"Shout out to this guy! He shoveled my stoop while I was gone," LaFreniere wrote on Facebook.
LaFreniere, who is a kindergarten teacher, told WLUC she received an alert on her phone from her doorbell camera. When she checked the video, she saw the delivery man shoveling off her porch.
"I was wondering who was at my house since my fiance was away in Alaska, teaching," LaFreniere told CNN.
LaFreniere hadn't spoken to the delivery driver -- Melvin J. Marlett, who has worked for FedEx for 23 years -- but said her fiance, Rodney Riesland, has spoken with him since he is usually home when deliveries are made, CNN reported.
"There are good people out there who do selfless acts," LaFreniere told WLUC.
LaFreniere decided to post the video to Facebook as a way of saying thanks.
"FedEx is proud of the many contributions our team members make to the communities we serve every day," FedEx spokeswoman Heather Wilson told CNN. "We commend our courier, Mel Marlett, who went above and beyond to help shovel snow for our customer while making a delivery."
Marlett told CNN he thought shoveling the snow was the right thing to do.
“I would hope it’s something that anybody would have done,” Marlett told the cable network. “If you take care of your customers, they take care of you.”
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