One of the most unusual forms of self-employment to foreign eyes is the refilling of lighters with the extra gas left in a spray bottle once the original product is used. Whereas in the United States such bottles carry warning labels that warn against extracting it, in Cuba, enterprising merolicos [tinkerers] ignore labels. This one carries out a brisk trade in refilling empty lighters and offers a list of prices on a cardboard sign for specialty lighters. Plaza Vieja, Old Havana, 2012.
