In a recent comic feature in The Washington Post, we meet a car salesman who’s… different. He doesn’t push. He doesn’t oversell. He remembers names, builds relationships, and lets the customer feel seen—not managed. It’s a story about trust. About sincerity. And about how even in sales—perhaps especially in sales—what moves people is not…

I was only supposed to walk by.I gave myself one of those hollow promises—no spontaneous shopping this month. A little pact of grown-up discipline that lasted precisely until my gaze snagged on the Doc Martens sale, shimmering like forbidden fruit in a capitalist orchard. A glance became an orbit.An orbit became inevitability. There they…