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Teach a boy to cuss and he'll never lack for what to say. [message #50558]

Thu, 22 May 2008 20:31

Whitewaterkid

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A 5 year olds first job...

Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little 5-year-old boy 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 began to build a house on the empty lot. The young family's 5-year-old son 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 him as a kind of project mascot. They chatted with him during coffee and lunch breaks and gave him little jobs to do here and there to make him feel important. At the end of the first week, they even presented him with a pay envelope containing ten dollars. The little boy took this home to his mother who suggested that he take his ten dollars pay he'd received to the bank the next day to start a savings account. When the boy and his mom got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little boy how he had come by his very own pay check at such a young age. The little boy 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 boy replied, "I will, if those damned assholes at Home Depot ever deliver the fuckin' sheet rock."

Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?

Re: Teach a boy to cuss and he'll never lack for what to say. [message #50560 is a reply to message #50558]

Thu, 22 May 2008 23:12

marc

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Registered: March 2003
Messages: 4729

No.

Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...

Re: Teach a boy to cuss and he'll never lack for what to say [message #50561 is a reply to message #50558]

Fri, 23 May 2008 03:22

unsui

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Re: Teach a boy to cuss and he'll never lack for what to say. [message #50574 is a reply to message #50558]

Fri, 23 May 2008 18:01

JimB

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No tears, but lots of chuckles. Ah, the lifestyle changes parents must make when their "see all, hear all" children are at that age.

Thanks Jon,
JimB

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