Duncan’s Mate Barely Makes a Living Doing This! | Dragons’ Den

[@tangomike15]

This guy is delusional to think he’s going to pull seven customers per hour.

[@dam3969]

Yeah its a miracle if he could get 7 people in a day

[@fefeeffefeff8237]

ye who tf wants their shoes shined?

[@djmiserablecunt7932]

ya mum does

[@god-fearingenglishman5254]

Interesting that you say that. I work in the City of London and there are quite a few shoeshine stands where people are queuing. Either first thing in the morning or at lunchtime. This was pre psbdemic.

[@illuderebeliarh1260]

@@god-fearingenglishman5254 what he pitched needs 7 per hour for 8 hours straight to get to the 55k turnover he predicted.

[@TONY_FEZ]

Touker would have at least offered him a shoe-shine location in his London office.

[@henribedwell9440]

With staff

[@Asif-kh-n9r]

Aswell as a spot at Marks and Spencers with his "great contact".

[@draculastraphouse7863]

Go get your shinebox

[@drpk6514]

We want James back. He is classy, respectful, a genuine gentleman and proposes offers when no one else does.

[@Japan_C2]

he was a complete bore

[@MCFC111]

He was teaching him what insane was making those projections, but this man did not understood.

[@bc5197]

@@Japan_C2 nah bro, James was a gent

[@thealien_ali3382]

James is a legand

[@Site17]

@@thealien_ali3382 James is snake

[@jasontuck-smith3896]

'My friend makes a huge amount of money doing this', 'how much?', 'well I don't kno that!'.

[@Nameless_h_007]

in the 40’s and the 50’s this would be a great invention.

[@CalLadyQED]

I love that Bannatyne has a friend who shined shoes. :)

[@fank72001]

He probably spoke to him one day and told him I don't make any money to pity him and give him a tip.

[@deanivan3951]

I think what stands out more to me is that his "friend" can hardly make a living. Where's a caring rich millionaire friend to give you a job when you need one! 😊

[@matthewwaller3188]

He should offer his friend a job if he knows he is making Sweeet FA

[@cam691988]

It’s his mrs’s

[@leenobody3249]

Good ol Duncan used to sell me ice cream from his van when I was a bairn on the estate.

[@MrMakeDo]

I’ve seen shoeshine stands in Heathrow and there’s never anyone using them.

[@TheVanderfulLife]

What his projections seem to miss out is the general decline from smart formal wear to more casual clothing across the board from business meetings to every day wear. There's a reason the barbers no longer have shoe shine seats! And then throw in technology advancements with more meetings being online (and even more so since covid).....it just seems unrealistic that he took 7 an hour per day, 365 days a year as the baseline projections and didn't factor in anything else!

[@monkeytennis8861]

Same as the massage chairs

[@bearsonwelles3407]

​@@TheVanderfulLifeexactly, there just aren't that many people rocking leather formal shoes at the airport anymore. Now if he had a system to quickly and effectively clean up a pair of sneakers, maybe he'd have a successful location or two, but still nothing worth widespread franchising.

[@keithnaylor1981]

I think he has put his heart and sole into this!

[@Bluecollarkiel]

You would Keith!

[@cyrusastaneh]

"7 customers an hour" That's a customer every 8 or so mins with no gaps. Nope.

[@jonozambrotta6048]

Well he did stay that it would take 5 mins to do the shoes so thats 35mins a hour

[@rados1aw]

Wdym? It doesn't take that long. I think he said 5 mins per person. So that's 35 mins out of the hour. There would be many breaks during the hour. If he does get that many...

[@Nashy119]

I thought he was being patronising when he started explaining what an average was, but I guess it's necessary.

[@joanjackson5860]

I hate the way the dragons put people down sometimes

[@qfina]

and for 16 hours a day I think he said, ha!

[@Sozzled-Hag]

Surely most people get their maid or butler to shine their shoes every morning

[@djbillye4943]

you can shine mine Sarah??

