As the driver of his characteristic SRV vehicle, touring to the next customer, the driver realizes that his profession is increasingly being forgotten. “I think it is a great shame and a shame that the profession is dying out. It is a wonderful profession, you are appreciated and you help people. It is also a somewhat and underestimated profession, because it is very important that there is one face, one point of contact If that slowly disappears, then that is very unfortunate. A piece of livability that is gone again.”
The power of such a mobile shop seems rather simple. Bert drives into the street, and a customer knocks. For example for a wholemeal bread. “It has been about ten to twelve years that he has been driving here with us,” says one of the loyal customers. “It’s an advantage for me, because I don’t have to lift heavy groceries. And my husband is also very happy, because he doesn’t have to go shopping.
Besides the practicality; doing an errand next to the front door, Bert’s regular arrival also entails other aspects. His presence encourages customers to have a chat, to have something to say. “If you have things, it is automatically shared. There is no gossip about it either. You know that it stays within this SRV vehicle,” says the customer.
Bert agrees. “For some it is really an outing, people are very enthusiastic.” Clients even came to Bert’s wedding, just like at the birth of his child. “There came a bikecards and hugs.”