So long as an individual can do poor work for one family, and perhaps be dishonest at the same time, and be sure that he or she will be employed by some other family, without regard to the kind of service rendered the last employer, so long will domestic service be poor and unsatisfactory.
Washington warns that the lack of accountability in domestic service leads to poor quality work and dishonesty.
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