A recent Vanity Fair article bemoaned Americans’ tendency to employ gadgets to do all our dirty work (vacuums that propel themselves, battery-operated, self-heating jackets, robotic lawn mowers). And when a gadget can’t get the job done, the story maintained, we hire out.
One example? Soho Parenting Center in New York City will apparently potty-train your toddler for you for $185 an hour. To which we say … sign us up!
What task would you love to hire someone to complete for you, if only someone would offer their services?
At least one member of the Q staff dreams of a Sunday Coupon Sifter, who would tackle the giant stack of coupon books in the Sunday paper, clip all the useful ones and organize them by product and expiration date.
Send us your entries — limit three per person — by noon Thursday to q@tribune.com. Include name and address and put Challenge 260 in the subject field.
