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Hot Rod Revved Up	Thu Jul 19 10:28:30 Alabama employee gets new car from boss after 20-mile walk 18 July 2018 A US company owner gave an employee a new car after he went the extra mile - 20 miles (32km) in fact, walking all night to make his first day at work. After his own car broke down, Walter Carr made the long commute by foot through the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama, to his new job in removals. A police officer spoke to Mr Carr en route and, impressed by his grit, took him to get some breakfast. Praise for Mr Carr has flooded social media since his story was shared. Jenny Lamey, a customer of the moving firm, wrote on Facebook that she and her husband had awoken early last Friday to prepare for movers who were due to arrive at around 08:00. Skip Twitter post by @BellhopsMoving Report End of Twitter post by @BellhopsMoving At 06:30, their doorbell rang, and Ms Lamey met Mr Carr, who was accompanied by a police officer from the Pelham police force. "He proceeded to tell us that he had picked up 'this nice kid' in Pelham early this morning," said Ms Lamey. "The nice kid, Walter, said that he was supposed to help us with our move today." She continued: "He WALKED ALL NIGHT to get from Homewood to Pelham. Because he needed to get to work. For those reading this that are not local, that's over 20 miles. Skip Twitter post by @PelhamPoliceAL Report End of Twitter post by @PelhamPoliceAL "The police officer said they picked him up earlier that morning, took him to get some breakfast and once they checked his story out, brought Walter to our house." Ms Lamey said she offered him a rest before the moving crew arrived, but Mr Carr declined and got right to work. While helping her with the kitchen, she said, he told her of his childhood in New Orleans, Louisiana, and how his family had moved to Houston, Texas, after their home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. "I just can't tell you how touched I was by Walter and his journey," Ms Lamey wrote. Image copyright Bellhops Image caption "Seriously?" he said as he was handed the car keys "I can't imagine how many times on that lonely walk... in the middle of the night did he want to turn back. How many times did he wonder if this was the best idea." "But he walked until he got here! I am in total awe of this young man!" she continued. Luke Marklin, the chief executive of the moving company, Bellhops, drove from Tennessee over the weekend to meet his new employee. After chatting over a cup of coffee, Mr Marklin handed Mr Carr the keys to his own 2014 Ford Escape. "I am honestly blown away by him," Mr Marklin said. "Everything he did that day is exactly who we are - heart and grit." An emotional Mr Carr responded "Seriously?" He then hugged Mr Marklin and accepted the keys. An online campaign to help Mr Carr fix his car raised more than $8,000 (£6,000) before it was closed. It was later re-opened and has amassed more than $50,000. Mr Carr plans to graduate from college in December with a degree in health sciences. He hopes to join the US Marines before returning to Birmingham to study physical therapy. On Monday, he told reporters that he was grateful just to have had the job opportunity. "This was the first job in a long time to give me an opportunity to get hired," he told AL.com. Jenny Hayden Lamey on Sunday Somehow my original post was deleted. Here is it again!! I am overwhelmed that it was shared over 800 times in one day! Yesterday was a long day. But a good day. Chris and I woke up around 5:45am to get everything staged and ready for the movers. Around 6:30am the doorbell rang. It was a police officer. He proceeded to tell us that he had picked up “this nice kid” in Pelham early this morning. “The nice kid”, Walter, said that he was supposed to help us with our move today. It was his first day on the job with this moving company (Bellhops) and he was “training” today. The officer proceeded to tell us that the previous evening Walter’s car broke down and he didn’t know how he was going to get to work. So he left Homewood at MIDNIGHT and started WALKING to Pelham on 280. He WALKED ALL NIGHT to get from Homewood to Pelham. Because he needed to get to work. For those reading this that are not local, that’s over 20 Miles. You could tell how the officer told us this story that he had complete admiration for Walter and by my reaction he could tell I did too. The police officer said they picked him up earlier that morning, took him to get some breakfast and once they checked his story out, brought Walter to our house. We introduced ourselves to Walter and told the officer he was just fine to stay here with us until the rest of the crew