A Street Hawker

A street hawker is a familiar figure. He is a common feature of city life. A street hawker is a poor person. He cannot afford much investment. He cannot pay the rent of a shop. He is a moving shop. Ile goes about selling things of everyday use. He sells his goods in the street. He is mostly seen near schools, cinema, rickshaw-stands, and bus-stands, at fairs and in streets crying his ware.

Different hawkers sell different things such as fruit, ice-cream, vegetables, kitchen utensils, cloth, etc. Most of them sell eatables. Some hawkers are not very honest. Then sell stale things and give short measure.

Street hawkers mostly wear simple clothes. They carry their food with them. Those who sell cloth and utensils earn a lot. They are good salesmen and attract customers. Some hawkers sell their things on credit to children. Thus they encourage them to spend more than they get as pocket money. This is bad.

Different hawkers attract customers in different ways. Some of them ring a bell to attract small children. Some cry at the top of their voice, some raise a shrill cry, while others shout.

Their earnings are moderate. They easily make both ends meet. Their life is very hard. They have to move about a lot carrying their things. Most of the time they are pleasant but sometimes they are rude. But some hawkers become very popular in their beat. Their customers keep waiting for them. Street hawkers are a necessary part of our life; they bring things to our very door. Thus they save us the trouble of going to market.

The life of a hawker is the life of toil. He earns his living by the sweat of his brow. He goes from street to street and door to door with a heavy load on his head. Rain or sunshine he must go on his round as he can make his living only if he moves out. They earn without much investment.