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“Here’s some advice on how to get some time off from work: Have your daughter send a really cute letter to your employer, asking them to give you a day off. Bonus points if the letter is written in crayon.” — KARYNE LEVY AT BUSINESSINSIDER.COM
highlights how this strategy worked for one Google employee. A daughter wrote the above note to her father’s boss. He ended up not just getting his birthday off but the entire first week of July as well.
“The gym tax represents an expansion of the sales tax that fits today’s economy, which has long been shifting from a products footing to a services one … Higher prices for gyms and yoga studios could help to clear residents’ thinking about what they get out of the bargain.” — KRISTON CAPPS AT CITYLAB.COM thinks more
cities should follow the D.C. Council’s lead in expanding sales tax to include more servicebased businesses. This inevitably could lead to better experiences for those who actually use the services, like gym buffs, by motivating people who pay for services but rarely use them to curb frivolous spending.
“[Kohl’s] will begin selling Juicy-branded products this fall. Just in time for the early 2000s trend revival that’s right around the corner.” — ALEX RONAN AT NYMAG.COM/THECUT predicts
that despite Juicy Couture’s announcement last week that it is shuttering all its U.S. stores by the end of June, it’s definitely not the end of the brand best known for its terry cloth sportswear popular during the 2000s.
“It never occurred to him that other people just accumulate quarters as they go. Or find a change machine. Or employ a myriad of other options for locating quarters that have sustained humanity until now.” — NITASHA TIKU AT VALLEYWAG.GAWKER.COM
suggests it was Washboard co-founder Caleb Brown’s personal experience with doing laundry that led him to start the service, which mails you $20 in quarters for $26.99. “You’re on your own, you’re doing laundry, and there are pain points there that no one ever really cared about before,” Brown said.
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