[@horatiohornblower741]

Nah my slave

[@jamesnoel5280]

Yea I have my butler do mine

[@Japan_Malaysia]

My boy Leroy does mine

[@nathanpilgrim-howe3238]

Why don’t people shine their own bloody shoes?! The lazy bastards. It’s not hard. Just some polish and a brush. 😂😂😂

[@maler8429]

imagine that duncan claims you as a friend. and you are barely surviving with cleaning the shoes

[@wojtek3206]

Oh,you made me laugh with this one hahahah 😂

[@khalilkhalaf712]

I can see myself a friend with the person who cleans my shoes every now and then.

[@sadas3190]

Lol so if they only have rich friends it's all rich people live in a bubble, and if they have poor friends it's why don't make their friends rich. Can't win eh?

[@Imbadbambam]

I’m getting paid to polish your shoes… Of course I am going to say I’m barely getting by… I WANT A BIG TIP…😉

[@Tomtoms-tomtoms]

Absolutely fantastic idea if it was the 1950’s 😄

[@AlexXanderMarketing]

*1920’s

[@karenoconnor4180]

@@AlexXanderMarketing exactly !!!!!!

[@PistonHipsRick]

You guys just don’t wear nice shoes, a shoe shine is still very relevant,it’s just a majority of people don’t dress well!

[@dabin88]

I think there is a comeback for this service

[@lukealadeen7836]

@@PistonHipsRick its antiquated. You are living in the past

[@techtitanuk5609]

Duncan said that to put him off to protect his mates business

[@peterinfamilyguy]

"Yo bro.. im starting up this business and I need your help" -"Anything for my bro chasing bread. Whats up?" -"I need you to shine my shoes in front of millionaires homie"

[@thealien_ali3382]

Lol

[@thabangkhatide]

Spot on

[@Jusdippin78]

Thats probably not how they talk but o k?

[@VanlifewithAlan]

I think the offer was incredibly generous and James could have ended up regretting it.

[@hovikfarghaian7319]

James Khan is a legend. He is offer was articulate and he is always polite. No ego there

[@vivekkrish2001]

Biggest fraud = James khan

[@gardensoflondonmwgs7836]

Vivek Krishnan What did he do?

[@traymondaniels6281]

Absolute class

[@copetrope8080]

Harry Smith whats the tea

[@samhodsoll5717]

He tends to give companies loan agreements rather then investment and charges for his time as consulting

[@Staggercfc]

Need more than 5 mins for a decent charge, though, unless you're rock bottom and need to make a call with 3% battery charged during your shoeshine.

[@emeralduk20]

That's what I thought too 😄

[@taylalola9220]

I swear rich people buy a new phone after their phone battery dies?

[@danhudson4614]

That's assuming the output is at least 3.1A and you have big feet 😂

[@monkeytennis8861]

@@taylalola9220 huh?

[@tobymacdonald5893]

@@taylalola9220No they don’t

[@MBULTRAHD]

These people are so stubborn. Yes, it's a huge percentage, but I'd take 60% of a business where James Khan is involved over 100% of one without any day.

[@AirQuotes]

That's what they're banking on suckers

[@kevinsoo633]

But what is James Khan going to do for the company? Pretty much nothing.

[@MBULTRAHD]

@@kevinsoo633 come on now, that's a bit of a silly question, isn't it? A) he was going to provide the full capitalisation he was asking for, which up to that point nobody else had. Without capital, a business like that will struggle getting off the ground. B) he is a successful businessman who's been there and done it. So, his background may not be in shoe shining (I imagine few people's are). However, he can still push things in the right direction and probably has contacts who could've helped. End of the day, I'm no business person so I could be talking crap. But I'd think 60% of a business with capital in it and a savvy businessman is worth way more than 100% of a business with none of that.

[@ebonimom6964]

@@kevinsoo633 Caan has the resources and power to push this business to the next level. He can do a lot. Investing and marketing is all James need to do actually.

[@kevinsoo633]

@@ebonimom6964 khan won't do it for free. He will charge the company xyz for a consultant to do the work. That consultant will take money from the company, basically going back to khans holding company. Soon enough the investee company will owe hundreds of thousands to Khan and the company will eventually be in khans control if it ever gets successful.

[@hamza361]

who the hell is going to work 16 hours a day shining shoes?

