Hank's girlfriend during his early post office years, marked by a tumultuous relationship defined by mutual self-destruction and heavy drinking, serving as a symbol of chaotic freedom that Hank both admires and finds destructive.

A young, impulsive Texan woman with whom Hank becomes involved after Betty, characterized by her small-town mentality and the friction her lifestyle causes in Hank's life; their relationship explores themes of domesticity and personal conflict.

Hank's immediate supervisor and antagonist, depicted as a petty tyrant who embodies the oppressive bureaucracy of the Postal Service, illustrating the dehumanizing aspects of systemic power and structural oppression.