A 5 Year Old's First Job
Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond
formed between a little
5-year-old girl and some construction workers that will
make you believethat we can all make a difference when we
give a childthe gift of ourtime.
A young family moved into a house, next to a vacant
lot. One day, a construction crew began to build a house
on the empty lot.
The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally
took an interest in the goings-on and spent much of each
day observing the workers.
Eventually the construction crew, all of them
'gems-in-the-rough,' more
or less, adopted her as a kind of project
'mascot'. They chatted with her
during coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her little
jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.
At the end of the first week, they even presented
her with a pay envelope containing ten dollars.
The little girl took this home to her
mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars
'pay' she'd received to the bank the next day to start
a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the
teller was equally impressed and asked the little
girl how she had come by her very own pay
check at such a young age. The little girl proudly
replied, 'I worked last week with a real construction
crew building the new house next door to us.'
'Oh my goodness gracious,' said the teller,
'and will you be working on
the house again this week, too?'
The little girl replied, 'I will, if those
assholes at Home Depot ever
deliver the fuckin' Dry wall...'
Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?
Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond
formed between a little
5-year-old girl and some construction workers that will
make you believethat we can all make a difference when we
give a childthe gift of ourtime.
A young family moved into a house, next to a vacant
lot. One day, a construction crew began to build a house
on the empty lot.
The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally
took an interest in the goings-on and spent much of each
day observing the workers.
Eventually the construction crew, all of them
'gems-in-the-rough,' more
or less, adopted her as a kind of project
'mascot'. They chatted with her
during coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her little
jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.
At the end of the first week, they even presented
her with a pay envelope containing ten dollars.
The little girl took this home to her
mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars
'pay' she'd received to the bank the next day to start
a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the
teller was equally impressed and asked the little
girl how she had come by her very own pay
check at such a young age. The little girl proudly
replied, 'I worked last week with a real construction
crew building the new house next door to us.'
'Oh my goodness gracious,' said the teller,
'and will you be working on
the house again this week, too?'
The little girl replied, 'I will, if those
assholes at Home Depot ever
deliver the fuckin' Dry wall...'
Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?