Kind Restaurant Boss Refuses to Let Employee Skip Graduation for Work, Gets Him Kitted
- Timothy Harrison had comfortably decided against attending his graduation in favour of work because he needed the wages and he didn't want to let the boss down
- When he got to work, boss Cedric Hampton refused to let him work on such a big day, but there's more
- He then marshalled support from his employees and managed to prepare the youngster in time for the graduation
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Like most employees who put their job ahead of everything, Timothy Harrison showed up to work in staff uniform on his graduation day.
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This is despite being given the go-ahead to attend the graduation ceremony the previous day by his boss, Cedric Hampton.
Boss gets a surprise when he graduate shows up to work
Hampton was thus confused when the young man showed up to work on the day he was meant to receive the proverbial power to read.
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When he was asked why he was at work, his response was that he didn't have leave and his family was unable to get tickets because he failed to attend their senior activities.
"I immediately said, 'Go home get the paperwork and call the school and see what we have to do to get your cap and gown'," the good boss wrote on Facebook.
Everyone comes together to help
Working against the clock to ensure that his employee did not miss that important milestone, he brought on board fellow co-workers and some customers to help prepare the boy.
To ensure that Timothy matched the billing of his big day, some members of the group rushed to a boutique and bought him a new shirt, tie and pair of trousers.
In a short period, the youngster was dressed up and driven to the graduation square right on time, a gesture that has gone viral online.
"He's a fine young man. He's a hard worker, very polite. It's the least we could do for him," Hampton told the media.
Young Timothy was employed as a helping hand at the restaurant in Center Point a few weeks shy of his high school graduation.
That probably explains why he was afraid of skipping work to attend his graduation because he thought it was too soon to start taking days off.
Yet another graduation of note
In more exclusive news from Briefly News about graduate forerunners, a beautiful young woman has made herself and her family members truly proud after she became the first person in her entire family to graduate with a tertiary education.
In a heartwarming interview, Beatrice Moteoli shares how her family's love and support is what motivated her to follow her dreams of graduating so vigorously.
Beatrice is now doing a graduate programme with Engen and she could not be happier with the way things are currently going for her at the moment.
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