KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After 29 years, Susan Rebholz has a strategy to make it through her postal route and the frigid temperatures. She opened the door of her postal van and lifted a large black bag, thumbing through extra hooded sweatshirts, socks, pants, a rain coat and hats—components of her survival kid that she carries every day. It took five years into her career to realize she needed to have it on hand.
“When you’re younger you don’t want to look like you need stuff but when you get older, you don’t care what people think,” she said.
