When was the last time you saw a shoe shine guy?
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No, but I passed through Hong Kong airport enroute to Australia many moons ago and got a foot massage. Better than shoeshine.
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Last time I saw one around here was when I was in elementary school. He used to ply his trade outside of a popular newsstand and smoke shop located in the middle of downtown. In winter, he had a corner inside the shop - he always seemed busy.
The very last time I saw a street shoe shiner was in downtown Denver about 16 years ago.
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Expensive hotels (by local standards) overseas.
In my neighborhood, I can still get shoes shined by a shoe repair shop, just that instead of me sitting on a high chair wearing the shoes while they get shined, instead I hand the shoes over the counter to the shopkeeper then come back to collect them a few days later. It's a one-man-shop, so technically the shopkeeper is the "shoe shine guy" and I do see that "shoe shine guy" face-to-face; just that he also does many other things like repairing all sorts of shoes, bags, luggages, outer wears, and running a shop.
The classical "shoe shine guys" that I used to see at a local airport and a local ground transportation hub, I don't see them anymore after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Saw one at the Washington Club a few weeks ago. Bathroom attendant, too.
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I still occasionally fly in a suit when I have a meeting in Boston or DC, but nowhere else. If I saw a shoe shine guy I’d probably use him, especially after this thread put it back in my mind. It’s not like I shine them myself. Though I’ll wipe them with a towel at a hotel.
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@Horace said in When was the last time you saw a shoe shine guy?:
Today at Union Station
Are you in town?
