Shoppers Stop, Mumbai

Even though the name says Mumbai, this Shoppers Stop is actually located in Indira Nagar, Lucknow. It is a big building on a busy corner. We spend our days surrounded by racks of clothes and shelves of shoes. The air conditioning is always humming in the background, which is a relief from the Lucknow heat outside. We have a lot of staff moving around, folding shirts that customers just put back wrong and tagging new arrivals. It is a lot of standing and walking on hard floors. The security guards at the door are usually the first ones here in the morning. We do not have a corporate office vibe; it is more like a giant warehouse where we are constantly unpacking boxes. During the festival seasons, the place gets absolutely packed, and it is hard to even hear yourself think over the music and the chatter. We deal with long lines at the trial rooms and people asking for sizes we do not have in stock. The break room in the back is where we all go to escape for a bit and have our tea. It is a lot of repetitive work, but we have got a good rhythm going. We focus on keeping the displays neat and making sure the price tags are correct. It is just a big store trying to keep up with the daily rush of shoppers.