GOING POSTAL
The Whistling Mailman
Rain, sleet, or Cujo
Published in
4 min readDec 29, 2023
Harry the Mailman was a strangely happy person who whistled a tune whenever he delivered mail. I’ve seen him under the worst conditions, and nothing seemed to phase him, like he was in his own world. He told me he worked thirty years at the U.S. Post Office without serious incidents— until he met my neighbor’s dog.