A milk booth counter with steel cans early in the morning.
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Who works in a dairy and milk booth

  • Delivery boys on morning rounds, monthly or weekly.
  • A booth attendant for the morning and evening opening.
  • A helper for loading crates.
  • Somebody who covers on the days a regular is away, paid for the day.

Monthly for the regulars, daily for cover. There is almost no weekly off in this trade, so days off are counted carefully by both sides.

The argument this trade has

A delivery boy took four days off in the month and sent his brother on two of them. Neither of you is sure which two, or who should be paid for them.

What matters most here

  1. Marking every single day Seven days a week, ten seconds a day.
  2. Daily cover beside monthly staff The brother who did two rounds gets two days.
  3. Works with no internet Marking at five in the morning, on a round.

The numbers this trade knows

  • A delivery boy on ₹8,000 a month is about ₹265 a day.
  • Four uncertain days is over ₹1,000, every month it happens.

A shop like yours

We are looking for our first dairy and milk booth willing to be named and photographed. If that could be you, tell us — we will come to the shop, and nothing is published without your signed permission.

Questions people ask

Can I mark the day from the round, before the shop opens?

Yes. It works with no internet, so it works from anywhere.

We have no weekly off. Does that matter?

No. Set no weekly off and mark every day. Days off are marked as they happen.

Start keeping your register on your phone

It is free, it works with no internet, and setting up your shop takes about three minutes.