To celebrate National Postal Worker Day, we’re stamping this episode with extra love and bringing back our favorite mail carrier, Reyna! In this delightfully unfiltered conversation, Reyna returns to the mic to deliver more behind-the-scenes gems from life on the route. From coconuts and tuna to postal lingo and stamp hacks, we hear about the weird and relatable moments of the job. With humor and sincerity, Reyna peels back the envelope on what it’s really like to wear many different hats as a frontline worker. Donʻt forget to mahalo your postal carrier this week!
Episode Highlights
00:00 Welcome back Reyna! Our favorite carrier
01:13 Feedback from the first episode
02:18 Uniforms
04:09 Weirdest deliveries - brooms, coconuts and tuna!
06:07 Tell us about the mail truck
07:22 Interactions with kids and teenagers
09:58 The many hats of frontline workers
12:01 Postal worker bat signals!
13:05 Fun working dynamic with colleagues
14:39 "Doing my time"
19:21 Postal lingo
16:57 Precious cargo
19:11 The weather
23:41 Hydration!
21:11 Political mail and papercuts
22:29 The dreaded damaged package
25:22 Stamps - just add more!
27:58 Cute, demure (and ugly) mail trucks
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Credits
🎙️ Host & Producer: Molly Mamaril
🎸 Guitar: Amund Gismervik
