Some Roofers Offered This Homeless Guy A Job, And He Soon Showed Them His True Colors
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- Опубликовано: 16 фев 2018
- Some Roofers Offered This Homeless Guy A Job, And He Soon Showed Them His True Colors
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I was homeless for 3 years when I was 14 years old to 17. The only way I really survived (and took care of my younger sister) was because of people like that offering me similar jobs. I did roofing, flooring, electrical work, and even some car mechanic work! They were pretty shocked at me being a hard worker and being there quite early and ready whenever they wanted me. Being homeless puts you into such a position where you'll do literally anything, having someone else depending on you furthers that making you have to do just that. I worked hard and was always first to arrive last to leave. Eventually, the man who hired me had me help remodel a house he owned. It was old, and pretty beat up. Naturally, I just figured he was gonna resell it since it was in a great spot with a pond and all. After we finished the remodel, he gave me the house, and a permanent job working for him as long as I wanted to. From there, I worked for the man until he passed away a couple years later. To think that someone with such a heart exists in the world is truly stunning. There are great people out there, they are just far too few to be recognized without stories like this one and mine. Today, the both of us are far better off than we ever would have been were it not for the men who hired me knowing nothing about me during that awful time in our lives.
Sinnistar - Sen Rufu Studios . i hope we can hear more like this world wide .people taking care of each other .amen
Wow what a cool story, thanks.
@Sinnistar Well done and all credit to you for taking the experience and learning from it.
I was homeless last year around this very month. After living temporary in 2 places I did get a flat that I live in now.
From February to June 2017 I I had no carpets, curtains or any white goods.
All I had were a few clothes, microwave and a food bag to live out of. I had to make that food bag last a week.
When you're homeless it takes away all ego and makes priorities VERY clear.
It truly makes you willing to accept not just jobs you wouldn't normally do but solutions and how far you're willing to go.
When you pick and choose you limit your potential.
A year later it angers me that people who don't even have a quarter the ambition of me get jobs. What is even more gulling is people who get the jobs and aren't in them for any real length of time.
Not all homeless people are victims. Some are there because of themselves.
BUT the ones who are like the guy in the story or yourself Sinnistar have the attitude that regardless of who you are will lead to success.
So what your saying is, remove welfare cause once you don't get free shit you gota work.
Thank you for sharing this lovely story!
The music in this video had me waiting for the narrator to announce that John had murdered the roofers and stole their truck.
LOL. I totally get that.
Plot twist!
A Y me too as well hahaha
Now that's funny!!!
haha made me laugh :D thx i needed a laugh long day.. Cheers
am i the only one who thought he was going to be an ex roofer?
nope, so did I lol
Sort of, I thought he'd turn out to be a Master roofer.
I thought he would be the Michael de Angelo of roofing and lay tiles in some amazing way that the world had never seen before.
I thought he'd rob the van.... with the true colors in the title
20093tt same here I thought they would turn up at the house and it had been robbed
They didn't give that man charity. They gave him respect and the ability to respect himself for a few days. A man needs to work we need to do something, even if it is no more then helping some one who needs it across the street, we need to know we have done something for someone that is worthwhile. It was a special pure gift and that is why the man said what he said at the end of the first day, It is sad but likely true they had shown him more love then he had ever known. Just by giving him something of value to do.
The music was a bad choice..........I kept thinking somebody was about to die.
ikr I thought it was a creepypasta/true story about being too trustworthy of a random stranger. I was on the edge of my seat waiting for something bad to happen lol
"Then the homeless man did something very, unexpected. While on the roof during working hours the homes man, seemingly without cause, pushes one of the company's employees off the roof, killing him. The homeless man then announces from the rooftops 'Death to the rich! Why should I sleep in cold grass while you all get warm beds! Privileged scum!' The homeless man blows up a smoke bomb and escapes without trace, his nutty cackling still audible in the distance. When everyone processed what had happened the crew found a sloppily handwritten note of disturbing rambling containing private information about the workers' lives ...and how he would ruin them all. To this day no one knows the whereabouts of the homeless man." *INSERT CRAPPY JUMPSCARE HERE*
Brandon8or, Exactly how I felt. All that tension for nothing, that is why music choice is so important.
MAGGOT VOMIT lmfao!!
For real it implies something bads going to happen it's to lure u in to watch whole video
He worked hard, was humble, and got paid well.
THE END
Cq Thatdude 70/90 quid a day is a good wage for a labourer. I used to get paid 60.
Just to clarify, I was just abbreviating the story. Because at the time, I was a bit salty that it took six and a half minutes to tell a 10 second story.
Sketchy thanks
Sketchy thank you
+Cq Thatdude
You win! You figured out the fact that this is a paid advert for the roofing company! I would think that the 2 million views this vid has so far got them quite a bit of business.
This is why most of us love the Brits. Well done! I'm proud of you lads. Michael from Texas.
This is amazing. Well done to those very kind and thoughtful fellas who offered John work. I hope John is in a better place now after been given that first helping hand many people need. This story warms my heart. There are lots of kind people out there in the world even though sometimes it’s hard to believe. I hope their wife’s/girlfriends/families are very proud of them for holding out a hand to another human in need of help. ❤️
would have been a better story if that company gave him a steady job , and offered him the help he needed to get of the Streets , instead of just 2 days work and 90bucks .
