Isibini esithatha umhlala-phantsi sinethemba lokuba iJewel yeShishini iya kuqhubeka

Kwiminyaka engama-35, yena nenkosikazi yakhe, uJackie Foley, bebeqhuba iJar Jewelers eKitchener.

Ukusukela ngo-1987, uJar (omfutshane othi "uJackie noRon") uye wathatha indawo engaphambili ye-850-square-foot kwi-Krug Street Plaza, indawo engaphambili yevenkile, ngokuqinisekileyo, ibonakala iqhelekile ngaphandle.

Kodwa ngabantu abangaphakathi, kunye neenkonzo abazinikezelayo, eziyahlulayo, utshilo u-Andraza.

Thatha ukukulungela kwakhe ukwamkela intlawulo ngokuwola, ngokomzekelo, njengoko wabonisayo kutyelelo lwamva nje xa umthengi wayefuna ukulungiswa kancinane.

Okanye uluhlu olubanzi lweempahla ezibonelelwayo - yonke into ukusuka kwizacholo zesiko kunye neziqwenga "ezithandwayo" ukuya kwi-giftware kunye namakhadi okubulisa enziwe ngesandla.

Okanye ukulangazelela kuka-Andraza ukulungisa malunga nayo nantoni na abathengi abayizisileyo, ukusuka kubucwebe obuhle kunye nempahla yokunxiba ukuya kwiiseramics.

Kukho nelayile ethe yahlukana ilindele ukuphiliswa kwezandla zika-Andraza.

"Nantoni na endinokuyifumana ukuba ndiyilungisa njani, ndiyayilungisa," utsho. "Ukuba bazimisele ukundihlawula ixesha lam, andiyi kuphosa impumlo yam kuyo." Uthotho lwabathengi bangene emnyango ngenjikalanga yamva nje yeveki, benyuke kancinci, mhlawumbi, sisibhengezo samva nje sesi sibini sokuba bazakuthatha umhlala phantsi ekupheleni kukaMeyi.

Baye bagqiba kwelokuba bafuna ukuchitha ixesha elingakumbi nentsapho baze basukele ezinye izinto abanomdla kuzo.

Ku-Andraza, oneminyaka engama-72, oko kunokuthetha ixesha elininzi elichithwe phantsi kwezinto ezibonakalayo, njengomdlali onamaqela asekuhlaleni afana ne-K-W Silver Stars kunye ne-Melody Train. UFoley, oneminyaka engama-67, ufuna ukunikela ngexesha lakhe kumakhaya abantu abadala.

“Besisoloko sisenza izicwangciso zokuthatha umhlala-phantsi, kwaye besinokwenza oko kwixesha elidluleyo, kodwa bendingangxamelanga ukuyeka,” utshilo uAndraza. "Ndiyakonwabela ukwenza le nto ndiyenzayo." Ziimvakalelo uFoley ephindayo.

"Ndiyintombazana yabantu," utsho. “Sinabathengi abaninzi abafana nosapho. Yeyona nto ndiza kuyikhumbula kakhulu.” Banethemba lokuba ivenkile, kunye nabanye babasebenzi bayo abathathu abasisigxina, baya kuqhubeka phantsi kobunini obutsha.

“Siyonwabisa isithembiso sokuthenga,” utshilo uFoley.

Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, u-Andraza wayesebenza njenge-metallurgist kwaye uFoley wayekwicandelo lebhanki xa baqala ukuthengisa ubucwebe bempahla kwiimarike ze-flea ecaleni.

Bangena kwishishini ixesha elizeleyo ngo-1981 bephethe ubucwebe obuncinci kunye ne-giftware kiosk kwindawo eyayisakuba yi-HiWay Market eKitchener.

“Sikhuphe iintamo zethu ngaphandle,” utshilo u-Andraza ehleka. "Kodwa sigqibe kwelokuba sizame." Bahlala apho iminyaka emithandathu, de indawo yokuthengisa yavala iingcango zayo ngo-1987. Ukusuka apho, bafudukela eKrug Street Plaza.

Izinto zokubala zobucwebe zijonge kwelinye icala levenkile, ngelixa izinto zesipho ezibandakanya iifreyimu zemifanekiso, imifanekiso kunye neeglasi ziboniswa kwelinye. Indawo yokusebenzela imi ngasemva, inezixhobo kunye nezixhobo zokwandlala, ukupolisha kunye nokusika nokuseta amatye.

Zonke iziqwenga ezithandwayo okanye zezindlu ziye zahlaziywa kwaye zahlaziywa, kodwa zithengisa ngesiqingatha sexabiso eliqhelekileyo lokuthengisa into entsha.

I-Andraza ikwayila iziqwenga zesiqhelo, ezinomdla wokuzisa umbono womthengi ebomini.

"Inkangeleko yobuso bomntu xa efumana into ayithandayo" yinto aya kuyikhumbula, utshilo uFoley.

"Sifuna nje ukubulela bonke abathengi bethu abathembekileyo, abamangalisayo kwiminyaka engama-35 emangalisayo, kuba ngaphandle kwabo, (asiyonto)." , Twitter:@DavisRecord