Life with Bottles

in #life6 years ago

Hi, my friends..this is the Third one sharing you with 'life with' titles. I used to cross this guy sometimes. Occasionally he used to pass through our area. When I started walking from my home incidentally he was coming heading towards. So I postponed my walk a while and wait for him.

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He is almost near sixty years. (He doesn't know his age) When I welcomed him he was very happy with that. He is earning some extra money by collecting plastic bottles and glass bottles, he sells them in the scrap market nearby. More than that he does not belong to our state. He came from a remote village in our neighbor state Tamil Nadu
I asked him to collect the bottles around the area which I kept secretly in the bushes for some months, I used to drink a beer or some liquor if I am having some extra money in hand, some beer bottles and some plastic liquor bottles are there 😀, some bottles of mom's medicine.
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He was very happy on that and collected those bottles to his sack. He has a wife and his mother in his village. He came to our place before years and started working in hotels as a cleaner since the wages in our state is higher compared to his place. They were farm labors to the landlords of their area where they get as a wage of ₹ 70 for the woman and ₹ 90 for male workers per day. There won't be work all day in the year. They will get work in the season only, and stay idle for the rest of the time.
After coming to our state following one of his relatives he entered in the hotel field as a cleaner, he washes the dishes in the hotel and cleans the floor and kitchen area.
He got ₹ 100 per day with food and accommodation, at that time... that was a 'wow' factor for him and that is far better for him and his family😌. He has been in the same hotel for years.
He is getting paid for what he is doing without any delay. He sends money to his wife and mom. He renovated his hut into the tiled house in these years. Now he is getting ₹ 200 per day which is great for him. He also brought his son and his family to the nearest area as construction workers. Construction workers are getting around ₹ 600 to 800 according to the site and distance. Skilled people like Mason are getting ₹ 1000 per day 👍. Comparing to other states in India the daily wages is better in Kerala. Due to the influence of communism in our state things happened are good to the hardworking people, that fact we cant neglect.

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Every day he has a break from 10 AM to 4 PM after that he has to work until 12 PM by cleaning the vessels of the hotel for the next day usage. Morning 7 to 8 he has to clean the floors and tables. Then he will get his breakfast and a break. In that break time, he comes to collect bottles for extra income. What a great man👍.
I asked him about his side business which he is doing for years. He likes what he doing because it gives him money.
He will get ₹ 6 per kg of plastic bottles and ₹ 2 for each beer bottles. He wanders the nearby areas in terms daily to collect the bottles. Mostly he gets liquor bottles. Drinking in public is banned so people find many hideouts and secret spots to drink😄. He knows where are the places and he collects most of his bottles from there.

He earns ₹ 50 to 80 daily in his break time. He uses it for his expense and if any balance comes he will send it to his family along with his salary. He told that before he came here his family was struggling even for food. Due to social setups in the remote village. Now they are living happily with what they have. He will visit his home yearly twice. That is his routine for all these years he spent in Kerala.
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He almost filled his container. There is no space for any more. He was happy to have filled without wandering more.

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He happily moved from there. And going on his way to the market and back to his daily works. Probably he will be coming through this area after 2 or 3 weeks, There won't be any bottles for him to give. It will take a few more months to collect some bottles for me😋.
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I thought there is no difference between he and me. He digs bushes for bottles. I digs in the web for products to post in steemhunt. The process is same but in different area, thats all😅.

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this a good post bro, life is tough, yet we all find a way to go by . cheers

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