[@YuToobVideos]

Homeless Street Urchins🤷

[@RockyDave]

...And that's just to shine Peter's.

[@dominicc1804]

@@RockyDave best comment ever 👍

[@RockyDave]

@@dominicc1804 So kind!

[@fank72001]

Did you ever imagine that could be two persons?

[@akhilshaji7302]

I thought he was taking a dump at 0:30.

[@End_Domestic_Violence]

Brilliant!🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠 I fell off my chair and spilt my snuff...

[@chanchito4401]

Here's a man having a sh*t we want 420,000 for 69% of his business 🚽

[@keithnaylor1981]

I think your on to a good idea - he should make the seat into a commode and charge extra for the convenience!

[@royfr8136]

7 people an hour wear dress shoes to the airport? Usually people wear flip flops or running shoes...

[@AlexXanderMarketing]

I just go barefoot. So I don’t have to worry about the whole “take off your shoes” nonsense

[@dominicdelprincipe2583]

mmm nope. Maybe in coach, but there are plenty *plenty* business folks on regular commercial flights (not to mention the commuter flights you don't see, the half-hour to an hour hop that does not allow time to change) that wear dress shoes. The market is there, but it ain't no 'millions' biz.

[@royfr8136]

@@dominicdelprincipe2583 Ooooooooooooooooo

[@ebonimom6964]

My husband just shines his shoes before he leaves the house.... otherwise hes wearing sneakers

[@TheMrsnikkisixx]

'We seem so far apart with 10 and with 40?!'.. yeah that's where you're supposed to do some negotiating and try and meet somewhere in the middle... or not.

[@macioluko9484]

Now go get your damn shoe box! - You didn't hear? I don't shine shoes no more...

[@DGenerationX69]

What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

[@EnjoyTheSilence331]

shine box.

[@kakswell]

Is this a cumbox refrence?

[@saltydegen]

@@kakswell Refence from well known gangster film.. "Goodfellas" Atually Prefer Di Nero in Joker he plays him self as a narcissistic celebrity pitying the common man.

[@macioluko9484]

@@kakswell Goodfellas

[@hugoschkiglitz]

James is undoubtedly the nicest dragon in the den

[@Eyeballpaul84]

Tightest

[@heymrguitarman7637]

To be fair of Deborah had just asked "what's the 1 year revenue going to be" instead of dressing it up with questions like "what's the business" he might have answered it first time round

[@AdamBechtol]

Yeah.

[@MrWindermere123]

When I worked in Turkey, I was chased along streets by shoe-shine boys who were persistent. I took to wearing suede desert boots which can't be polished in order to have a quiet life. Many other people wear trainers/sneakers or even sandals when taking a flight because the feet won't feel pinched by tight shoes. This man is not likely to get 7 people an hour x 16 hours per day ( and I like cleaning my own shoes).

[@iamlegend68]

UPDATE: Doing some research, looks like the company changed names a few times, first to "Shoe Shine Express" in 2011 and most recently "Home Reach Developments" in 2018 which clearly seems to be something completely different to the shoe shine business. Accounts show total assets of £1.4m, creditors of £1.7m and total net liabilities of -£0.3m.

[@fabiopalma4429]

He's made a revenue of 4 million in Showshine express

[@TheComputec]

I know when I fly I don't usually wear office shoes.... I know when I do fly to a meeting in my office shoes i will have shined my shoes. I also know that when I'm in an airport I'm either queuing at a departure gate, waiting to collect my luggage or sat in the bar having a drink... and for that reason I'm out

[@NoahReCoded]

James is probably one of the most polite Dragons of all time to enter the den lol

[@AlmightyDoge665]

This is why James was one of the best Dragons. Always calm and patient.

[@AlmightyDoge665]

MsMaryPatricia I remember reading about that. He also screwed around with another woman aside from his wife as well. Other than his personal life, he’s a decent businessman.

[@drpk6514]

@@MsMaryPatricia He was saving that kid.

[@BenjaminGoose]

@@AlmightyDoge665 He ripped off a woman and caused her a nervous breakdown, he's a terrible businessman.

[@kelly6739]

millions now wear trainers.

