It is a paradox of life that perhaps the most interesting people is found in most unusual place. Yes , it was one of this places where I met Joeb. Aged 20, height 167 cm , fair complexion – this lad has a uniqueness difficult to find. He introduces his customers with a big smile “How can I help you ?” , soon the customer would be Joeb’s very good friend for the next few minutes. Joeb likes to make light humour and ensures his customers are in good spirit and highly satisfied by his service such that they do not mind tipping him a few extra pounds. Well, you might be wondering what is Joeb’s profession ? Well, by profession this Mauritian boy is a Hair dresser , he runs his dads shop for some hours of the day located near Plashet Grove. Needless to mention his shop is full with customers of all ages during the few hours in which he is serving. On my appreciation of his positive attitude, he stated “I know people are always with lots of worries and they get less time to feel relax , I take it up as a mission to make my customers forget some of their worries in the 5-10 minutes of their life they are spending with me” . He credits his skills to his trainer Tony Longman in London. This boy, fluent in french, english and hindi, has a good career plan. He plans to work for few hours in his dad’s shop while completing his graduation at college. Later he plans to work as an apprentice and dreams to be a fashion designer someday.

Back in India , I recall of my similar experiences , I miss the Joeb effect very much, Yes it is much cheaper in India for similar service but alas there is no Tony Longman available in India to train the hair dressers and also motivate them to think big like Joeb does…!!!