Not sure if it’s still like that but probably since not much has changed but in Cuba, everywhere you go there is a woman or man sitting inside the bathroom door at a card table. They are pulling squares off a single row of toilet paper and stacking them on the table. 3 squares for $1.
The hotel rooms have electricity on a timer on the wall. You twist it all the way around and the electricity stays on til the timer runs out.
It wasn't too many decades ago that you could see those in the poorer parts of London.