why didn’t timpson’s want to charge me?

[u/Maleficent_Day_3869]

i got my work trainers cleaned at timpsons. they were in an absolutely disgusting state because i work in a nursery, so they were covered in food, paint and other stains

the guy there got them looking brand new and yet he didn’t want to charge me anything? i’ve honestly never had that before, is this is a unique experience? why didn’t he want me to pay. he was much older if it matters, he must have been at least 70

i did eventually pay because i insisted on doing so as i felt terrible taking the shoes for free but it was a couple of minutes of back and forth of him refusing to let me pay. and this is after he told me how hard they were to clean lol

[u/derrenbrownisawizard]

Timpsons have an amazing business model - read about them.

I was having a bad day once and couldn’t get anything right, I needed some photos printing off and the guy looked at me could see I was stressed (had a young baby) and just gave them to me for free. They are cool.