Gopi Novelty Stores

Our shop, Gopi Novelty Stores, is at 1 124 in Katargam, near Kuber Nagar One. It is a small place but we manage to fit a lot of novelty items onto the walls and into the glass cases. We have everything from small trinkets to things for the house. The area around Kuber Nagar is always full of people, so we see a lot of foot traffic throughout the day. The shop can get quite hot in the summer because the sun hits the front window directly for a few hours. We usually have the radio playing in the background to keep things lively. Most days are spent dusting the items and rearranging the display so people can see the new things we have brought in. It is not a very big space, so it gets crowded quickly if more than three or four people come in at the same time. We enjoy seeing the local kids come in to look at the colorful things we have. We don't have a big corporate plan or anything like that. We just buy things we think people will like and put them out for sale. Sometimes the stock does not move as fast as we want, so we just have to be patient. It is a quiet life in some ways, even with the city noise outside. We take our time with each customer and do not try to rush them. It feels like a very local business.