[@iranicus]

I wear slippers 😁

[@ProfRoofs]

3:17 Of course they had to zoom in on him sweating 😓 bullets

[@liddybug8311]

I love Peter asking how much does he make practically singing it 🤣🤣

[@YouMakeItHappen]

Seven people an hour for 24hours? Seems a bit high for an average. And, that means it's $28/hr revenue...not including any ads.(which high transit areas already have contracts for, so wishful thinking putting your own ads to generate revenue.) then when you consider operation costs (leasing the space, wages, electricity at high demand areas, etc)...this is just a dream idea. Won't work

[@locksie70]

A huge amount of people using an airport wont even be wearing shoes that require polishing. Its not 1950 anymore!

[@authenticmself]

Title of this video should be "Entrepreneur defeated the Dragons by giving them a migraine"

[@thesilenthero422]

Can't be doing well now. Nobody is going to airports and nobody needs dress shoes when working from home

[@hamza361]

this was recorded in 2009 bro

[@sovietonion72]

Would probably work in a train station but I feel the phone charger is unessary.

[@MCFC111]

He is focused to businessmen who use to travel often and have no time to do it at home. Usually always there is movement in airports all day and night.

[@christineleahy2013]

@@sovietonion72 agree , how much charge could you get in your phone in the amount of time it takes to shine your shoes 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@Jim-so3zm]

@the old timer Hello Ronan!

[@meneurdujeu]

James is a hero. He's just there for a laugh

[@seanjosephhayes]

I know 40% seems like a huge amount but I’d still have said yes. Got the funding and James’ interest in making it work. Could still make plenty out of it with a 60% majority share.

[@Gorrgrim]

Seems in character with the man though. He was willing to use slave labor to operate his business I'm sure he wanted a slave investor too.

[@seanjosephhayes]

James Darcy Fair play

[@fank72001]

James wouldn't do anything operationally wise. If those two booths he has start making money he can have the 100K in a couple of years.

[@mightymo4502]

that was sooo weird when he pulled the curtain to reveal a gezza on his hands and knee

[@TheJohnCooperShow]

I had doctor Martin’s and got them cleaned and it dirtied the yellow stitches. Never getting shoes cleaned after that

[@orlandolzr]

I don't know man... Maybe i'm too working class... But i would be deeply ashamed to go and pay someone to shine my shoes.

[@flare90]

I find those back massage places in first class terminals (for the couple times I’ve gone first class haha) weird and awkward. Can’t imagine having shoes shined haha

[@user-ug1yq6zt5t]

07:32 best part ever! "what does he make? What Does He Make? WHAAAAT DOES HE MAAAAAKE?!!!" I felt like I was back in school. Thanks Peter! 😂

[@andyfieldmagic]

Duncan............ Let me tell you where I am right?......... I need a shite. So, I need to stop the filming. So, in order to stop the filming so I can take a shite........ I got to say............. Am Oooouut.

[@Professional_Youtube_Commenter]

it was so dehumanizing to have the shoe shine guy hidden behind the wraps with the furniture. Obviously from the look of Peter's face they didn't know he was behind the covers!

[@BiznessCrewAu]

Being an employee in most cases is dehumanising today.

[@AdamBechtol]

@@BiznessCrewAu Aye, and what a profession, to be bent over rubbing someone's shoes like that.

[@SebtorDude]

I‘d pay 4 GBP for a 5 minute manual shoe shine. Especially if I‘m low on phone battery.

[@W_Europe]

That equates to £48 per hour I can get a decent hooker for less than that

[@drljinson7908]

@@W_Europe That's disgusting. Where? :D

[@TheresOnlyOneKeebs]

@@W_Europe where ? All £110 ish half a hour here 🤣🤣

[@mirianadimitrova2112]

But how much battery charge would you get for 5mins?

[@atomicrevolution3782]

I knew this guy, he managed a football meetup on Sundays around Richmond....i understand Deborah's frustration 😆

[@lukegale7812]

That's weird. I was thinking he looks like a guy who managed my football meetup on a Sunday in Richmond borough. His name isn't Ronan tho

[@MrBooBeeDoo]

Gutted that all the dragons said "I'm out" instead of "now go home and get your f***ing shinebox!"

