“And when he does that, a lot of his customers or church members or whatever, they’ll come by (and say), ‘Well, I’m going to let you take care of me until Mr. Lewis gets back to work.’ ”
Goff is downtown near Vellos Brickstreet Grill every weekday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. His price starts at $5 for a basic shine on brown, black or burgundy nike air max 2014 shoes, and goes up for white shoes, boots and other items that need more work.
He also does shoe dying.
“You’ve got to really know what you’re doing to dye a nike air max 95 shoe,” he said, “because if you mess up, you’ve got to pay it, you’ve got to buy that nike air max 90 shoe. And there’s some shoes you don’t want to buy because of the price.”
He has a shop area in the back of Vellos to work on drop-off items and those he wants to avoid sweating on because they can’t get wet.
Many times, though, especially on Fridays, business will be slow. That’s when Goff said he takes time to enjoy being outdoors and downtown.
Even people who don’t stop for a shine wave as they stroll by, looking like they’ve been friends for decades. “I know every — man, I know everybody down here,” Goff said.
The people and “because I love to do nike air max 1” are keeping retirement out of Goff’s mind — plus the fact that “Mr. Amos is 91 and he’s still rolling.”