Its a start and an opportunity. It may lead to a steady job.
For a permanent job I'm guessing they needed someone with the right skills, the homeless guy was doing basic labour.
jesus christ with that music i thought he was gonna turn out a serial killer
Spicy Powder yeah i was waiting fof the grim twist lol
Spicy Powder hahahahahahaahahahah
Same
Spicy Powder That is a funny statement.
I was like "true colors" so what's he gonna steal?
God bless all homeless !!!
This is a sign that there is still hope for humanity !!
"It's the most love I've ever had" :((
With that eerie music and the "Showed Them His True Colors" bit in the title, I really thought this was going to take a more sinister turn...
I thought they were hinting at the Empire roofing crew showing up to the home and the homeless man was in the front yard covered in blood fucking the eye socket of a decapitated head of the womanwho lived there
Me tw0
Popcorn Sutton how the moon shine mate
You arent the only one. Thought he would have like broken in the house or stole from them during it or something. But no, he was just a really lonely guy thankful for just being able to work for once
Lol me too I thought it was robbing £500 of equipment.
Why did this 1 minute story take over 6 minutes?
Because YT pay by the minute instead of content.
Because your life wouldn't end in a minute either..
Raya Koth Wrong
AMEN!!!!
Riley Peak I'm literally still watching it...fuck hurry up!
California here, this a really good story, everyone should pay it forward. Thank God for people like this,it restores my faith in humanity.
I have a Friend who has been unemployed since 1988 and living off of His Wife and public assistance.
One day His neighbors were doing some work on their roof and asked if He would like to help them to earn some extra money.
He ran away.
It's hard to find good workers these days, especially roofers. Roofing ain't no joke, it's hard, tiresome and dangerous. In America it gets so hot in the summer.... on a roof it's murder. I bet in England the wet conditions make it super slippery up there.
I am contractor , thats try ... Its what Ido
Rain and heat, wow must be nice. Try roofing in -40 degrees in Canada.
I helped out family member years ago, Alabama middle of summer. Never again
Had hailstone damage not to long ago, here in Alabama it's all Hispanic guys doing this type of work. They were busting out houses around here in a couple of hours, if I guessed they got paid by the house.
No joke these guys don't get paid enough, not down here in 100+ degree weather and 80%+ humidity.
I would think (at -40 deg) the asphalt shingles would be too stiff/brittle to work with without damaging them. A challenge for sure.
This is the actual story ....
A roofer saw a homeless man and asked him if he wanted work for the day.
The homeless man was thrilled and helped the roofers out.
The roofers paid the homeless man $90 and he was so thrilled he asked if he could come back Monday.
The company the roofers worked for said "Good job guys!" but didn't offer anything else to the homeless man.
The roofers shared a Facebook post about what had happened and lots of people commented on the post.
The end.
Now for WatchJojo's version, just add one of the following between every single word.
"What happened next was amazing!"
"You will never believe what happened"
"Something INSANELY surprising happened next!"
Spot on :-)
As happy I am by the fact that they helped him in the first place you might be right.
Bonequeque Gonzalez as much as I love his channel, you’re not wrong. But I get it, it’s all about making people watch your videos longer. More viewing time = more revenue
Gone sexual?
Bonequeque Gonzalez ... He got stuck in, grassed up to Social Security for working on the fly ... with this video being shared all over Facebook.?
(Just kidding) x
I just wanted to say that not all the people you see panhandling are drug addicts working some scam. A couple years ago I had a guy approach me as I was leaving a bar, (on my motorcycle) he asked me if he could have anything I could give him towards a meal, as he hadn’t eaten in a couple days. I told him if he was really hunger to meet me over at the Burger King order speaker that was a couple hundred yards away figuring that was the last I’d see of him. When I got over to the speaker there he was. I told him to go ahead and order whatever he wanted. He then asked me if it would be OK to get a double meat whopper meal because he really hadn’t eaten in a couple days and he was “starving!” I said no problem, and being on my motorcycle and going against my better judgment I gave him a 20 dollar bill to pay for everything (I had gotten a couple burgers and a drink) and meet me in the front of the store where I could park my bike and him and I could sit at an outside table and eat and I could hear his story. As it turned out this guy had one hard luck story after another. He had been released from the military, came home( after unsuccessfully trying to get ahold of his wife for months) only to be greeted at his own locked front door by some big dude who told him to get his “shit” out of “his” house and to stay the f*ck away from his own house and his own wife, or else!!! At this point, (this is all taking place in Flint, Michigan) all he wants to do is get a bus ticket and get to his family in Tennessee. The guy literally brought tears to my eyes. He had been kicked out of the Salvation Army living quarters for getting into a fight with a guy he caught breaking into his locker. They had told him after witnesses backed up his story he could come back in a week but that was policy, so here it was late fall and he was being forced to sleep behind a dumpster until he could get back into the shelter unless he could come up with enough money for a bus ticket. Still being a sceptic, I told him if he was serious I’d meet him there in the morning and take him to the bus stop and buy him a ticket home. The guy couldn’t thank me enough and once again had me all choked up. The next morning he was waiting for me. I bought him breakfast before I took him to the bus station, bought him a ticket and watched him board his bus. He made it home and we remained in touch for several years. Just a guy who got dealt a crappy hand, but was ultimately telling me the truth from the beginning!!!! One of the best parts of this story is it wasn’t too long after getting back to Tennessee when his ex had gotten in contact with him, crying, and telling him she had made a huge mistake and wanted him back!!!! He had already moved on and the last time we had talked he was doing great!!!!
