Public shoe shine stations - do you?

[TimberWolf]

One near me in the City is £3.

Never used it for fear of looking like a right plonker.

Who cares, at 5 minutes a shine, that's £24/hour, cash in hand.

[Mich the Tester]

Saw one in Canary Wharf the other week in the shopping mall. Presumably you would have to pay a banker's bonus.

£3.50?

[thunderlizard]

I'm thinking of starting a similar service for hedge fund managers. For £7.50 I'll pluck little designer frays in their Ralph Lauren jeans with a Stanley knife.

[Mich the Tester]

I'm thinking of starting a similar service for hedge fund managers. For £7.50 I'll pluck little designer frays in their Ralph Lauren jeans with a Stanley knife.

Is that really all you can think of doing with the combination Stanley knife and hedge fund manager?

[Moscow Mule]

Like HAB's bath, once a week - whether they need shining ornot

[Jog On]

Saw one in Canary Wharf the other week in the shopping mall. Presumably you would have to pay a banker's bonus.

That's the one that prompted me to make this thread!

On the way to the jubilee through the 'Citi' area?

They have a fashion show down there today

[OrangeHopper]

On the way to the jubilee through the 'Citi' area?

That sounds about right. In the corridor next to some swish, one dimensional, in-the-wall sandwich bar.

[scooterscot]

Would you sit and get your shoes shined at one of those stations while the general public walk past and gawp at how affluent you are?

Has anyone?

There's one in Edinburgh airport, which I use often enough if I'm suited and booted. I like my shinny shoes when stepping into the office.

[wurzel]

In parts of Latin America these "Limpiabotas" just won't leave you alone. So much so that when I'm there I always make sure whatever I'm wearing on my feet isn't shoe-shineable.

[HairyArsedBloke]

It's a bit like having one of those massages in your suit at an airport or having your eyebrows threaded at Selfridges - a complete no-no.

Is that another one of those daft ideas like ear candling?