Re: Cobbler, The Shoe Doctor
I wholeheartidly agree with you :k: Mochi,s here are some master craftsmen. They repair stuff with ease and perfection 
I have come across many of them and mostly they appear to be wise people. It is very unfortunate that people with so much skill are drastically underpaid
But on the other hand, most of the people go to them are not very rich either.
One interesting incident. Once my shoe got damaged. It had a rather unconventional metal buckle, which broke off. I showed it to few mochi,s They refused it saying that it is unrepairable. I was persistent as I was not in the mood of buying a new pair. I am a miser, I try to re-use tissue too, you know 
Anyway, I found a relatively bigger shop and explained my Raam kahani. He too refused. ( I knew that shoe is not repairable due to unavailability of buckle these cobblers are rightly refusing it )
Slightly dejected, In a last ditch effort I said to him ( in regional language of course)
Look brother ! Just like sick people first go to doctors and if they are not cured they go to specialist. See, i have visited all the doctors in the vicinity, and now i have come to ‘specialist’ …
Hearing this, his face got lightened up. He took back my shoe back and said *" Bao jee, Hun tussi aina keh ditta aye tu koi na koi hal te kadna paye ga " *( Now that you insist, i will have to find a workaround for you )
He pondered for a couple of minutes, and fixed my shoe with an ingenius solution in next couple of minutes. In the end we both were happy.
I think this was the best compliment i gave to anyone.