An Ohio mailman has decided to go out of his way to help the elderly amid coronavirus outbreak as he is also delivering essential supplies and groceries to them in addition to their mails.
Kyle West decided to deliver essential supplies and groceries to elderly people after an elderly man approached him on his way to White Oak Meadows.
The elderly man asked if he could help him get the toilet paper.
West told the WCPO: “My favorite guy came out and asked me if I could please help him get toilet paper. From then I realized that some people just can’t do it themselves.”
West then sent nearly 400 notes to his customers and asked them to contact him if they need essential items or groceries.
The note read: “If you are at risk & need help getting essentials, let me know. I will do what I can to help.”
West said almost every person replied to his note and many asked him to buy them essential items, like milk and toilet paper.
West said he delivers mails every day and when he realized his customers are unable to go out to buy basic items, he thought to help them buy those essential items on his way.
He said: “Seeing a lot of my customers putting on suits to just go get stamps I figured if I’m already there, it won’t hurt me to bring what they need.”
Not being able to talk to his customers is the biggest disappointment for West and this is why he had to leave a note and his phone number to ask his customers to ask him for any help they need amid lockdown.
West, who is going out of his way to help his elderly customers, doesn’t want anything in return and says he just wants people to maintain social distancing amid coronavirus crisis.
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