Thursday, December 16, 2010

Meeting the most wonderful people

By way of introduction, I'm Rajeev Gupte and I'm the Mobi-tyre franchise owner for the Dartford and Bromley area of Kent.  I wasn’t always a businessman and tyre fitter.  I had a 25 year long corporate career prior to this.  What I love most about what I do is meeting the most wonderful people every day, who happen to be my customers!

I never know where I am going to be from one day to the next, even from one hour to the next on busy days! For example, a couple of months back I replaced four tyres for a customer who happened to be the driver for the High Commissioner of Tonga.  Now Tongans have... how shall we say... healthy appetites for not so healthy food!  The stories he told me about when the King of Tonga visited last year and his aide making them drive to the nearest KFC were unbelievable.   This driver was also a Toastmaster... people do the most amazing things.

I also met a chap who operates a concierge service.  What’s that you ask!  Well whatever you want... he can get it.  If you want tickets for a sold out concert, or a repair man for your electric garage door in Chelsea, he’s your man.  I spent a fascinating hour talking to him and was nearly late for my next appointment!

I once went inside a ladies house for her to pay the invoice for a battery I replaced.  Her house was wall-to-wall filled with books! No surprises for guessing that she was an eBay book seller.

Watch out for my next blog when I talk about my adventures in the snow!

Rajeev