Six years ago I was a Postmate after my regular hours at the mag I was working at at that time. We needed extra money for fertility costs, and I was tooling around NYC on my bike anyway.

I had this one customer one night and I still think about her years later - A THREAD 1/6

That's how the order came in on my app. Obviously the red flags lit up greater than the 4th of July, but there weren't many orders coming in and I figured at least it'd be...amusing? Within minutes of taking the job, the texts started:

2/6

My phone kept pinging as I headed to the deli counter in the Fancy Pants UES Grocery to actually take a pic of this turkey this woman so desperately needed but couldn't be bothered to get herself

3/6

She even asked me to "taste" the turkey:

She was a woman OBSESSED with the juiciness of her poultry:

4/6

She wanted me to keep pestering the poor woman behind the counter while also not trusting anything she or I said apparently. Additionally, it was clear to me that the woman was used to customers like this. I was super grateful for her.

5/6

Finally *finally* she was convinced of the quality of the bird. Then it was on to the avocados.

Wanna know what she tipped me? $2.29.

Every so often I'll look at our 4yo and think, "I ate a stranger's turkey for you."

FIN