A floppy shoe sole is not a good thing!
How lucky I am that his sign is in English.
My hero, the shoe repair guy!
Three days ago I was walking to the village shopping area and I realized that the front part of the sole on one of my Teva sandals was falling off. What a disaster as I’m counting on these sandals to make it through my two years of PC service. It doesn’t matter that the sandals are 10-15 years old … In my way of thinking, they are suppose to last even longer, approximately forever.
While stumbling home with my “floppy” shoe (way too much broken glass on the dirt roads to consider going barefoot), I recalled that there is a stall in the outdoor market area marked as “Shoe Repair.” By its outward appearance, it’s not the kind of place that would create a huge amount of confidence in shoe repair skills.
Today I returned to the market and handed over my sandal for repair. An hour later I picked up my repaired sandal and paid the man 10 rand (~ $1.25). The man was very nice, seemed happy to have my business, and the sole on my Teva seems to be affixed securely to the rest of the shoe. I am a happy walker again!
