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Lessons from the Washerwomen
I’d do my own laundry, but there’s no laundromat where we live in Mexico City. Instead, once a week or so, I take the bag of laundry down the street to one of the two family-run laundry services on our block. I weigh the clothes with the washerwoman, I wait to receive my receipt, and … Continue reading
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The Tipping Point
Even the dog wants a tip. What, exactly, was the tipping point? When did everyone start putting out a tip jar? I don’t know about you, but it seems like I went to bed one night a few years ago and woke up the next morning to a well-orchestrated plot: the tip jar had become … Continue reading
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