You repeat some many details over and over and over it's so irritating
Austin Browne so iterating 😂
+Waqar Ahmed - irritating, not iterating. Iterating would be something completely different.
hybby It was a play on words, you ass
hybby whoosh
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH
That's a really great story to be honest. Such an awesome gesture that very likely changed his life forever. Good people still do exist...amazing.
I had met a guy in a broken down jeep Cherokee. I asked if I can help, the young man said it will need to cool down and it would start again. He also said that he wanted to sell the jeep but couldn't because he lives in it. I asked what do you mean. He said he has no ware to live and that he sleeps in the jeep. I ask if he works any ware. He said no. I ask if he was fit to work, and offered him a job with me cleaning up the ground when we were roofing. He told me to meet him off a main road, to pick him up. He worked for me for 3years. in that time I let him sleep and stay in my shop. I helped him pay back money that he owed to get his drivers license back. After 3 years he went his own way. I hope the construction work we did helped.
2 months and nobody else bothered to say something. Wow
Dr. Jr 3 weeks and nobody bothered to say something. Wow
i'll say something, it's *where
wes 1 week and 2 hours nobody bothered to say anything, wow
Do you know ware he is now? Sorry couldn't help it -I'll let myself out.--------Good on you !
The homeless guy was nice and worked hard. Then the roofers gave the homeless guy some extra cash. The end.
Yeah, this guy talking really knows how to stretch out a video by talking your head off...lol I liked your version better!
Chad cheers mann
Wow Chad you're so unemotional and untouched by all this false sentimental mush we are so impressed
Chad thank you my good sir was getting boring only 2 minutes in
Thank you! Please have a lovely day.
Man gets job, gets paid fairly. The End.
Stas Volodin Wish i read this comment before i watched the video. Smh
Americans take ages to get to the point.
Thank you
Jake Morrison Awww looks like i hurt someone's feelings. Its ok dw.
tylerdurden786 lol get shut down and downplay it as trolling. Lmao bitch
How about offering him a full time job since he is such a hard worker.
Anyone notice how many times they mentioned EMPIRE ROOFING, and showed long slow shots of their work vehicles complete with their address, phone numbers etc?
Anyone else clued on to the fact this is a very clever ADVERTISEMENT? ;)
i didnt notice this
a clever add by Empire
Yes!!! I thought same !!!👿
@@WORMGITTER AGREE !!👿
yes i noticed this too. also the money shown was not english pounds but american dollars !!!
Just for reference, as an entry level shingler I make 20$/hr and make about 160$ for an 8 hours day. We pay our labour 18$/hr which was what our friend John the homeless man was doing for these roofers. They make about 145$ a day. The moral of the story of I’m correct that John put in a full days work. John was paid 11.25$/hr for general roofing labor, assuming he tore off the old material aswell as loaded the waste into the bin, John was paid a severely shitty salary for his work. Thanks for helping the guy out, probably should have paid him a fair wage. I’d probably pay a 16 year old kid more per hour for labour though. When I started labouring before I shingled minimum wage was 11.50 and I was paid 12. Lugging bundles and removing thousands of pounds worth of roofing materials off of the roof into a bin. I can tell you that 12$ not no where near what I was worth, but I was a kid so it was expected. Hopefully when John showed up for work the following Monday they paid him a fair wage lol
GET TO THE POINT
The point was to show how easily liberal do gooders are fooled, my gosh "he was on the job first " ....crist he was sleeping a crossed the street on a park bench ...gosh he worked a whole week and was grateful.. try working 51 and take a week off.
unfortunately, here in the UK, we don't label people as "liberal". you're either altruistic and an egalitarian or you're selfish and self-righteous. take a guess as to which one you are eric
i've never been so broke that i couldn't leave town. i'm a changeling, see me change!
get loose.
Plato no, the backstory matter
why?
eric wsmith I don't think a homeless person is trying to fool anyone with humility and gratitude after demonstrating the capability of labor instead of seeming valuable to your poorly concealed anti-social tiny american unsuccessful psycho complex
Moved me to tears! People always seem to think that the homeless are either mentally ill, addicted to drugs, or alcoholics... this is not true. I am 60 years old, and I can understand homelessness, because I was homeless for a while myself. It is true that most folks are only 1 to 2 paychecks away from homelessness themselves! People need to treat the homeless with more kindness, compassion, and respect. Homelessness grows month by month, because even people who are employed can end up living in their car, simply because they cannot afford rent, and to pay their bills... if we truly are to love one another, that means to help out those we encounter who obviously need our help! Please don't turn away, and pretend that you don't see...
