Now days all days are pretty much the same. Stores are open every day. Some 24 hours a day. With internet you can shop any day and at any time of the day. Imagine a time when stores closed at noon on Saturday. Closed all together on Sunday. Banks were open from about 9-5. Monday through Friday. No teller machines. Wow. You really had to plan ahead. Big cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angleles were open 24/7. But small town America was. Many states had Blue Laws not allowing businesses to be open on Sundays.
I lived my first 17 years in a small town. Businesses were open Monday through Saturday. Most closed at noon on Wednesday. Then were open till noon on Saturday. Closed on Sunday. Even most of the gas stations were closed on Sunday. Grocery stores were closed on Sundays. This allowed small businesses to be family ran and still have a life. Amazing how we got by. But we did. If you needed groceries for Sunday you bought them on Friday or Saturday. If you needed gas you got it on Friday or Saturday. Pretty layed back. Not hunters and gathers like we are today.
Think about it. There are whole generations that do not remember that things weren't available all the time. They do not need to think. Just like a bunch of animals.
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