An Alabama college student walked 20 miles in the dark to get to his new job — an act of dedication that inspired the company’s CEO to gift him a car.

Walter Carr, who couldn’t find a ride after his car broke down, started walking from Homewood at midnight in order to arrive at his Bellhops moving job in Pelham by 8 a.m. Friday. Pelham police picked him up around 4 a.m. and took him to breakfast before dropping him off at the home of customer Jenny Lamey.

Lamey said Carr, despite walking for hours, declined her offer to rest and had plenty of energy for the job, according to a GoFundMe page she started to help him with his car troubles.

“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,” she wrote on Facebook.

After seeing the Facebook post, Bellhops CEO Luke Marklin drove from Tennessee to Alabama on Monday and presented his dedicated new employee with his personal 2014 Ford Escape.

Both Lamey and Marklin felt compelled to help Carr, who moved to the Birmingham area from New Orleans after he and his mother lost their home in Hurricane Katrina.

“Decisions in your life that are sometimes big and that you make pretty quickly because they’re the right thing to do — and this was one of them,” Marklin told WMBA.

Carr, who hopes to be a US Marine one day, made the late-night journey after his 2003 Nissan Altima broke down. He calculated it would take seven hours to get to his first moving gig with the Bellhops moving company, AL.com reported.

He was trekking along Highway 280 when concerned police officers stopped to check on his well-being. After Carr told them his story, they bought him breakfast before delivering him to Lamey’s home an hour and a half early.

“We all decided, hey, you know, let’s go get him some breakfast and get him somewhere safe,” Officer Mark Knighten told WBMA.

“Proud to have encountered this young man. He certainly made an impact on us,” the Pelham police department tweeted.

Carr says he hopes his story inspires others to fight for what they want out of life, even if it means having sore feet.

“I wanted to show them that I have the dedication and that I always have [it] in my life and that I am going to get to this job one way or the other. I tell people if you think over 20 miles is a lot, then come walk in my shoes because my shoes was really killing me that day,” he said.

Source: https://nypost.com/2018/07/17/student-walks-20-miles-to-new-job-so-ceo-gifts-him-a-car/

The guy is a product of favour and grace, SIMPLE.

Don't ever try this in Nigeria, the highest reward you will get is handshake from oga.

Wow

Jayslicky:
Don't ever try this in Nigeria, the highest reward you will get is handshake from oga.

handshake? Handshake from who?

kk

That's a society that appreciates hardworking and dedicated citizens.
Congratulations

moneychannel:
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Walter Carr, who couldn’t find a ride after his car broke down, started walking from Homewood at midnight in order to arrive at his Bellhops moving job in Pelham by 8 a.m. Friday. Pelham police picked him up around 4 a.m. and took him to breakfast before dropping him off at the home of customer Jenny Lamey.

Source: https://nypost.com/2018/07/17/student-walks-20-miles-to-new-job-so-ceo-gifts-him-a-car/

An institution built to serve! Sane people

I just knew that the news cannot emanate from Nigeria

Nigeria police would rather arrest him and tag him a suspect walking in the dark to steal, while his Nigerian employer would also decline him the job saying he would be coming late to work and wont have strength to perform after trekking.
Nigeria is going backwards everyday.

Smh,Made me reflect on being a Nigerian. So many odds we set up for ourselves here. See how they reinforced and endorsed his values. But naija...

CAPSLOCKED:
DEFINITELY CAN'T BE NIGERIA. A CEO WILL HUG YOU LIKE THIS? FOR WHAT!!
WHEN ORDINARY WHATSAPP ADMIN FEEL LIKE GODS.

Ordinary Nairaland mod go ban you enter year 3135

kernniejay:
Nigeria police would rather arrest him and tag him a suspect walking in the dark to steal, while his Nigerian employer would also decline him the job saying he would be coming late to work and wont have strength to perform after trekking.
Nigeria is going backwards everyday.

That's if he's lucky to escape kidnappers for ransom or ritualists...

CHARACTERISTICS of a BLACKMAN;
- dirty
- crafty
- greedy
- wasteful
- religious
- unkempt.
- tribalistic.
- impatient.
- aggressive
- destructive.
- wickedness
- complicated.
- shortsighted.
- disorganized.
- loud mouthed.
- proud and empty.
For the TRUTH will always be bitter

EVILFOREST:
CHARACTERISTICS of a BLACKMAN; - dirty - crafty - greedy - wasteful - religious - unkempt. - tribalistic. - impatient. - aggressive - destructive. - wickedness - complicated. - shortsighted. - disorganized. - loud mouthed. - proud and empty. For the TRUTH will always be bitter

not all but many

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Must he walk ?
No transport ?
No lift ?

Determination coupled with grace. Oluwa let this kind of favour enmeshed me oh Lord.

cool

EVILFOREST:
CHARACTERISTICS of a BLACKMAN;
- dirty
- crafty
- greedy
- wasteful
- religious
- unkempt.
- tribalistic.
- impatient.
- aggressive
- destructive.
- wickedness
- complicated.
- shortsighted.
- disorganized.
- loud mouthed.
- proud and empty.
For the TRUTH will always be bitter

You are a stupid self hating retard