[@ShopSongs]

What's the point in having phone chargers when they're only using the booth for 5 minutes? This was also long before phones had quick-charge...

[@lainwired3946]

They had tint batteries of like 2-300mah, they didn't need fast charge. Those batteries could also last a week, so when it takes less than an hour for a full charge, a 5 min boost is quite useful.

[@caitlinlindsay8418]

Its absolutely pointless..I think most sane people would simply charge their phone before they leave?

[@alexj.3375]

My idea exactly

[@iranicus]

A lot of folks carry around portable battery bricks too nowadays if they are traveling

[@garyclark2506]

You seem to be missing the point it's a shoe shine business. I would put my phone on charge because I can

[@iarland9693]

If I was shining a millionaires shoes, I'd tell him I was broke too, pregnant gf, sick dog, the works!

[@SebtorDude]

Exactly! You‘re never boasting in front of the customers how much money your are making from them.

[@debbiepugh654]

No way would you get 7 customers an hour

[@mauharley]

Agree. Even if he managed to get 7 x 16 hours, his daily revenue is only 448 pounds per day. He would need to be hiring monkeys to do the shoe shining, or he's using slave labour.

[@caitlinlindsay8418]

I completely agree. He’s absolutely delusional 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@alangutierrez9359]

@@caitlinlindsay8418 yeah honestly barely any people wear business shoes or those types of shoes

[@Gorrgrim]

im sure even the lowest wage in uk has to be 15-20k a year, combined with just the cost of the setup that could be 25k alone. then you account that maybe not 7 customers come an hour, maybe the location only makes 30k a year. then you account for rent for something like that. all the sudden looks like he's losing money.

[@alwaysbepimpin8867]

@@mauharleyMonkeys would be a great novelty.

[@bowzerdude5646]

His pitch needed a little more polish!

[@caitlinlindsay8418]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrDISTINCTIVEMUSIC]

Needed to be more polished you mean

[@freezasama5802]

nice pun

[@alexj.3375]

Haha 🤣

[@proxy7362]

DistinctiveMusicTV - Plus a little more polish

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

Deborah: "Give me the EXACT numbers now or i'm out." That's not how it works...if you listened to him he was going to say it varies based on the time you can get the service done... Dragons were WAAAY to harsh on this guy. His pitch and business are a lot better than other businesses that have gone into the den.

[@MindSetReset]

Yes she was a bit narkey here🥴

[@antonydandrea]

Business plan should have the annual turnover which is all she asked

[@MrZeldion]

@KSMI - Kerbal Saved My Insanity Well your wrong and your right. In these circumstances its quite difficult based on the variables you mentioned, service time ect.. however when you pitch for investment you need to provide a figure.. although it may be hard to get an exact correct forecast you need to provide the minimum of what you can expect worst case scenario.. An investor cant possibly invest in "Well it depends how busy it is ect or how fast the polish takes ect" all these things should have already been taken into account. She came across as harsh but these dragons as rich as they are, are investing often enough not getting a return because its a gamble and when someone asks for money and says well i cant tell you how much we will make because it "depends" ect straight away its a "im out"

[@RockyDave]

'Come on! Come on! I'm in the dragon's chair and I can get ratty with you!'

[@littlebadwolf8129]

I had no idea this was even a thing anymore. I thought 21st century people clean and shine their own shoes, even busy business men or have someone else shine them for them when not wearing them. I can't imagine anyone these days stopping on the streets or at a station just to get their shoes cleaned. Sounds so 19th century / early 20th century to me.

[@philipjohnkaye8890]

The guy is living in a make believe land and just expected other people to believe his visions.

[@TheJohnCooperShow]

How can you do 7 an hour? Only if there’s a queue of people ready to jump in straight after last one.

[@gordoncampbell100]

James Caan was such a charming , fair minded guy who made regular investments . Roll on a few series and we were presented with an imposter like so called Cash Point Queen Jenny Campbell .

[@E.B.J.S.]

"Ronan's having no trouble reeling out his figures now." That is because James asked clear questions- unlike Deborah.

