Patti

Patti is the other main character of the short story “Vitamins” by Raymond Carver. She is married to the narrator and manages a door-to-door vitamin selling business. She is hardworking and intelligent, so she is quickly promoted: “She was quick and had excelled at things in school. She had personality. Pretty soon the company gave her a promotion”. Her outer appearance is not described, but the narrator thinks that she is “a beauty”. 

Patti is characterized by her dissatisfaction with her life. Patti feels frustrated with her job, which she reveals to the narrator during their conversation: 

Patti said, 'Vitamins.' She picked up her glass and swirled the ice. 'For shit sake! I mean, when I was a girl this is the last thing I ever saw myself doing. Jesus, I never thought I'd grow up to se...