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Today, when we wantsome milk, all we have to do is go to a supermarket.
But in the olden days, milk would get delivered right to peoples doorsteps.
When they felt their livelihoods were in jeopardy, they took some disruptive action.
Bored Pandareached out to the granddaughter of this milkman.
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I washaving a bad dayand was bored with some time on my hands.
Ive heard this story a number of times since my childhood, the OP admits.
The markup was for 2-3 cents, the OP tells us in more detail.
It wasnt a lot but enough to make a difference to some of the customers.
Both men wereavid gardenersand would engage in a friendly tulip-growing competition every year.
But one year, OPs grandfather decided to be a little bit of a trickster.
Well, my grandfather was a bit of a prankster.
So he decided to have a bit of fun.
He told his neighbor that hed gotten his hands on a brand-new product from a gardening supply company.
This new product could be mixed into the soil and keep it from freezing.
But he said that the product wasnt officially out yet.
It was still in the test phase.
He already knows it exists, and they cant hide the truth from him.
So, really, wont they just sell this stuff to him?
The company had, of course, never heard of this product my grandfather had randomly made up.
But the neighbor was persistent.
When my grandfather heard this, he cracked up and confessed to pulling the guys leg.
Because of suburbanization after WWII, their routes became longer.
Milks shelf life also increased with the use of pasteurization.
The birth of thegrocery storeis also to blame.
People used to buy things like bread, eggs, and meat in specialty stores.
Grocery stores made all these things and milk available in one place.
Manufacturers also began cutting costs by selling milk in carton containers.
As mentioned, the OPs grandfathers case wasnt the only one.
The milk drivers were protesting for better wages, pensions, welfare benefits, and jobsecurity provisions.
