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(9,240 posts)10. Floyd the Mailman - 300 Neighbors Throw Retirement Block Party for Beloved Mailman of 34 Years
At the end of the video in the OP, Floyd the mailman is mentioned (another feel-good story!). Here's more about that:
NOTE: On Twitter, Delta offered to pay for Floyd's airfare to Hawaii
https://people.com/human-interest/more-than-300-neighbors-throw-retirement-block-party-for-beloved-mailman-of-34-years-and-raise-money-for-his-dream-vacation/
Floyd Martin befriended everyone along his route, including the residents' cats and dogs
During his nearly 34 years as a mail carrier in Marietta, Georgia, Floyd Martin has been more like a beloved relative making a daily visit. Kids have peered out their windows awaiting Martins arrival, which always included lollipops. Hes given dogs along the route Milk Bones and fed neighborhood cats.
Last summer, Martin decided to retire and Thursday was his last day. Neighbor Jennifer Brett followed Martin along his final deliveries, and as she detailed on Twitter, people greeted Martin with hugs and presents.
They decorated their mailboxes with Mr. Floyd tributes and said their warm goodbyes. When we met Floyd, said one neighbor, it was like he was an old friend. Another said: He always had a smile, always had a wave.
And, Brett tweeted, Kids on his route love, love, L-O-V-E Mr. Floyd. This includes Mae Bullington, who dressed up as Martin for her schools career day. I was so flattered, he said. It touched my heart.
When neighbors found out he wanted to go to Hawaii, they started a GoFundMe campaign to help him realize this dream.
There was a fullfledged effort to make sure he knew how much everyone loved him, wrote neighbors on the GoFundMe page. To say that he would be missed would prove to be a complete understatement.
Martin lives in Atlanta with his dog, Gigi. He doesnt have children, just the 500+ houses worth of kids he spends 6+ hours with every day, Brett writes in a tweet.
At the end of the day, the neighborhood surprised Floyd with a block party attended by over 300 people.
During his nearly 34 years as a mail carrier in Marietta, Georgia, Floyd Martin has been more like a beloved relative making a daily visit. Kids have peered out their windows awaiting Martins arrival, which always included lollipops. Hes given dogs along the route Milk Bones and fed neighborhood cats.
Last summer, Martin decided to retire and Thursday was his last day. Neighbor Jennifer Brett followed Martin along his final deliveries, and as she detailed on Twitter, people greeted Martin with hugs and presents.
They decorated their mailboxes with Mr. Floyd tributes and said their warm goodbyes. When we met Floyd, said one neighbor, it was like he was an old friend. Another said: He always had a smile, always had a wave.
And, Brett tweeted, Kids on his route love, love, L-O-V-E Mr. Floyd. This includes Mae Bullington, who dressed up as Martin for her schools career day. I was so flattered, he said. It touched my heart.
When neighbors found out he wanted to go to Hawaii, they started a GoFundMe campaign to help him realize this dream.
There was a fullfledged effort to make sure he knew how much everyone loved him, wrote neighbors on the GoFundMe page. To say that he would be missed would prove to be a complete understatement.
Martin lives in Atlanta with his dog, Gigi. He doesnt have children, just the 500+ houses worth of kids he spends 6+ hours with every day, Brett writes in a tweet.
At the end of the day, the neighborhood surprised Floyd with a block party attended by over 300 people.
This twitter thread is a great read:
Link to tweet
A pic of Floyd and some of his mail route family:
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demmiblue
May 2019
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Floyd the Mailman - 300 Neighbors Throw Retirement Block Party for Beloved Mailman of 34 Years
CousinIT
May 2019
#10
Seth and his mom will be ignored by Trump, but useless pro golfers will get honors. nt
NCjack
May 2019
#13
This is the real St Louis MO, people caring for each other. I think most of us DUers are like ...
SWBTATTReg
May 2019
#19
Dear Seth, your mom must be so proud of you!! I am and I am not even related to you.
demigoddess
May 2019
#29