Variety Store

Vesu 13 is where you’ll find our Variety Store, and honestly, the name pretty much says it all because we’ve got a bit of everything shoved into these four walls. Walking in, you might think it looks a bit cluttered, but there’s a system to where the snacks are and where we keep the hardware stuff. It’s a neighborhood shop, so we see the same faces every single morning when the milk arrives. I spend a lot of time just restocking shelves or trying to find where a specific type of light bulb went. It’s not a supermarket where everything is perfectly lined up. Sometimes the boxes stay on the floor for a day because we’re too busy talking to someone who came in for a single pen. We deal with all sorts of small things people realize they ran out of at the last minute. The afternoon sun hits the front window pretty hard, so it gets warm, but we just leave the door open for the breeze. There’s always some noise from the street, and kids usually stop by after school looking for candy or chips. We aren't trying to be the biggest store around, just a place where you can find what you need without a big fuss. It’s simple work, keeping track of inventory and making sure the change is right, but it keeps us busy from morning till night.