Carolyn Nunes Say Carolyn did you happen to see that San Francisco Professor living in her car with her husband, She still teaching at the University, 3 days a week, She stated that with her husband income and her wage they can not afford to rent a apartment,in California Apparently they been in this status for several years, I assisted at the CFP in Ft Lauderdale for 6 years, I gave up my skills and time for their battle to feed the homeless,Hired hundreds of homeless, for 50.00 to 75.00 a day, never was let down in 6 years, they came in and did excellent work especilly around the Hurrican seasons. The stories i heard, would blow your mind,,Plubix Grocery Stores,US postal service , Target, Unversity of Flordia.. Ect..Ect.all of these organizations are true American sponsors, If you could only see some of these Professional Creditals, Pilots, Chiropractors, Doctors,Rail Road retirees, Military, its not just Bums up Bums out,! there are those two,but what i seen I was a shock,,
Dale Slover no, Dale I had not heard of the professor at San Francisco who was living in her car with her husband! That story doesn't surprise me. With each individual homeless person, their story is different...
As for me, I always carry a case of bottled water in my SUV, and I also have gallon Ziploc bag he is full of dog kibble to give to individuals who have dogs...it breaks my heart to see so many homeless folks with their shopping carts and luggage walking the streets...and I also get extremely saddened when I see people's ignorant, cruel and callous attitudes toward the homeless...and so few people even know what to do to find help when they need it. I have casually asked around, and nobody seems to know that if you dial 211, that they can help you get situated with a shelter and food...
How I wish people could think a little longer and deeper about this growing problem, and raise awareness and compassion for these worthy individuals!
Thanks for responding to my comment, Dale God bless you!
Great iob
Great comment,thankyou.
These people who gave the homeless a job are really nice
Thank you Empire Team. Your kindness will spread throughout the homelessness issues. 😢
Thank you roof worker people for helping someone in need, you all are a credit to the human race. And thank you John, for showing others that not all homeless people are lazy bums and some are just down on their luck. I wish all others were giving and receptive, the world would be a better place. Good luck to you John!😀
Well, it's not really love to force people to work for a home. A bird doesn't have to work for anyone, and I shouldn't have to work for anyone to say, sleep on a beach. You act like you're great, but let anyone live the way they want without judging them...that would be love.
This is some solid marketing
Discount Clorox he mentioned that company name way to many times and showed the advertising on the vehicles more than once 😂
That's what I was thinking only a few seconds into the video. Product placement, heart wrenching story followed by... More product placement and.. Oh look, a phone number for the product. Tidy
Exactly. They did him a solid, by allowing him employment for a single day. Welcome to the Home Depot parking lot on, literally, any day of the week in the USA.
He did a day's work, they paid him 92$ for it and gave him lunch. I don't get what's so earth-shattering about this or what makes the roofers such amazing heros.
I've been a roofer for 30 years . Its back breaking labour , scorching hot in the summer , freezing cold in the winter . If it wasn't for the great group of guys I worked with over the years it would have been unbearable !! We drink to much , smoke to much , but its all par for the course !! Roofer are a breed of their own !!
Canadian Roofer : )
Is there a roofer code?
@@djfearross4144 Ya , pull your weight and buy your round of beer when its your turn . And you'll earn your respect !!
@@alcodie1558 Sounds good. what about secret handshakes?
@@djfearross4144 No but there is a motto . " Roofers get higher ! " ; )
This video could of been shortened to, a bunch of roofers gave a homeless man a days work and paid him for it, end of story, Is this going to be made into a film, I've got a far more interesting story, I went to put a bag of rubbish into my bin, what I discovered when I opened the bin will change your life forever, it will also restore your faith in mankind, you will not believe what I saw, it shocked me so badly I have to receive counsiling and have to visit a physiatrist every week, I also have posted what I saw on Facebook it has been seen by 12 million people worldwide, when I opened the bin to put the bag of rubbish inside I saw that the bin was already full of rubbish so I had no room to put the bag of rubbish in,
Yet another one who cannot write the Queens English This video could have been not you can not write or say ,,f .instead of .Does not make sense Did you people not go to school
Yet another one who cannot write the Queens English This video could have been not you can not write or say ,,f .instead of .Does not make sense Did you people not go to school
Linda Jones thanks for pointing out my grammar mistakes in the comment I made in reference to the video titled, some roofers give a homeless man s job and he soon showed them his true colours, you are obviously very well educated in the queens English,
But I think everyone got the point I was making about these type of videos except you,
But instead of correcting me on my grammer why did you not just go ahead and compare me to hitler and the nazis, using the wrong grammer? Very constructive input thanks, big deal if people went to school, everyone understood what I writ, or in the queens English what I wrote ? Maybe when u have finished marking the primary 3 English homework, you can check for spelling mistakes, or commas left out, full stops ect in this comment
Queen ' s
Linda Jones writes, "This video could have been not you can not write or say ,,f .instead of .Does not make sense ". That does not make sense. And yes some people went to a school where they were taught to end sentences with a period and use an apostrophe to show a possessive, such as "Queen's English". Some people never went to school but are smart enough to download Grammarly and not double post comments. Seems you do not fall into either of these categories.
You stretch your stories out so long they are hard to follow
Brent Kirkland yeah exactly
Hard to follow? It was pretty easy to follow. XD You must be slow.
The music kept making me think something bad was going to happen. Lol
Thanks for helping this man. My god bless u all. Thank you. Love from Portugal 🇵🇹
I'm homeless after waiting for this to end
BeAware Now 😂😂😂😂😂
That made me laugh. I retired and reroofed my house before the end of the video!
that's true!
Right!!!
