Shoe shine terminal 5
Jun 15, 2011, 2:14 pm
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. Left it late leaving the house, M25 wasn't great and fast track was absolutely pathetic this morning. Net result was no time for a recce.
Nov 27, 2012, 1:03 am
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At the bottom of the escalator to both lounges. Just had my shoes done by the normal guy at the bottom of North galleries escalator. A great bloke to talk to, who is an actor and children's entertainer when he's not shining shoes!
Nov 27, 2012, 1:06 am
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And for a free automated service, there is a machine in T5 Flounge.
Nov 27, 2012, 1:13 am
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Nov 27, 2012, 1:16 am
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Nov 27, 2012, 1:38 am
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So it is £6 per shine. 
Now I shine my shoes every Sunday night for the next week. After holidays and annual leave I probably do this 46-47 times per year. Times £6 a shine... I am saving some £280 per year. ^
Enough for a quick TP run to keep me in the manner to which I have accustomed myself...
Now I shine my shoes every Sunday night for the next week. After holidays and annual leave I probably do this 46-47 times per year. Times £6 a shine... I am saving some £280 per year. ^
Enough for a quick TP run to keep me in the manner to which I have accustomed myself...
Nov 27, 2012, 1:45 am
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Nov 27, 2012, 2:11 am
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Show shine in the lounges....
I am not work shy when it comes to polishing my own shoes. I am of the opinion that a scruffy looking, badly polished shoe looks terrible. It amazes me how many people dress well and are let down by scruffy or simply bad shoes!
Anyway, I have often thought a shoe shine service in the lounges (even a pay for service if allowed) would be quite popular/sensible. I imagine one of the reasons the business for the guys at the bottom of the stairs is so quiet is because no one really wants to stop on their way to or from the lounge, but having your shoes polished while in the lounge would be an entirely different proposition...
What do people think?
Anyway, I have often thought a shoe shine service in the lounges (even a pay for service if allowed) would be quite popular/sensible. I imagine one of the reasons the business for the guys at the bottom of the stairs is so quiet is because no one really wants to stop on their way to or from the lounge, but having your shoes polished while in the lounge would be an entirely different proposition...
What do people think?
Nov 27, 2012, 3:51 am
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It seems to me that if the paid for service struggles to be busy in the main halls, they are going to do even less business within the restricted lounge areas because of much lower footfall.
Nov 27, 2012, 6:48 am
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Nov 27, 2012, 6:51 am
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Nov 27, 2012, 6:55 am
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Nov 27, 2012, 7:03 am
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^Mid-life crisis still on-going then?