OT: Her First Paycheck

by **venomnation** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:43 am

Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some construction workers that makes you believe that we can make a difference when we give a child the gift of our time.

A young family moved into a house next door 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 an official payroll check! It was only $2, but the little girl took this home to her mother who said all the appropriate words of admiration and suggested that they take the two-dollar "pay" she had received to the bank the next day to start a savings account.

When they got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own paycheck at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week with the crew building the house next door to us."

"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 dirtbags at Home Depot ever deliver the damned sheetrock!"

Stories like this just bring a tear to your eye.

by **Blueskies** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:47 am

by **conversationpc** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:50 am

stevek2007 wrote:"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 dirtbags at Home Depot ever deliver the damned sheetrock!"

Stories like this just bring a tear to your eye.

That's great!

by **Michigan Girl** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:51 am

SO CUTE!!! :lol:

by **mistiejourney** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:53 am

Hilarious! :lol:

by **epresley** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:54 am

bahahahahahahahaha :lol:

by **larryfromnextdoor** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:01 am

stevek2007 wrote:official payroll check!

payroll check ..

they should have paid her under the table.. and given her another buck to keep quite... if they gave her a payroll check then shes got to be on the payroll and you have to pay double her social security... unless they are paying her contract labor.. then if she makes $598 more bucks shes going to have to start paying in.. :mrgreen:

by **Rhiannon** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:15 am

stevek2007 wrote:The little girl replied, "I will if those dirtbags at Home Depot ever deliver the damned sheetrock!"

Love it...! :lol:

by **Deb** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:16 am

by **Saint John** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:20 am

Aw, man...that fucking made me lol.

by **Jenna** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:21 am

That was funny-------Thanks

by **jrnychick** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:35 am

Great!

by **Sassie** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:15 am

Too cute!!

by **Since 78** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:24 am

Thanks for the Laugh!

MR

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