The culture of repair meets the culture of sales
Me: Hello Shiraz! Shiraz: Bob. Me (puzzled): Shiraz….? Shiraz: Bob. Me (incredulous): You can’t be called Bob…you are wearing a taqiyah…Bob’s don’t wear those! You don’t get Muslims called Bob! Shiraz: No…you Bob. Me:…Ah!…No, I’m Andrew. Shiraz: Oh! Hello Andrew..how are you? Me: Hello Shiraz! I was in Shiraz’s shop arranging a repair to my twenty nine year old fishing kit bag. Actually it’s a South African army “balsak”…that’s how I know how old it is…it was a special gift from Magnus Malan. All I had to do was give him two years of my life. “Ja…you guys went off