arrived. I asked Walter if he wanted to go upstairs and rest until everyone else arrived. He declined and said he could go ahead and get started. So he began working alongside Chris and I before the rest of the crew arrived. We chatted while we were working together early yesterday morning. He loved my kitchen and said that it was exactly the kind of kitchen he would want. He was from New Orleans. He and his mother lost their home in Hurricane Katrina and they came and made their home in Birmingham. I asked him if he was tired from all that walking and he said replied that he wasn’t and that he had a 4 hour nap before he left at midnight. He said he made it Hoover around 2am and then to Pelham around 4am, that’s about when the officer picked him up and took him to get breakfast. He wore black Nike joggers which he commented that he intentionally wore because he knew he had to walk thru some pretty high grass on his middle-of-the-night trek. He looked at me in the eye and smiled and I felt like I had known him much longer. He was a Marine. I didn’t get anymore of the story. The rest of the crew arrived and then the craziness started. All of the young men that came to move us yesterday (9 in total) were some of the best young men I have met. Several of them were in college, engineering majors (you should have seen them putting together our beds!!), one of them starts PA school in the fall, some just working hard since high school, some of them had been with Bellhops a while and others had just started! With the way they worked together as a team, you would have thought they had worked together for years. They remembered all of our names and Zach and Chase just had the best time cutting up with them and shooting hoops when the day was done. I just can’t tell you how touched I was by Walter and his journey. He is humble and kind and cheerful and he had big dreams! He is hardworking and tough. I can’t imagine how many times on that lonely walk down 280 in the middle of the night did he want to turn back. How many times did he wonder if this was the best idea. How many times did he want to find a place to sit or lie down and wait til morning when he could maybe get someone to come pick him up and bring him back home. But he walked until he got here! I am in total awe of this young man! As the crew arrived one by one I saw them interacting in the street outside our house. Shaking each other’s hands and all of them just as cheerful and ready for the day as Walter was. Walter and I emerged from the house and one of the crew, Shawn, saw us and said to Walter “You must be one of the recruits...let me shake your hand. Thanks for showing up!” He extended his hand to shake Walter’s. He was in total appreciation to him for being there. I guess it may be common for a “recruit” as he referred to him as, to not show up leaving the rest of the crew without the extra man they were counting on. I just looked at Shawn and said, “you wouldn’t believe what he did to get here. Tell him Walter”. Walter said “I walked”. That was it. Humble. I asked him to share a little more and when he did, the crew was in awe of him too! I don’t know that Walter would have shared if I hadn’t asked him to. So yes, yesterday we moved. Yesterday was crazy. Yesterday was long and hard and hot. But...Walter. "I wanted to show them I got the dedication. I said I'm going to get to this job one way or another." He continued: "I want people to know this - no matter what the challenge is, you can break through the challenge. Nothing is impossible unless you make it impossible." Ms Lamey also hugged Mr Carr after he received the gift and told him: "You've changed all of our lives Walter. "You have no idea how many lives you've changed and inspired. "You're a very special young man and you're going to do great things. You already are." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44854370
tumbleweed the wanderer	Thu Jul 19 11:26:15 Mr. 'Carr' was given a car? sounds like a fake publicity stunt this same basic story happened like a year ago
swordtail Anarchist Prime	Thu Jul 19 11:28:20 we're caught in a time loop!!!!!!!!!!!
tumbleweed the wanderer	Thu Jul 19 11:33:41 usually happens in February apparently Detroit 'walking man' James Robertson gets a new car Feb, 2015 Co-workers buy car for teen UPS employee who walks 10 miles to work Alabama, Feb 2017 Co-workers buy car for man who had to walk hours to work Arkansas, Feb 2018
Forwyn Member	Thu Jul 19 13:31:07 "once they checked his story out" lol
LazyCommunist Member	Thu Jul 19 14:35:21 Slave had to walk 20 miles in capitalism for his slave income. In communism he would get free public transport to his job of choice.
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