In early December, I was out for a run in my neighborhood and noticed that one of my neighbors had placed some carefully wrapped gifts on top of their recycling and garbage bins with a thank-you note for the collectors. It inspired me to find some way to thank the essential workers I lean on the most - our various delivery drivers . Even before the pandemic, I was a heavy user of Amazon prime and virtually every means of home delivery. Now, it's not uncommon for us to get multiple packages via multiple carriers in a single day, not to mention I've ordered quite a bit of furniture for home delivery since our move. At the end of last year, I started to build up a stash of face masks, so it only seemed natural to start giving them to those who could probably use them the most. So I made a sign, grabbed a long ribbon and some binder clips, and attached individually-bagged face masks like so: Not soon after, my Imperfect Foods delivery driver took a TMNT face mask, and I did a littl
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