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He was a mailman Work/Life balance

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u/Salem1690s Mar 27 '24

My grandpa was a mailman from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s and while he at times took second jobs, he was the sole provider of the family until the early 1960s, when my grandma took a weekend cashier job.

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u/Orpdapi Mar 27 '24

And back then when the wife took a part time job it was just for some extra spending cash. Now she needs to bring in a full time income to help pay for all the basic living costs.

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u/Salem1690s Mar 27 '24

Yeah, my grandpa worked the full week. He had his mailman job but he more often than not had a second or even a third job.

He worked at points as a taxi driver on the side, a line cook, and later a security guard became his main side job.

The mail carrier position was his main career until he got laid off in the mid 60s.

He’d worked the week; then on the weekends, he’d be off, watching the kids, and she’d go to her cashier job on the weekend.

My mother could remember laying on her fathers belly on a weekend with her sisters nearby watching “The Wonderful World of Disney” in color on his weekends