Lovely story about little girl and construction workers

[curious george]

A heart warming story

This is truly a heart-warming story about the bond formed between a little girl and some construction workers.
This makes you want to believe in the goodness of people and that there is hope for the human race.

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 started talking with the workers.
She hung around and 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 presented her with a pay envelope containing a dollar.

The little girl took this home to her mother who said all the appropriate words of admiration and suggested that they take the dollar 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 with the story 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 all last week with a construction crew building a house."
"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 useless c**ts at Mitre 10 ever bring us the f*cking gib board."

[Sniper]

Hahaha, thats pretty good.

[Fishy]

hahahaha nice one! :rofl:

[DMNTD]

Sir...bling right at ya!!! :first:

[*sic]

badassness....

[Coyote]

There is hope for the human race!

[Hitcher]

Copyright Bill Bryson. It has been modified to make it sound like an original New Zealand story. Which it isn't.

[onearmedbandit]

Only a frigging dollar?? Tight bastards.

[bladez]

now that warms the heart with laughter :msn-wink:

[LXS]

heartwarming that story is.

[Marmoot]

Sir...bling right at ya!!! :first:

I second that! Best joke of the year award even if this is still January!

[mstriumph]

Copyright Bill Bryson. It has been modified to make it sound like an original New Zealand story. Which it isn't.

:violin: :violin: :violin: ............ lighten UP for pity's sake! lol

[SixPackBack]

:violin: :violin: :violin: ............ lighten UP for pity's sake! lol

Second that...:nono:

[Big Chim]

Bloody Mitre 10 aye

[SuperDave]

Should've delt with Carters, I hear they are your building partner.

[Colapop]

least it wasn't Placemakers they charge like wounded bulls!

[MyGSXF]

AHHHH….. The young and enthusiastic!

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 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 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 mom 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 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 girl replied, "I will, if those assholes at Home Depot ever deliver the fuckin' sheet rock..." :shutup:


Jen :rockon:

[Hitcher]

Bless you, Bill Bryson.

[canarlee]

seen it before :p

[Storm]

Kevin Bloody Wilson has a song called "The Builder" that may interest you Jen :D

[Hitcher]

seen it before

Said the Joke Repost King.

[MyGSXF]

Kevin Bloody Wilson has a song called "The Builder" that may interest you Jen :D

Wanna find it for me.. pleeeeease sweety daahhhling.. :innocent:

[deanohit]

Her First Paycheck..............
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
al 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 stupid assholes at
Home Depot ever deliver the fucking sheet rock..."
Stories like this just bring a tear to your eye. Don't they?

[janno]

That's a bastardised version of a story told in one of Bill Bryson's books. One of the american ones, I can't remember which. It was the young daughter of one of his friends. The original is much funnier than that . . . must find it for you.

[deanohit]

That's a bastardised version of a story told in one of Bill Bryson's books. One of the american ones, I can't remember which. It was the young daughter of one of his friends. The original is much funnier than that . . . must find it for you.

Bill Bryson writes some good stuff, if you find the title of the book or the original version, i'm interested in either. :niceone:

[pete376403]

I wonder if its a Bill Bryson original or if he just aquired it somewhere - this is a variation of that story that I recall hearing in the smoko room when I was doing my apprenticeship, so it must have been over 35 years ago. Anyway:
A young boy took interest in a construction crew working next door and spent most of the day with the builders. When he came home his mother was shocked to hear him come out with some of the builders language and decided to punish him.
"Young man" she said "you go to the closet and get me a switch"*
"the hell I will" he yelled back "I ain't no fucking electrician!"

(*switch being in this case American for a whip or cane)


And how come I can remember shit like this from over 30 years ago and can't recall what I did at work last week?