As the grand festival of Diwali is approaching, the shops of various essential commodities are set to serve those celebrating the festival. Apart from established shops, temporary shops are also being installed to facilitate people with festival-specific products. Popular among them are diyas, candles and firecrackers. Amid the fervour of festivities, what if someone says that these temporary gigs can become a side hustle for a corporate employee or a techie? However, it may sound strange but a techie has recently opened a firecracker shop.
The techie, who goes by the name Ray, took to social media platform X and said that he had set up a new shop. In his viral post, he said, "All set for opening up the (temporary) cracker shop this Diwali with 2 other friends."
He further explained that he has decided to dedicate his time between 10 am to 4 pm to his regular job of coding and after that till 9 pm to his job. He added, "10 to 4 office/coding and 4 to 9 cracker shop."
While interacting in the comment section, Ray revealed that he has set up the shop in his home town. He was respoding to the idea of creating an app and selling online. He said that people in his home town trust less on online products. He also anticipated that creating an app might not be allowed.
Netizens react
His post has so far garnered over 35 thousand impressions, over 540 likes, 11 reposts and 50 comments. In a comment, a user tagged Delhi Police as firecrackers are entirely banned in Delhi, to which Ray replied that he did not live in the national capital.
One person asked 'police nahi pakadti?' (Doesn't the Police arrest firecracker sellers?) to which Ray replied that he spent money on papers and a licence to start his work. The unique and entrepreneurial idea of the techie is mesmerising social media users. It also explains that one should utilise the maximum of their time to generate positive outcomes for their benefit. In these highly competitive and inflation-hit times, side hustle is necessary and if one can generate the money, he should do it.
