Cafe Coffee Day

Down here in Trivandrum, specifically at Vishakham in the Kallayam area, we spend most of our days at this Cafe Coffee Day. It is a quiet enough part of Kerala, way out in the 695043 pin code area. We open up early and start getting things ready before the sun gets too high in the sky. Being in Kallayam means we are not in the middle of all the city noise, which is nice for us. It rains a lot here, especially during the monsoon months, and the shop feels different when the water is coming down hard on the roof. We spend a lot of time cleaning the floors and making sure the machines are running right. It is not a complicated life. We have regulars who come in, people from around the neighborhood who we know by name now. We do not have a big corporate team sitting here; it is just us, the staff, trying to keep the place tidy and the coffee hot for whoever walks in. Sometimes the power goes out, which is just part of living in this part of the state, and we have to wait it out. We sit on the chairs and talk until the lights come back on. It is a local spot for people to just sit for a bit. We do not push anyone to leave. We just do our shifts, handle the orders, and make sure the door is locked up tight at the end of the night.