Funny! 😂😄
There are always two sides to every coin. A man begging in front of a store in Lynchburg Va. was offers a day laboros job by me and my foreman, we had just had a carpenter quit. He said he didn't want to work he just wanted some money. At least he was honest. My forman told him the job paid $10 an hour and he would be paid at the end of the day. He still said no. We gave him no money. This was in 1994. when $10 an hour was a very respectable wage.
Stephen Onusko I'm homeless I'll take your job
If I was still in buissiness I'd give you a shot
That’s a lot holy
Stephen Onusko Wow . $10 an hour a respectable wage in 1994 ? What planet are you from ? I was working for that in 1982.....
Gc Stinnette um are you dumb? Most people I knew back then were making 5 bucks an hour.
Nice to see in this day and age their are still some good hearted people out their willing to help people when they are down and out.Great job you guys.
Congrats to the Roofing Company! Wonderful group of men to help this homeless man and give him some self respect.
I offered a homeless guy $50.00 to mow my lawn using my riding lawn mower. I figured I could help him out..he scoffed and said he could make that in 2 hours. Well, I offered.
a lot of homeless people can make more than a working person
good for you
Yeah and he'd spend all that £50 on crack - else he wouldnt be homeless... or so rude.
Birdie Birdie Did I say all homeless?
GKAtascosa bingo! most homeless do not work.
Nice ad for the roofing company.
Lol legit thought this homeless man was going to put a belt on, go to the roof, and start some mathematical roofing equations
It would have been a perfect ending if someone had given John a good job.
give john a hand job
Did the same offer once and the guy asked for 5$ lunch money around 10:00 a.m. so I gave it to him. He returned drunk 45 minutes later, threw up in the yard and passed out. Never saw him again after he woke up and left.
Here’s one way to brighten up your day and someone else’s day, too:
Next time you’re in line at a drive-thru fast food place, when you get to the window to pay for your order, pay for the order of the car behind you, too! I’ve done this quite a number of times and it always makes me feel better if I’m having a rough day! I just ask the cashier that if they ask any questions, to tell them that I hope they have a great day!!! (By the way: Doing it anonymously is the best way!)
That happened to on X-mas eve......
xanadujohn79 It happened to you??
I have done that several times. However, the ones that really need the help, will not be in the drive-through line. They don't have the money for fast food, and often don't have money to buy a car. I have given homeless people McDonald gift cards. That way, where ever they are, they can get a meal.
cemwalker That’s a GREAT idea!! I would do that too, except (and this might sound weird to people in big cities) we don’t have any homeless people where I live. I live in a fairly rural area, in a small Midwestern town with a population of about 8,000 people. Around here, if someone is going to be homeless, somebody will take them in until other arrangements can be made-which normally takes a couple of days, but always ends up being less than a week. I would have to drive for about 2 hours before I got to a city big enough to have some homeless people.
I get that some people prefer living in big cities, but I guess I prefer small town life where you pretty much know everybody, and the crime rate is real low. We don’t have gangs, and we only have a murder about every 25 to 30 years.
So, although I cannot directly help a homeless person in the same way you do, I truly admire you for doing what you can to help those who both need and deserve your help! I sure wish that big cities everywhere had a million people *_just like you_* in them!! Wouldn’t the world be a much better place to live if that were true??!! 😊👍🏼👍🏼
I actually live in a small town of 2,000. But, we live on a highway that has a lot of people hitchhiking through. We have a town 30 minutes away that has homeless people living in it, but the closest city is 90+ miles away. I feel that I want to treat others as I would like to be treated. I have never been homeless, but I have been so poor that I didn't have two nickels to rub together. I think that people that come from a place of being poor, creates empathy. Those that have always had money just don't 'get' it.
i’m so glad the comments tell me the actual length of the story so i don’t waste my time
I think this is a lovely story! Way to help out a stranger in need. It is sad that people who WANT work and SEEK work and are skilled can’t find work. So why not offer him a full time job? I hope some company saw the original video and gave him a job offer. Beautiful story!
I'm a wee bit disappointed that this became a story about the roofing company's gesture (as kind as it was)....instead of hearing that John got steady work. Hand-outs are great...but helping him to become self sufficient by giving him a job would have felt better. (unless I missed something)
that is exactly what i was thinking, now the man is back on the streets in the same position he was before :(
My thoughts exactly. They got so close to a permanent solution, at least it would seem, but they got caught up basking in the glory of their "good deed". He may not of stayed on the job but give him a shot. Show him a new path. Then help him deal with the dysfunction that made him homeless in the first place...if he will accept it and if it is handled with empathy. This is how we break the poverty cycle.
I agree, it's like they're employers who could give him a job instead just saying, "Wow, I hope it works out for you. Things will hopefully turn out ok for you now." Just give him a job and stop trying to make yourselves sound good by posting on social media about how you almost did something nice for someone.
Reminds me of the final scene in Dumb & Dumber where they almost get a job massaging beauty pageant candidates.
"stop trying to make yourselves sound good by posting on social media about how you almost did something nice for someone."
This is so bang on! My thoughts exactly.
A beautiful and touching story! There ARE good people - everywhere! It is so sad that many are never recognized as their stories aren't newsworthy enough for the mainstream press.
