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 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 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 more or less
Gems-in-the- rough, 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 mother arrived at 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 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?