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> It’s lovely to see the postman as I don’t usually see anyone else all week Forgive my urban-dweller naïveté, but how does it work exactly to not see anyone b
by zamfi 7y ago
> It’s lovely to see the postman as I don’t usually see anyone else all week
Forgive my urban-dweller naïveté, but how does it work exactly to not see anyone but the postman once a week?
Doesn’t this person need to get food, say, at the grocery store — or does someone deliver that too? Or is she getting a month’s worth of canned goods delivered at a time? This is France, forgive the stereotype, but doesn’t she want fresh bread or other fresh food? Or is she making that at home, from flour delivered once a month and eggs from her own chickens?
I’d be very curious to learn more about what this lifestyle looks like!
- yodsanklai 7y ago> This is France, forgive the stereotype, but doesn’t she want fresh bread or other fresh food Well, not everyone in France eats fresh bread everyday. The population is not as homogenous as you may think. Many French still buy fresh bread daily but not all of them. Some people stock piles of frozen food for weeks. Other people eat junk food daily... I imagine that this person who only see the postman is unable to run errands on her own anymore. Most likely, she gets her food from her family or a social worker. For instance, my grandmother who is 90 years old don't leave her house in the winter (as the streets may be icy and dangerous for her, in the summer she still walk and buy what she needs). She sees various persons though, social workers, nurses, doctors, hair dresser, cleaning lady... (most of this paid by the government as she has a very low income, about 1200 euros a month).
- zamfi 7y agoThanks, this is helpful. Maybe she’s one of those people who stockpiles frozen food because she can’t really leave the house on her own. Frankly, the night markets in the original piece sound much nicer than a weekly 20 min chat with the postman...