Letter carriers want you to bring back Pooch Cafe. A letter carrier’s relationship with dogs is complicated. Who among us has not been threatened, or worse, by one of our canine “friends?” Dog safety is a frequent topic in periodic training talks. Nonetheless, many carriers keep doggie treats as close to hand as pepper spray, because dogs are the living beings that we encounter most often, and usually cordially.
How many times over the years, despite rain, snow, sleet and hail, did that little clipped bit of newsprint fun appear affixed to the Post Office time clock, or posted in the break room, lightening the load just a little? Whenever it was “Poncho vs. the Mailman,” for sure! We, the undersigned active and retired letter carriers, ask you to please throw us a bone: Bring back Pooch Cafe. Unleash the joy again.
— Kermit A. Arroyo, retired letter carrier
Rick Bryant, retired letter carrier
Addis M. Bugg, retired letter carrier
Sandra Canova, active letter carrier
Thomas Devros, active letter carrier, National Association of Letter Carriers branch president
Karen Maskarinec, retired letter carrier
Randolph L. Oldenburg, retired letter carrier
Jerome S. Pierce, retired letter carrier
Lou Santangelo, retired letter carrier
Susan M. White, retired letter carrier
Anchorage
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