21st Century Shoe Shine
Dana Bradley
Back in the early to mid 1900's it wasn't uncommon to see a man
shoe shine a business man's shoes. In most cases, a shoe shiner
made more money on his own than working in the fields or in a
sweatshop. Nearly 100 years later in a park in a park in a
popular city, a man walks around with an old paint buck that he
uses for his seat; underneath his arm is his tool kit to repair
any man's shoe and add a little sparkle in their step.
This man receives a lot of stares and sometimes dirty looks from
people who wonder, 'How can he stoop so low to shine someone's
shoe'. This is how he makes his living. Young men dressed in
Brooks Brothers Suits with cufflinks or shades of black and grey
slacks with cashmere sweaters (business casual). As they walk
into the park to enjoy the little quite that's left in this big
city, they whip out their palm pilot to view their stock status
before a man interrupts their piece to ask to do a shoe shine.
Then young man accepts even though he just purchased his Kenneth
Cole shoes yesterday. 15 minutes pass and this young man whips
out his palm pilot once again to email his secretary to cancel
his last appointment, he's getting his shoes shined.
It's 12:30 in the afternoon and believe it or not, this shoe
shiner has already earned $100 for the day and he has only been
shining shoes for 2 hours. That young man made $30 in the past
two hours...go figure. Actually, the shoe shiner made more in 2
hours than some of the people who gave him dirty looks as they
passed by.
This man may be a shoe shiner but he is in control of his own
destiny...his 'career destiny'. He sets his own hours where as
the man that's getting his shoe shined and has to answer to
someone. Not the shoe shiner. Let's say that the shoe shiner
consistently shines 3 to 4 people per hour for the amount of
$20. Let's say he works 8 hours straight, the same amount of
time the young man works in his posh office building. 8 hours at
3 people per hour is a total of $480 dollars. The shoe shiner is
only $120 away from earning the young man's weekly salary gross
amount.
About the author:
Dana Bradley writes about Payless Shoes coupons codes ,Mens Foot Wear and
Golf shoes.
Back in the early to mid 1900's it wasn't uncommon to see a man
shoe shine a business man's shoes. In most cases, a shoe shiner
made more money on his own than working in the fields or in a
sweatshop. Nearly 100 years later in a park in a park in a
popular city, a man walks around with an old paint buck that he
uses for his seat; underneath his arm is his tool kit to repair
any man's shoe and add a little sparkle in their step.
This man receives a lot of stares and sometimes dirty looks from
people who wonder, 'How can he stoop so low to shine someone's
shoe'. This is how he makes his living. Young men dressed in
Brooks Brothers Suits with cufflinks or shades of black and grey
slacks with cashmere sweaters (business casual). As they walk
into the park to enjoy the little quite that's left in this big
city, they whip out their palm pilot to view their stock status
before a man interrupts their piece to ask to do a shoe shine.
Then young man accepts even though he just purchased his Kenneth
Cole shoes yesterday. 15 minutes pass and this young man whips
out his palm pilot once again to email his secretary to cancel
his last appointment, he's getting his shoes shined.
It's 12:30 in the afternoon and believe it or not, this shoe
shiner has already earned $100 for the day and he has only been
shining shoes for 2 hours. That young man made $30 in the past
two hours...go figure. Actually, the shoe shiner made more in 2
hours than some of the people who gave him dirty looks as they
passed by.
This man may be a shoe shiner but he is in control of his own
destiny...his 'career destiny'. He sets his own hours where as
the man that's getting his shoe shined and has to answer to
someone. Not the shoe shiner. Let's say that the shoe shiner
consistently shines 3 to 4 people per hour for the amount of
$20. Let's say he works 8 hours straight, the same amount of
time the young man works in his posh office building. 8 hours at
3 people per hour is a total of $480 dollars. The shoe shiner is
only $120 away from earning the young man's weekly salary gross
amount.
About the author:
Dana Bradley writes about Payless Shoes coupons codes ,Mens Foot Wear and
Golf shoes.
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