Schuhe Mate International

Our place is at No. 20/15 Mottukollai Street, right on the corner of West Street. It’s a bit tucked away, but we’ve managed to stay busy over the years. Schuhe Mate International sounds like a big name, but we are just a group of people working in a modest building. We handle a lot of shoe-related stuff, mostly sending things out to different places. The street outside can get pretty crowded with bikes and trucks coming through at all hours. We spend most of our mornings checking the boxes and making sure the labels are stuck on right. It’s a lot of manual work, honestly. My hands are usually a bit dirty from moving crates around or handling the materials. We don't have a receptionist or a big lobby with chairs. You just walk in and see us working at the tables. Sometimes the power goes out and we just sit outside for a bit until it comes back on. It's just a regular workplace. We’ve had the same neighbors for years, and we know the tea seller down the road well. Dealing with international orders means we have to stay organized, but we don't act like a big corporate office. We just do the work as it comes in. Sometimes there are mistakes, and we just fix them and move on. That’s just life here. We don't have a big marketing team. It’s just us at the desks and in the back room making sure everything gets where it needs to go. It’s a simple living for us.