It truly doesn’t take much to be a better person and help others out. Buy someone a drink or snack. Smile to a stranger or say hello. If we could all learn to get along the entire world would be a better place. We are all in this together.
...and this should be carved in stone to be placed on every courthouse lawn.
Dude get to the point... How much time of my day do you want for such a simple story...
Scott N The Fox so true. And he assumes that homeless people usually don't want to work or something.
Agreed
Totally. There was no big moment. A guy got some work and he said thanks, and people thought it was cool. I just rewrote your script. Thanks for wasting an extra 6 minutes of my day.
They did a great job keeping us watching. The spooky music didn't belong there at all + "showed his true colors" - was meant to make us think there was something bad that was going to happen. Crock of shit.
Don't read this in a haste. It's not an effectivity story, the effect here is in the caring hearts.
Savor it with time, like a warm cup of tea.
That's better then GIVING a handout. When anybody is in the position to PROVIDE a job to a person down and out will find a humble and hard working dedicated employee who is WORTHY of training to PROFORM for you. I know because I was once down and out and a Srimp Boat Captain picked me up and gave me a hand up with a job I knew nothing about. Well 5 years later I became a Srimp Boat Captain. There is many reasons why people become homeless but some of them are really good people needing a hand up and not a hand out.
Warren Eisenburg your job a hard one! You are right though!
Warren Eisenburg you earn salute captain 💂🏻♀️
Warren Eisenburg are u lieutenant Dan?
Warren, a eloquent 1st post, then you take a dump on it.... muhahaha
Warren Eisenburg haha fuck you lieutenant
Thank u jojo, wish we could see more of this stuff, and to give some folks a second chance, and i don't think u see as much homeless'ness !!!!! thanks again !!!!
I thought he would say no to the roofers. I'm glad the story had a happy ending. The world needs more people like these guys!!!!!
That's funny, I offered a begging homeless person some work, and he asked me who the hell I thought I was, and told me to F off! Yes, "People can be so fascinating".
karaool Some are just lazy and don’t want to work and that’s why there homeless
karaool 😂😂😂😂
r/thathappened
By the mission in Salem, Oregon. On my way to framing a house, guy standing with a sign: "Homeless and hungry". Offered him the job of cleaning up the work site. He "ungraciously" refused. Yeah, hard as it may seem to someone like you, it happened.
karaool true sometimes
Why is it so earth shattering when a homeless person decides to work. Why is this such a big story. I praise the guys for employing him to make some cash. But why is it not a story maker when a person with a home gets a job. Are we to believe that homeless are so lazy or deranged that the mere fact of one becoming employed is worthy of an epic trending phenomenon. I find it disheartening that its come to this...like these people are not expected to ever work.
and to This Day, the Roofer`s were never seen again
Let's not forget John asked for the work. He took initiative and made an effort to change his situation.
a great story. the only thing im confused about, is why is the music so ominous for such a sweet, and caring story.
It’s a great story but I’m sorry I have to say...you focused way too much on how great the Empire guys were just for doing what anyone SHOULD be doing and didn’t really mention...WTH happened to John, the homeless guy....
he bought a lot more drugs then he usually could afford and over dosed and died right there in the park, some kids found his body. But the roof came out great.
LOL Should? SHOULD? WHo the fuck do you think you are, telling a private company that they SHOULD be hiring homeless people? NO ONE asked them to. NO ONE forced them to.
He should be giving the empire guys a lot of praise. Yes everyone should help out if they can but rarely do people actually help aside from giving a dollar or 2. Plus this is a private business that hired a random homeless person they happen to see. I don't think I've ever heard of a private business doing anything near this. They deserve a lot of credit and praise and so does John for working hard. Why is John homeless to begin with though? I'm sure it was his own doing most homeless people are homeless because of their own choices.
He probably doesn't know what happened to John. If he did I'm pretty sure he would mention it.
pretty sure he is human.
Mmm I too wanted to know what happened - apart from him being offered a place to stay. Did he get work so he could provide for himself? Would be nice to know.
I worked for a roofing company for a day, never again. Absolutely the worst job there is. Out in the hot Texas sun on a roof all day long, no shade, you get no breaks, even to get a drink of water. They had no water to drink. I was suffering from dehydration. The foreman didn't care. Back breaking labor carrying bundles of shingles up a ladder then pulling off old shingles. I was 45 at the time, it was killing me. Minimum wage. Which in Texas is as low as it gets. Big S Roofing, Eastland, Texas. Absolutely the worst job I have ever had.
No roofing company is going to turn away help
Why not give him a permanent job ?? That would most definitely help the homeless man out
how many homeless people have you taken in ?
Why does it take so fucking long to get to the fucking point ? ...... That makes me want to skip the video ... Keep that in mind when making a video . Lovely story ... It just took too long to get to the info .... It was definitely streched out and full of fillers .... God Bless the homless. Also the music sounded more like a mystery rather than a compassionate story . Pardon my bluntness but Im keeping it real . Perhaps cater to the info and let the music set the tone ..... Then add the details and in thay way you Intrigue and captivate your audience more so for more views likes and subcribers ! Thankyou !
I was thinking the thing.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. This guy is a huge windbag! 1 minute in and I'm leaving...
Felix The problem with people growing up in the days of the insta get. People can't wait for anything.
