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Thu Nguyen's avatar

I appreciated this so much. Thank you. I worked at the post office in my college town to pay for my tuition, and let me tell you, that was often a thankless job. But I was so grateful for the work, for my friends who would sometimes visit me in the dank, windowless room, and for kind customers. I can still pretty accurately guess the postage of an envelope or small package by holding in my hand. What a bizarre party trick. I am so effusively happy every time I see someone delivering my mail. I know the magic that gets one piece of mail from one destination to another: it’s not really magic, but a lot of work. May we all learn from Mailman Mike.

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Anna Bailliekova's avatar

I loved this whole piece and also there's a whole essay buried in that footnote. Big Milwaukee feels.

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