way he tried to explain.

I wasn't happy as it didn't make any sense and it was illogical. Usually, the cover charge is priced in such a way as to include the price of whatever first drink they give you free.

So ordering a second drink when inside at the bar shouldn't come up to more than the cover charge price. We paid RM100 as cover charge for two people inclusive of two drinks. Why should the second order for the same two drinks be more than that?

In this case, my argument was that in order for me to get a glass of champagne for RM50, after every empty glass I would go out and pay the cover charge again. Hence I don't waste the extra RM35.

But I failed to make him understand his customers' logical thinking and his illogical analysis as he was composed without syllogistic mind. As a result, I named this as ‘illogical cheating'.

I am an ordinary person but at the same time an academic, the field of philosophy in particular. Whenever I confront injustice and the illogical things surrounding me, I prefer to share them with the public.

Therefore, I set down to write this piece of illogical cheating that I experienced. I even informed the abovementioned person about my letter.

Furthermore, I will advocate this to anyone that I know and to my close friends. Don't get cheated, particularly in an illogical manner.