"me me want want now I WANT ME WANT NOW OW NAO NAO NOW"
eat glass.
My brother works with them, what they did not tell you is that the dude was caught stealing! And by the way this company pays there employees terrible pay!
The hell is with the suspenseful music? Thought shit was about to take a turn.
angeloeastblanco I'm British...
so about being a twat...
and I agree with that comment :D
I thought he would turn out to be a roofer that fell to his death years ago, based on the music....
Asshole
Fuckin losers
Lol
So............if he was such a great worker and wanted to work, why didn't they offer him a full time job?
Probably because he doesn’t have a fixed address or a bank account.
Since when do you need a fixed address and bank account to get a job?
gym shoe knows what's up
why didn't Empire offer him a full time job ?
The way this story is told sounds like how I would write a 1000 word essay due in an hour
It gives me such warmth to share this tiny comment, (food for thought) no one is ever 'homeless' what they are, are beings 'without residents'.
I am roofer in Chicago .I offered work to some homeless men and they just laughed.
bicanroman that's because most homeless people here in America are just looking for a handout.
If they're in a good spot for people going by, that could be why. If they can average at least 4 people giving them a fiver within an hour, then they're already making more than you're likely able to pay them. Some may say they're lazy, but they're not stupid, they've done the math and the begging is more profitable.
metalhead2508
Well tbh you fall through a roof once or twice and you realize it's not so fun anymore
That's another reason why in America contractors just go to Home Depot and hire Mexicans. That, and because they would need to pay for worker's compensation insurance if they hired an American. Mexicans are cheap to acquire and most of them actually work.
you guys don't use a safety rope? i would lol
If I wanted to watch still pictures I'd buy a magazine.
No but they got audio books :) And you can create the effect he did here by holding right hand on right flap of book, left hand on left flap of book, and simultaneously moving both left, AND right arm slightly left and right!
Good man, John. Good roofing crew. Working people are all worthy of a good life, housed or unhoused.
I'm surprised that no one has offered him steady work. When you're homeless and don't have a residence, phone and clean clothes it can be hard to get a job. He obviously wants to work.
My father and me own a farm and it's an all day job and sometimes we get behind. Twice I've seen my dad offer $15 bucks an hour to homeless people holding "will work for food" signs in exchange for mowing our fence line. Both turned him down because they make more begging.
The Superior SpyderDan 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Working poor/homeless. I'm being cynical.
I offered a homeless guy 50 bucks for about 3 hours of regular yard work and when he realized it was actually 3 hours of work you'd of thought I drug him to prison camp. Had to leave the job and drive him to a store 30 minutes later and gave him 20 bucks. I'll never forget the look of success on his face. Still to this day wish I would have not paid him a cent and whipped his ass after 30 minutes of work and drove him 30 miles away from where he wanted to go and left him. Sorry pathetic excuse for a man he was
Let's call him an 'Itinerant Worker'.
Hey im up for a bit of beer money, wheres the farm at?
Nice story, but it could have been told in about a minute and a half.
You are correct. But that’s not the point of this channel. He’s into story telling.
Nope....I like your comment though. I wasn't being as critical as you are reading it. I like the story; it's just a slow pace, that's all.
How am I the 'problem'? I think it's a great story. From a production point of few it is a slow pace, that's all. It's a great, heart warming story.
Jeff Blankenship. That narrater's voice is 😒annoying! A 3 minutes story.
Ya get the feeling he gets paid by the word.
The Bar of humanity and EXPECTATIONS has hit a CRATERED LOW.... Here's Why I say this: They saw he was clearly homeless sleeping on a park bench .... they gave him a shot at working... {perhaps his only shot.... not many opportunities to shave put on interview clothes... ironed shirt, slacks, tie, dress shoes, With an updated resume} So a JOB offer from this roofing situation was his INTERVIEW and his AUDITION....and this group of Do-gooder roofers saw he KICKED ASS all day, He worked REALLY HARD....(from the photos you could just tell ) He was Soooo HAPPY to feel useful again ....and being a part of this roofing project and i'm sure he felt the comradery that these guys share everyday.... Then the next day HE WAS FIRST ON SITE and Had another GREAT DAY and Said He "Never felt such LOVE in his LIFE".... Probably making it VERY BITTER-SWEET when they handed him his pay and said "Good Luck" and Drove away!!!!!
Why Didn't they just offer John a Job???
The ending of this Story was DISAPPOINTING to me .... because they were ok with knowing his housing situation...even posting his smiling pic on facebook getting all the "atta-boys" and, "back-pats" and facebook "likes" and all the followers attention EVEN used his story and pics on the company's FB page and a 2 day "TEST DRIVE"..... and at the end ... "Thanks, Good Luck John :(
In MY OPINION they Made it about themselves and the COMPANY and "LOOK how GENEROUS we ARE" " Aren't we Benevolent Humanitarians".... they gave him a BRIEF window INTO what life could be like.... GOT THEIR PHOTO-OP.... then drove away... SHAME ON THEM
So remarkable! A homeless man actually taking a job. That is remarkable.
i was there...15,16,19. I found love in a family that worked. I still love that family 50 years later. The Stacy faily took me in.
SO that 92 dollars was to totally fix his homelessness? Why didn't he get a permanent position?
Feline Rescue Because they're workers. They don't own the company and that money came out of pocket.
