Street Business Diaries: Street Cobbler,

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mahmud552

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Hello Serey lovers, Assalamualaikum. This is @mahmud552 from #Bangladesh.

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we see various small traders on the side of the road, they run their own businesses with little capital, out of which this week's challenge has set the topic of three such traders on the side of the road, the topics are very beautiful, cobbler shops, mobile accessories, or roadside clothing shops.

These three things are very important in our lives, among these three traders, I will try to discuss cobbler shops, because cobblers are the most underestimated in our society, whereas street cobblers are very important workers in our society, they sit on the sidewalk and sew our shoes, polish them, and do minor repairs on our shoes, whereas they fix our old shoes or sandals and make them usable again.

No person in our society can be underestimated and no person's work can be underestimated, because every person is the best in his own place, no one's work is small, cobblers also earn their livelihood by repairing other people's old shoes and sandals, and earn money halally and make their livelihood, I think they also deserve respect, because they try to eliminate their poverty through their own work and manage their own lives without going to others.

The cobbler is lying down,

He is spending his time idly sitting in his shop on the sidewalk by the side of the road.

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What type of daily necessities business is most demand in your area? (Street Cobbler, Mobile Accessories or Street Clothes etc.)

In our area, the daily demand for street cobblers, mobile accessories and street clothes is very high, but since our area is a rural area, the demand for street cobblers is a little higher, because most people in rural areas are poor, most people in villages try to repair and use their old shoes, if the shoes or sandals get torn, they repair the shoes or sandals through cobblers.

When we go out and suddenly our shoes or sandals get torn, then we go to the cobbler to repair our shoes and make them usable, or when we go somewhere with our old shoes and see them dirty, then we take those old shoes to the cobbler and make the shoes beautiful by polishing them, and we feel comfortable using those shoes.

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Have you bought these yourself or visited them? Show pictures + videos and show their prices.

I often get my shoes repaired by this cobbler, when my shoes or sandals get torn, I often get them repaired by this cobbler, and if my shoes ever get dirty, I get them polished by this cobbler and make my shoes like new, and whenever I go to our Simanto Bazar, I meet this cobbler, and whenever he sees me, he tries to talk to me.

My selfie with the disabled cobbler

He looks at me in surprise while taking the picture.

In our market, there are a few cobblers sitting on the side of the road repairing shoes, I like this cobbler the most, because he is physically disabled, he is doing his job regularly and beautifully despite being disabled, today when I take his picture and video, he is very happy, you will see him smiling very beautifully in the video.


This cobbler on the street in our market repairs and polishes people's shoes for a small fee, he earns his living by fixing people's shoes for a small fee, polishing and repairing small shoes, below is a brief description of his shoe repair price.

The cobbler is doing his job attentively.

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What is the quality of these products? Also, if you have any experience with how long they last, please tell me.

Street cobblers provide us with very essential services at a very low cost, especially for the lower and middle class people, their work is very important, when they repair a shoe well, we can use that shoe for a long time, or when they polish our old shoes and make them look new, we can use those polished shoes like new for a long time.

I have repaired my shoes from this cobbler from time to time, a few days ago I had one of my shoes repaired, I used that shoe for a long time, my shoe was not suitable for use before it was repaired, but after repairing my shoes from the street cobbler, I am still using it.

The cobbler is repairing a shoe.

Shoe repair and polishing tools

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How do people behave towards street vendors? (sympathetic, ignoring, bargaining etc.)

Many people underestimate these ministers who do our urgent work sitting on the sidewalks by the side of the road, many times they mistreat them, street cobblers work as silent servants for each of our areas, most of the time they work sitting under the open sky, maybe some use a small umbrella on their heads, or many do this work sitting under the shade of trees.

Street cobblers are a lower class in our society, that is why most of the people in our society ignore them, but they always deserve respect, I have seen many people who bargain with street cobblers, but they serve us for a very small price, they repair our old shoes and make them usable, we all should value them properly as human beings, if we move forward with their help, they can get a dignified and secure life.

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