Joke of the day
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 believe that we all can make a difference when we
give a child the gift of our time.
A young family moved into a house, next to a vacant lot.
One day, a construction crew turned up to start building a house
on the empty lot. The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally
took an interest in all the activity going on next door 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, let her sit with them
while they had 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' sheet rock..."
Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?
between a little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers
that will make you believe that we all can make a difference when we
give a child the gift of our time.
A young family moved into a house, next to a vacant lot.
One day, a construction crew turned up to start building a house
on the empty lot. The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally
took an interest in all the activity going on next door 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, let her sit with them
while they had 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' sheet rock..."
Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?