A mail carrier gets a helping hand from a customer delivering the mail

A mailman in California gets an assist from a family in West Corvina

By George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122209)

Lake Charles, Louisiana

January 28, 2021 5:32pm CST

A postman who is employed by the United States Postal Service (USPS) is grateful that Gregory Martinez and his daughter assisted him as he was delivering their mail during a thunderstorm at night in West Corvina California. The incident happened when the postman came to the door to deliver the mail in the Martinez home when Gregory decided to assist the postman by giving him his new poncho to cover him as he would return to his delivery to finish his mail carrier route. Since the mail carrier had a hard getting on the poncho since he was wearing a headlamp, Gregory and his daughter assisted the mailman to get his poncho on so he could go on the rest of his delivery route safe and sound. My guess is that the thunderstorm came suddenly during his delivery route or the mailman did not receive the weather report before he went on his delivery route that day.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

29 Jan 21

I agree with your guess. So kind to give him the poncho.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

29 Jan 21

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@Deepizzaguy (122209)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 Jan 21

Thank you for your kind comments.

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@db20747 (43419)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

29 Jan 21

Help like this just when you need it makes the world go 'round

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@Deepizzaguy (122209)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 Jan 21

I agree with you since there are many good people in our world.

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@RasmaSandra (98033)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

29 Jan 21

Glad these people were so kind as to help him out

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@Deepizzaguy (122209)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 Jan 21

I agree with you since there are many good people in our world.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

29 Jan 21

If he was still delivering at night, he probably didn't expect to deliver that late and got caught in the storm.

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@Deepizzaguy (122209)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 Jan 21

That is most likely what happened.

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@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Jan 21

The mailman would have been soaked without the poncho.

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@Deepizzaguy (122209)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 Jan 21

You are right since it must have been raining cats and dogs in California even though not in a literal sense.

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@LindaOHio (222534)

• United States

29 Jan 21

That was a very kind gesture by Gregory and his daughter.

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@Deepizzaguy (122209)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 Jan 21

I agree with you since delivery drivers work extremely hard to get their jobs done.

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@KristenH (33591)

• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

29 Jan 21

That's a close call. Lucky he didn't get struck by lightning.

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@Deepizzaguy (122209)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 Jan 21

You are right on this matter.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

28 Jan 21

Glad there are kind people to help him.

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@Deepizzaguy (122209)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

28 Jan 21

I agree with you.

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