Jeetil Opticals & Eye Clinic

Jeetil Opticals & Eye Clinic is at No 9, near the Nungambakkam Railway Station on Choolaimedu High Road. If you know this area, you know how loud it gets with the trains and the buses passing by all day long. The shop has been here for a good bit now. We spend a lot of time cleaning the glass cases where the frames are kept. Fingerprints get on them constantly. It’s a narrow space, so we have to be careful when moving around. The light inside is quite bright so people can see the different styles of glasses properly. Sometimes the power goes out for a bit and we just sit there in the dim light waiting for it to come back on. The Choolaimedu area is always moving. We see students from the nearby colleges and people rushing to catch their trains every morning. My chair behind the counter is a bit squeaky. We have a small machine for checking eyes in the back room which is a bit quieter than the front. It’s mostly just us trying to keep the shelves organized and helping folks pick out something that fits their face. We don't have any fancy displays or anything like that. It’s just a straightforward shop where we do our work and talk to the neighbors. Usually, by the time we close up, the street lights are all on. It's a long day but we are used to it by now.