I'm thinking of the families, in North America, where men were working hard labor and coming home late covered in dirt during the week and only had one day off which was presumably Sunday, and women were home but didn't travel alone. Given that shops being open on Sundays is relatively recent, how did they manage to go out to larger towns to get things they needed, or even just visit someplace? Did they not do it? Did the men have to take off from work? What about even just taking advantage of the business in their town to go out to eat once in a while, or go to a barber shop? Were certain businesses, like those that sold food, open on Sundays? I'm sure there's something mistaken in my premise that will explain it, but at the moment I'm unclear how men working six days would manage to do anything else.
If we focus on North America explicitly, there were some so-called blue laws which also forbid physical work on Sunday.
This was upheld on several occasions
These blue laws were granted exceptions throughout the early 20th century making it possible to conduct business on Sundays.
Also worth nothing it how about half of all Americans worked on farms or lived on farms at the time meaning society was far away from a corporate structure regarding their workweek.
They wouldn't have Sunday off and be unable to get anything done or have to use PTO since they had neither. They'd take time off when necessary.