India, Feb. 24 -- For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, my X feed is full of people discussing 'hacks' on how to get access to a hotel breakfast buffet without paying for it. Inevitably there are others explaining how to get the best out of your breakfast buffet and how to choose from the items on display.

Ah, the hotel buffet!

For lots of people, the buffet is almost too good to be true. You pay a fixed rate and can then eat EVERYTHING without having to pay extra. Six helpings of biryani? Sure. That is your right. Twelve different desserts? Of course! Help yourself!

This sounds like an incredibly good deal for the customer till you ask yourselves the obvious question: If buffets are a huge benefit for customers then why are h...