[@valornetwork508]

Also for anyone who was curious one booth he said with the break down of hour, customer and all of that would be making 163,072 a year per booth if it did the 7 customer a hour on a 16 hr day for a full year

[@bend8353]

take into account, the cost of the pitch and to set it up, insurance, labour to run it(including pension, holiday pay etc.), cost of electric, upkeep of the booth, admin costs, a manager to oversee booths etc. It's not going to make that much.

[@friendlypiranha774]

Most people wear sneakers these days. You ain't gonna put nugget on my sneakers.

[@Voicist]

Deb: What's the business model? Him: Well, we- Deb: I SAID WHAT'S THE TURNOVER!?

[@freezasama5802]

You just summed up Deborah in a few words thank you XD

[@the2dudes1]

Deborah is really nice sometimes but a total so and so sometimes as well

[@proxy7362]

Mr Swanky Blum agreed

[@Albimar17]

she blinking crazy XDDD

[@tdf4142]

this man was sweating him self to death

[@monkeytennis8861]

The world is and still getting much more casual. Dead duck before it starts.

[@JazzyMarineVet]

guess covid, lock downs, social distance wiped him out...

[@flare90]

I also assume the world also has changed in terms of class system. People shine their own shoes if they need their shoes shined. It’s like how people used to have others fuel up cars. People now do things themselves. Especially simpler things like shining shoes. Sure it may not be the standard a trained shiner could but good enough.

[@carybensilhe4869]

"I cant take anymore of this, IM OUT" LOL

[@nout1972]

I think in this day and age most people would feel uncomfortable to let a person kneel in front of them to shine their shoes. That said, they were rather harsh and unreasonable to this guy.

[@AdamBechtol]

aye

[@bpaakwaan7325]

Start putting transmission date in the title...

[@littleboots9800]

Lol. The guy under the sheet🤣

[@locroccio]

🤣

[@dan003]

He didn't even bother trying to negotiate? What a strange approach! James was open to a lower offer but he didn't even test the waters. Probably could have got 25-30% and that would have been amazing and a great deal for them both.

[@shamanicrevolution2204]

Nobody: James Khan: shoe shine and I will buy your baby.

[@TheComputec]

I didn't get that joke until I checked his wiki page and it all came "flooding" back

[@JS52ATS]

You can even listen to the long wave and put a record on while you wait.

[@MegaJakerobinson]

Ok the main guy at Heathrow who’s now retired actually retired quite a rich man! Not quite a millionaire but retired quite well off. Also the majority of the city office blocks have these people and they get more than 7 people an hour! It’s not really a business to invest in and build up but a business which is and has been a public building business which should be leased by the owners!

[@CabbageYe]

unless you're a millionaire, you're not "rich"

[@carlbernsen1290]

I can understand why Duncan’s friend the shoeshine says he barely breaks even. It being a cash business and all...

[@RockyDave]

@Daz Ediss Slightly controversial.

[@ghamandlupinwalkingtours]

@Daz Ediss ???

[@ElvesOffTheMoor]

@Daz Ediss First of all it's Heathrow, an airport. Second of all, what?

[@PhilosophyofElivagar]

@Daz Ediss So because I'm Scottish, any mates I have at train stations, airports, bus stations, etc. are alcoholics? Take your prejudice elsewhere ya bam

[@SiLoMixMaster]

@Daz Ediss Muppet

[@techtitanuk5609]

Duncan says you might make a little bit of money now 50k to him might be little money so what he's saying is bs

[@gardensoflondonmwgs7836]

FYI - Duncan has a friend who does shoe shine in Heathrow airport who barely makes a living

[@OakApplegardens]

Get right pitch and you can make a very good living. The city is good. Same in US.

[@SeaGrub]

Yeah, I watched the same video too.

[@winnkey]

By friend he means the person where he goes to get his shoes shined when he's at Heathrow.

[@gardensoflondonmwgs7836]

winnkey Yes Winnkey that is what I said.

[@rangers2721]

aye, Duncan haggles him down to £1.50

[@End_Domestic_Violence]

Blimey, having James on your team could really turbocharge the idea, and £108,000 is quite a bit of cold hard dosh. James might well have pushed the concept on a huge scale...oh well, Cheerio!

