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Hey fellas..here's a question for you...when is the last
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Hey fellas..here's a question for you...when is the last

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May 31, 2023, 8:50 PM

time you saw someone getting their shoes shined?

I'm just gonna say right now...I can't remember...I would guess 30 years at least...

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May 31, 2023, 8:52 PM

I used to get mine shined 23 years ago in Columbia

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May 31, 2023, 9:40 PM

In Atlanta last weekend inside a hotel.

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May 31, 2023, 11:08 PM



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i still shine my dress shoes myself but i haven't seen

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May 31, 2023, 8:53 PM

somebody get it done by a professional in a very long time.

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May 31, 2023, 8:57 PM

1982, bus station downtown cootlumbia

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May 31, 2023, 9:01 PM

Was reasonably common in airports until a few years back (or maybe I think it was a few years, and it's actually been 20 - you know how that goes), but definitely not a common event anymore.

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Jun 1, 2023, 8:20 AM

I was gonna say in the last 10 years in an airport. Not sure which one as after awhile they all run together.

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Jun 1, 2023, 8:35 AM [ in reply to Re: Hey fellas..here's a question for you...when is the last ]

Speaking of airports, that brings back a memory. The last time I had my shoes shined was in Atlanta at Hartsfield a couple days before Christmas 1998. I remember giving the guy a very nice tip for Christmas.

I saw shoe shiners in the Airport for years after, but by the time I retired in 2014, I don't remember seeing any. They could have been tucked away and I just missed them. When I flew into ATL, I usually only had a carry on bag and was scurrying off to the rental car center to head for a meeting.

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May 31, 2023, 9:01 PM

In the Venetian grand canal shops in Vegas. They have several shoe shine stations set up around Vegas.

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May 31, 2023, 9:03 PM

Today. Went to chick fil a and offered my services to any African Americans with purchase of sandwich and large drink

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May 31, 2023, 9:06 PM

When I worked in prison, we had a shoe shine inmate. He had special privileges and had a stand there in administration building.

On a side note, we had an inmate barber, cut your hair and gave you a straight razor shave for $2. Not going to lie, this man was in for murder and here he is shaving me with a straight razor. I was always nice to him lol

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May 31, 2023, 9:42 PM [ in reply to Re: Hey fellas..here's a question for you...when is the last ]

You worked for a prison?

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May 31, 2023, 10:13 PM [ in reply to Re: Hey fellas..here's a question for you...when is the last ]

That's one service provider I would definitely tip generously.

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May 31, 2023, 10:50 PM [ in reply to Re: Hey fellas..here's a question for you...when is the last ]

I let the barber do that only once after going to him 5 or 6 years and decided that would be my last experience with a straight razor- don’t remember how many Bandaids I had on my face

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May 31, 2023, 9:37 PM

There is a guy that shines shoes in the basement of the Prisma Building on McBee in downtown Greenville.

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May 31, 2023, 9:37 PM

When I worked in DC in the mid 80s. Saw this as a civilian employee on a local military base.

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May 31, 2023, 9:53 PM

A dying art for sure.

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May 31, 2023, 10:30 PM [ in reply to Re: Hey fellas..here's a question for you...when is the last ]

I had mine shined in the Atlanta or Boston Airport, I believe, about 8 years ago. I remember the guy was an older guy, and there was a wait. He could make that rag pop!

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Charlotte airport has at least two shine stations

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May 31, 2023, 10:02 PM

Most convention centers in large cities still have them.

Can't remember when I've seen a vendor working a city street though.

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May 31, 2023, 10:09 PM

There was a shine stand around 2002 in the Charlotte Plaza bldg mezzanine. Our offices were on the 18th floor so saw the guy's services several times. Also, seem to recall one around the Merriott in the indoor corridor leading to the entrance of the former Ivey's building.


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Re: Hey fellas..here's a question for you...when is the last

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May 31, 2023, 10:35 PM

Lots of airports have shoe shine stations. Used to get mine done often when traveling for work up until 2018. Lot of shoes are not even real leather anymore so I assume thats a tough business.

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May 31, 2023, 10:48 PM

2001-2006 when I worked in Washington, DC.

https://unionstationshoeshine.com




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Re: Hey fellas..here's a question for you...when is the last

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May 31, 2023, 10:55 PM

Still see it in airports.

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May 31, 2023, 11:27 PM

I haven’t seen it happening, but I’ve seen show shine stations in a couple of airports recently

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Jun 1, 2023, 5:35 AM

The Knoxville airport still has anctive shoe shine station with 2 chairs. Last week I landed and a middle aged gal was shinning an older gentlemen's shoes.

FWIW, most military bases no longer have them. The boots that come with the new uniforms don't require polish and the low quarters are typically chlorofram.

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Jun 1, 2023, 7:34 AM

They shine shoes in several locations downtown including the courthouse in Winston-Salem and also in the mall here.

They do shoe shines for the riders at most of the big horse shows too.

At the furniture market in High Point and downtown Greensboro too.

Incredible what a good shoe shiner can do buffing some shoes into incredible shine.

Greensboro at the airport too. Must be a NC thing.

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I was wondering about this same thing a couple of days ago.

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Jun 1, 2023, 8:27 AM

It’s been at least 4 years since I’ve seen anyone doing it.

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