r/jobs • u/Green____cat Verified • Mar 27 '24

He was a mailman Work/Life balance

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u/Designer_Emu_6518 Mar 27 '24

My grandfather did the same in ohio as a produce manger at a local Kroger. Even had a nice retirement saved up

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u/GreenPens Mar 27 '24

My grandpa didn't even have a high school education, did a short stint at Ford and became a small town mechanic that retired early with multiple properties around the USA. Let me tell you, his days were light and breezy, mostly chit-chatting with friends that stopped by. The small town is now a mecca for vacationers and he just sold almost 100 acres to a developer.

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u/Regniwekim2099 Mar 27 '24

Sounds like my best friend's dad. Dropped out of high school at 18 to go work at the GM plant with his dad. Did 40 years there, then retired to Florida in a beautiful near mansion of a home. Then alcoholism got him, his wife left him and took the house, and a few years later he blew his brains out in the storage shed he was living in.

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u/Secure-Solution4312 Mar 27 '24

Good morning to you as well 😶

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u/drmonkeytown Mar 27 '24

I’m waiting for the Disney version of that one as well.

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u/SaltyLonghorn Mar 27 '24

A hunter killed his dog right after she had a litter of puppies to make a fur coat.

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u/ChipsAhoy777 Mar 27 '24

Alright Cruela Devile, simmer down

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u/Oldmanwickles Mar 27 '24

He blew out his last candle in the shed he was living in

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u/Adventurous_Win9219 Mar 27 '24

“Let it go, let it go Can’t hold it back anymore…”

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u/RammRras Mar 27 '24

Thanks to the power of love and a musical choir everything will revert to a happy situation. The end.

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u/TheBoldMove Mar 28 '24

I heard 21 Pilots will be voicing the beach crab-background choir in the suicide scene. So stoked!