The economic crisis is the last of their worries.
Lowering and then locking himself in place.
About every month, five or six men creep downward, startling half the office as they clean the windows of Arochi, Marroquin & Lindner. Supported by nothing but a twice-looped, inch-thick rope and sitting harnessed on a piece of narrow wood, these brave guys clean the windows of the entire 31-floor Torre Mural (Mural Tower). They glide freely on their giant swings, quickly and efficiently swiping the glass with a soapy sponge and then wiping it clean with a squeegee.
On the west-facing side of the office, where I'm at, they cleaned the 20th-floor windows in less than two minutes today. But once they get to ground level (in one piece, hopefully), they'll start over, cleaning the tower's many sides.
For these guys, AM&L's twentieth floor probably isn't so bad; Mexico City's tallest skyscraper, Torre Mayor, stands 55 floors above Reforma Avenue.
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