Huh! Why did she have to wax the floors herself? Everytime she waxes the floors she keels over. She knows that!
– Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman, Act 1. Willy’s anger at Linda waxing the floors rather than hiring someone to do it suggests a false pride about their financial status. They cannot afford to pay to have it done, yet Willy persists in the self-deception that they can.