Bengaluru Man Scolds Blinkit For Sending Notifications in Hindi: 'No Alien Language Nonsense'

In a strange incident, a Kannada-speaking man gave Blinkit delivery app a piece of his mind after receiving a notification in Hindi. Labelling it an ‘alien language,’ the frustrated man expressed his dissatisfaction with Blinkit using Hindi instead of Kannada for customers in Bengaluru.

Sharing a chat screenshot with Blinkit’s support team, the man, known as @Metikurke on ‘X,’ wrote, “Blinkit sent a harmful notification and wished me “Gaya,” which means “wound” in Kannada. I told them, if I received one more threatening notification, I would lodge a police complaint. After that they stopped sending nonsense in alien languages. That’s how we need to deal!!”

It all began when the user received a notification from Blinkit in Hindi, which read, “Dekho ye order 12 minutes mein deliver ho gaya (See this order was delivered in just 12 minutes).”

Reportedly, the man couldn’t tolerate the Hindi words on his phone screen and promptly contacted the app’s support team to voice his concern. In his message, he threatened to lodge a police complaint against Blinkit for sending notifications in an “alien language,” which he deemed to be Hindi. Making a fuss over the ‘Deliver ho gaya’ notification, he pretended to be unfamiliar with Hindi. In his ‘X’ post, he wrote, “Blinkit sent a troubling notification and wished me ‘Gaya,’ which means ‘wound’ in Kannada.”

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Continuing to reprimand them, he demanded they communicate in Kannada, questioning, “Why are you operating in Bengaluru if you can’t offer services in the official language of this region?” and pointed out, “Kannada is the sole official language of Bengaluru.”

He later noted that his threat of police action prompted the app to switch to sending notifications exclusively in English. “Following my complaint, I noticed for over a month that they only send notifications in English now. No more nonsense in alien languages.”

Predictably, this incident didn’t go over well with internet users, who began mocking him. “Only shows that people need to get jobs and have a life. You could have simply closed notifications. Instead you sit and think of every situation where we can do a language angle,” remarked one user. Another chimed in, “Bhai literally you could have used turn off notifications option. But no, i have so much free time that i can tweet this in Twitter and enjoy engagement and reach.”

A third commented, “Lmao what clown behaviour. I wonder how the police would react if you went to them with this complaint. Do you get offended every time you read a menu in a restaurant that has Paneer Tikka?”

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