[@caldwellfisher5288]

You can bet that any money given for any shares will have to be ploughed back into equipment, wages, warehouse rent, or whatever...The "inventor" doesn't just go off with that money and have a big jolly up. Its a win win for the dragon. But yes, shoe shining? in England? in 2021? really.? You would do better sat in rags with a a begging bowl.

[@travisrgrs]

Should install them at the horse and carriage station

[@saltyaces8621]

the close ups on this guy sweating is brutal lol

[@TheSiameseDreamer]

Overcomplicating one of the most simple business models that has worked for well over 150 years.

[@RockyDave]

Can't argue with that logic.

[@AB-ib6me]

7:36 Peter jones made me cackle " what does he make? 😐" 🤣

[@michalwalks]

The guy behind the curtain seemed shocked when it dropped...

[@mrsurprise2294]

Almost got caught having a downstairs fiddle

[@sameeramadushanka5357]

0:30 that was painful to watch

[@taylalola9220]

Lmaoo cringe

[@footballbabybaby]

James khan is the best on dd Just because your rich doesn't mean u have to be obnoxious. He is a gentleman who treats people with respect If thats wat money makes u become like peter jones i rather be poor

[@AdamBechtol]

Mmmm

[@etts4342]

Stood there like a spanner waiting for the person before you to finish getting there shoes shined 😂

[@swededude1992]

This would be perfect for Touker Solleyman :)

[@cody1804]

4:16 That look O.O

[@thejuiceweasel]

00:28 I swear I thought he was sitting on a toilet.

[@heiko3169]

Peter Jones was equally disturbed for a moment there :)

[@brianwyse5810]

Shoe shine business has an element of glamour to it

[@paulpalmer8235]

The good thing is someone could fly in - work 16hrs a day a sleep in their car- if it doesn’t work out fly home (without leaving the airport) lol

[@SinkyYT]

Who's going to work them 16 hours a day?!

[@MichaelGarland]

Polish.

[@JakeLesser]

@@MichaelGarland the polish , polish shoes very well.

[@ing9545]

Duncan and James are very patient & have people skills and i like that they gives every entrepreneur a chance . As annoying as he was Duncan stays put . If it was peter or Deborah or Theo They would have been very rude to him about his talking

[@eikokiko2172]

Loool they have these sort of things in terminal 2 Heathrow. No one uses it, I dont understand how it makes money.

[@alandbs329]

Personally, that’s where I buy my drugs. 🙋

[@eikokiko2172]

@@alandbs329 you work on one of the shoe shines? Loooool

[@trailblzr94]

Throwing a pitch while having your shoe shined is actually pretty based

[@jeffgachihi8225]

It's weird...James is the most gentlemanly but he tends to propose the most equity.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

He did not say the cost of a pitch. In heathrow I imagine that could easily be £300 a day plus other overheads. Shoe shine boys is a thing of the past when streets were probably a lot more dirty than they are now.

[@r5gtturbo197]

That would have gone bust especially with empty airports nowadays

[@andrewsmith4388]

Before I go to an airport , I make sure my shoes are squeaky clean and shiny at home. How can ones shoes get dirty en route to an airport ?

[@Fuady099]

Some business people do travel around and stay at hotels for transit.

[@arkosen7548]

If this was in India in a city like Mumbai with the crowded train stations, he'd get at least 30 customers per hour

[@dannyflint5746]

Hes still gotta pay the shoe shiners a wage and pay the airports to have the booth there before he makes any money. Would he even find 10 shoe shiners probably one of the most degrading jobs ever and low paid

[@jamest3336]

SURELY someone has invented an automated shoe shine chair. couple it with a massage chair and you’ve got the perfect airport/train station thing

[@thevan3293]

That's a Good enough idea however, this type of contraption would need to be manned, for the purpose of sanitation being foremost.

[@AdamBechtol]

There are, I've seen them years ago.

[@JamesHendersonVideo]

Absolutely no one: Peter Jones: wHaT dOeS hE mAAAAAAAAkE

[@JamesHendersonVideo]

@Kyle Webber Thank you for your feedback. Much appreciated 🙏

[@SkengStiegenhaus]

@@JamesHendersonVideo I thought It was funny James, brilliant work!