Luxury Holiday Shopping, According To A Cashier Who Makes $10 Per Hour

Photo: Courtesy of BukitBintang. Last week, The New Yorker ran an essay by Carmen Maria Machado, a store clerk working at a luxury makeup counter in an upscale mall outside Philadelphia. Making $10 an hour, Machado is surrounded by some of the world's most affluent shoppers. "Every day, I park my run-down car among BMWs and hybrids. The mall rats who hover around the doors smoking cigarettes wear brands of designer jeans I've only ever heard about in songs. Some of the stores resemble modern-art...