Kids

KnxTan · 09-11-2006, 11:02 AM

Here's a 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 a
couple of dollars. 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 pay check 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 assholes at Home Depot ever
deliver the ****ing sheet rock..."

Kind of brings a tear to the eye

cametotalktan · 09-11-2006, 07:17 PM

OMG too funny!

melanie S · 09-12-2006, 11:31 AM

That was too cute! I've had simular stories with my 7 and 9 year old arounf my husband and his work crews before when we take the girls to a site. "They LOVE clean up duty" although they are never "clean" at the end of the task! I love it!

09-11-2006, 11:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
KnxTan I love Derf!! Join Date: Oct 8 2004 Posts: 1,036 Rep Power: 9	Kids Here's a 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 a couple of dollars. 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 pay check 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 assholes at Home Depot ever deliver the **ing sheet rock..." Kind of brings a tear to the eye __________________ A liberal is someone who is so open minded, their brain has fallen out. “Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.”**

09-11-2006, 07:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
cametotalktan I love Derf!! Join Date: Jul 10 2004 Location: california Posts: 4,970 Rep Power: 35	Re: Kids OMG too funny! __________________ When I grown up I want to be Angerfant.....

09-12-2006, 11:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
melanie S Join Date: Sep 10 2006 Location: Michigan Age: 31 Posts: 265 Rep Power: 3	Re: Kids That was too cute! I've had simular stories with my 7 and 9 year old arounf my husband and his work crews before when we take the girls to a site. "They LOVE clean up duty" although they are never "clean" at the end of the task! I love it!

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