Dude... How many times are you going to tell this story, before you spit it out, ffs..?
Robert Glass roofing company needs help... grabs homeless guy... finishes job... angels masturbate.
Robert Glass 7
Man offered job. Man does job. Amazing.
I hired a homeless guy once and he did a ok job but then I started missing items from my garage. BE VERY CAREFUL WHO YOU TRUST AND ALWAYS KEEP ON EYE ON THEM. NEVER GOT MY SHIT BACK.
There are more than enough people to help people , they don't come from politicians with the idea they can make money off it . Fire all politicians who make more than minimum wage now .
spunkypuddin Lol. U funny
You can't help people if they don't want to help themselves
Stupid story ...... WHY DIDN'T THEY HIRE HIM ??? That would've been more helpful .
Rachel Coffing
People this is just a PR advertisement.
God bless the men they have no idea how the had such a great impact on tht mans life wht a humbling kind act .jus tht one thing showed me a lot sometimes we should take the time out to stop&help everyone thts down&out r not junkies or drunks lookin for a fix sme jus need a helping hand Thank u gentlemen for showing the world wht humble looks like what kindness looks like God bless the men from the construction company God bless John for still keeping the faith may God continue to bless u sir!!!!
That's an amazing story 😊
I've been made homeless several times in the past due to mental health problems and the way people treated me just because I didn't have a home to go to was beyond ridiculous... 😔
Police would come past in the middle of the night and kick me awake - yes, KICK - and threaten to arrest me for "vagrancy" apparently it IS a criminal offence to be homeless...
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I would often say that I'd welcome them to arrest me, at least I'd have somewhere warm to sleep and maybe some breakfast - as terrible as police station food is in the UK 🇬🇧 🤒)
It's so refreshing to see this kind of selfless act 😊
I often got a job selling The Big Issue, I lost count how many idiots would budge past me saying "get a fucking job", what do they think selling magazines IS exactly? Nobody wants to employ a homeless person, but The Big Issue was created for just that reason, it IS a job, the only thing a homeless person has any real chance of doing, so ignorant...
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Loser
If this story happened in the United States, the homeless man would fall off the ladder, sue the roofing company and be awarded millions of dollars for his injuries. An American Rags to Riches story.
The employees would also be fired for enlisting a non-employee to work with them because of it (safety risks, like being sued over an accident/injury). Safety doesn't mean your wellbeing, it means the safety of the companies hoard of cash.
Kevin I can c what u r saying really
AbominableHuman they most likey would of been in trouble with thier bosses had it not gone viral and received so much positive reactions, but how bad and heartless would their bosses seem if they punished them now though ? But there is infact laws in the UK stating u can't do things like this cuz it could be an illegal immigrant, he avoided paying tax on his earnings, might of been receiving benefits that shouldn't be given if working and therefore benefit fraud, and the guy never sat through his half a day of health and safety videos they make ya watch all the time.... But that just goes to show how messed up the system is and how once u drop past a certain level in society the system almost seems designed to keep u there
AbominableHuman yes..you are the altruist who dosent care about the safety of his money...Bravo! People like you are rare...Some might say we need more like you..
In America the company would fined big time for disregarding OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) policy,, HE would be arrested, put in jail and required to get a mental health evaluation. .. He wasn't officially hired - what if he got hurt on the job, he could then sue the company. Then there's conspiracy to commit tax evasion, he didn't pay the income , social security tax, state tax, etc. and no health insurance and everyone knew,,,,, Then for vagrancy and anything else they could dream up.
It doesn't count if you don't post it on social media.
There are so many people in Britain without a home at present it is absolutely criminal.
God bless them all.
I hope this breaks the stereotype that all homeless people don't want to work and are lazy. Some people just need a little help.
It's not a stereotype, it's a fact. There are exceptions, or course, but a majority of homeless people are just like that, otherwise there wouldn't be so many of them...
Honestly, they should of paid him like any other worker for a days work. Here a roofer makes between 12.00 - 20 .00 per hr
And keep him on as a clean up man or just labor hand.
They should< have ..>not should of ,that,s very bad grammar
Contractors offer homeless guy a job, he accepts, does half a day’s work and says its the most love anyone has shown him. Contractors get positive publicity online. Saved you 6 mins.
I hired a young homeless man in Liberty, MO. I gave this unskilled man $25/hr, with the condition he was NOT under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the time he worked for me.
At the end of the first day I gave home $300 for 8 hours of work. He earned it!
I left him on the job, alone, for about 20-30 minutes when I went to buy our lunch.
When I returned, his demeanor was very different. Spacy and lackadaisical.
Turns out he used the previous day’s earnings to buy LSD and cough syrup (DMX as he called it.)
I told him to get in the car and I would take him to the place I found him panhandling or any location within reason.
He attempted to assault me, calling me a closed-minded hypocrite.
After he landed several blows to my face I fought back. I had no choice - I am not a skilled fighter and could not restrain him without beating him I to submission.
I was charged with assault.
After appearing in court three times, he finally showed up (he’d been arrested for drug possession) and all charges were dropped against me.
Of course there are people who, through no fault of their own, fall on hard times. I’d love to help anyone on this situation.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of homeless people are addicts and schemers.
Sometimes it’s difficult to tell the difference.