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May 22, 2019 • 30 tweets • 14 min read
THREAD: Floyd Martin retires after nearly 35 years as a mailman tomorrow. I went with him on his route today.
He graduated from Marietta High School in 1975 and took the postal service test a few years later. By the time they got in touch he already had a job at a bank, but the USPS offered to double his pay. "I was like, OK when you do want me to start?"