Mobile Dot Com

Over in Shivaji Nagar, on Plot No GL 1 2, is where you will find Mobile Dot Com. The name sounds a bit more modern than the shop actually looks. Inside, it’s mostly glass cases and a lot of those plastic hangers for phone covers that never seem to stay straight. We have been here for a good while, watching the phones get bigger and the prices get higher. People come in with phones they’ve dropped in water or screens that look like a spiderweb. It’s a lot of fiddly work with tiny screws that I sometimes lose on the floor. I spend most of my day sitting on a tall stool behind the counter. We sell new phones, but a lot of our business is just fixing what people already have. Everyone is always in a hurry these days. They want their phone fixed in ten minutes, but technology doesn’t always work that way. We just do what we can. The shop gets pretty hot in the afternoon because the sun hits the front window directly. We have an old AC unit, but it makes a lot of noise and doesn't do much. Still, it’s a good spot to be. You see everyone walking by in Shivaji Nagar. It’s a busy life, and we are just one small part of it, selling cables and fixing buttons for whoever stops by.