Service with a smile

Recently retired Robert Choy, one of Hawaii's first UPS drivers, is regarded as a legend by many

By Andrew Gomes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 27, 2013

~~<p>UPS likes to say its package delivery drivers are the "face" of the company. So in a sense, the face of UPS in Hawaii changed in a big way earlier this month when Robert "Bobby" Choy Sr. retired.</p>
<p>Choy was the last delivery driver from an original group hired as part of Atlanta-based UPS entering Hawaii in 1975, and he may have been as close to a perfect face as a company could have — exhibiting a brimming smile, a helpful nature, a youthful look, an even more youthful step and a stout work ethic.</p>
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UPS likes to say its package delivery drivers are the "face" of the company. So in a sense, the face of UPS in Hawaii changed in a big way earlier this month when Robert "Bobby" Choy Sr. retired.

Choy was the last delivery driver from an original group hired as part of Atlanta-based UPS entering Hawaii in 1975, and he may have been as close to a perfect face as a company could have — exhibiting a brimming smile, a helpful nature, a youthful look, an even more youthful step and a stout work ethic. Login for more...