I was a mailman for a bit in my early 20s. There was a lot of pressure to do too much work, but to do it super fast in order to keep the overtime to a minimum.
It's 8pm and my mail had not arrived yet, but I am not upset. I know this time of the year is intense for carriers. A mail truck arrives and there's a carrier I've never seen before.
He tells me he started work at 6am in Ventura (45 minutes away), finishes his route and is told to drive to Santa Barbara to help with the other routes.
It's cold. It's dark. He's been working 14 hours. He's not done yet and still has a 45-minute drive home.
I run inside and bust out my extra "big size" (forget the "fun size") Halloween candy box. I tell him to take one.
"Oh, I love Hersheys with almonds." He grabs it and is so grateful.
If your carrier (USPS, UPS, Fed Ex, what have you) is delivering late, consider offering them a coffee, cocoa, candy bar, soda, donut or whatever you think will get them through the rest of the shift during these holidays.
#AprilRAOK
It's 8pm and my mail had not arrived yet, but I am not upset. I know this time of the year is intense for carriers. A mail truck arrives and there's a carrier I've never seen before.
He tells me he started work at 6am in Ventura (45 minutes away), finishes his route and is told to drive to Santa Barbara to help with the other routes.
It's cold. It's dark. He's been working 14 hours. He's not done yet and still has a 45-minute drive home.
I run inside and bust out my extra "big size" (forget the "fun size") Halloween candy box. I tell him to take one.
"Oh, I love Hersheys with almonds." He grabs it and is so grateful.
If your carrier (USPS, UPS, Fed Ex, what have you) is delivering late, consider offering them a coffee, cocoa, candy bar, soda, donut or whatever you think will get them through the rest of the shift during these holidays.
#AprilRAOK
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- Posted by lewski711
- Dec 31, 2022
- Comments (10)
Readers Comments
Mish wrote: They deserve all that appreciation from us. Bless them 🙏
pluto178 wrote: Tough times for many glad to see appreciation though x
mindyjourney wrote: Always try and have a little something to giver our delivery persons! They so deserve. Thank you!
SissyLee wrote: One of our mail carriers is utterly delightful and we chat once in awhile. I have heard how sometimes staff is so short that they work extra long hours. this carrier is not old yet her body is beginning to break down from the heavy workload. And she is all muscle. The struggle is real. I love our mail carriers.
Rajni wrote: Everything in this world happens at the time it has to, so carriers are not late but they come at the time willed by God. We get what we dearly deserve. Here you get delivery; not late but willed by God and carrier gets Hersey's kisses he deserved.
Dennis826 wrote: Such a wonderful thing you did, and to sympathize with them when they are late due to something outside of their control, you have a great perspective.
petroskryf wrote: So kind of you
butterkind wrote: Thank you, will definitely try offering something to the mailman as you said!
DANCE wrote: So kind of you. I didn't know they worked such long hours, bless them
lt33 wrote: I was just thinking about the mailman the other day seeing him running Sundays too now to get out all the cyber Monday stuff I was telling my son wow he's been running all day even Sundays now I bought box of mini candy canes gonna put it on a Christmas card to give to all the workers this year too along with salvation army that rings the bell they are volunteers our church has done in before when I see one out there in freezing below weather I bought a hot cocoa at Starbucks in store to give him one year 🤗
