Mail carrier teaches college grad a lesson about the real world

Congrats!
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Brian Koerber
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Too soon. 

Graduation is a huge moment for college students, a culmination of years of hard work. But what can be equally rewarding is finally receiving your hard-earned receipt diploma.


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Unfortunately for Redditor dsully1328, the cold reminder of the real world came from his mail carrier, who stuffed his diploma into the mailbox despite a clear warning that it should not be bent.

Congrats, kid.

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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