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This is actually a very savvy use of a little-remembered fact. Many hippies worked for the U.S. Post Office! We think of hippies as disdaining
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This is actually a very savvy use of a little-remembered fact. Many hippies worked for the U.S. Post Office! We think of hippies as disdaining \"real jobs\", but that\'s the trope, not reality. Lots of hippies were more than willing to work, but many employers wouldn\'t hire anyone with even slightly long hair, beards, certain types of jewelry, etc. The USPS had more latitude.
You can see this in the early years of Doonesbury where Zonker worked as a mail carrier.
You can see this in the early years of Doonesbury where Zonker worked as a mail carrier.
