Ambica General Stores

We have been running this store in Kadodara for a while now. The mornings usually start around seven when the shutters go up and the first few people stop by on their way to work. It gets quite dusty on this road so we spend a good chunk of the first hour just wiping down the counters and the packets of biscuits. You wouldn’t believe how much stuff we try to fit into these shelves. There is everything from cooking oil to small toys for kids, and sometimes it takes a minute to find exactly what someone is looking for. The fans hum all day long because it stays hot in this part of town. People from around the neighborhood come in for their daily milk or maybe just to grab a pack of matches. We don’t have any fancy displays or anything like that. It is just a regular shop where we keep track of what is running low and try to get the new stock in before the weekend hits. Sometimes the delivery trucks are late because of the traffic out there, which can be a bit of a headache. We mostly just know everyone by face after all these years. It is a lot of standing around and checking the inventory, but it keeps us busy. The floor gets swept a few times a day because of the foot traffic. It’s just how it goes here and we don't mind the work one bit. We'll be here tomorrow same time.