Brent’s Community Support Story

Could you help me, by chance? Actually, you can ask for money if you're on the sidewalk. Oh, do you work here? Yep, but you can't sit here and ask for anything.

You have to be on the sidewalk if you're going Oh, okay. If you're asking for money. No, the manager knows who is right, brother. They they just let him sit there.

Right, brother? That's cool. Yep. Yep.

Hm. All right, brother. Thank you so much. I'm going to let my staff sign you in.

You know who is going to answer you. My staff sign you in for now. Oh, do you work here? I do work here.

Do you need me to leave? I'll see what I can do. Let me talk to my manager real quick about that, though. Okay, thank you.

All right, my man. I'm going to let my manager apologize after talking to you in a little bit, okay? Okay. Uh Hey, that wasn't right, brother.

What was your name again? I'm sorry. Brent. Brent, and how long have you worked here?

I've been here about a month and a half already. I just moved up here from Texas. I'm just I'm used to it now, man. People talk to me like that all the time.

All right, but people don't need to, brother. I've been where you at before. When I came home from Afghanistan, brother, there didn't nobody want to Afghanistan? For?

I was in the army, brother. Thank you for your service, sir. Hey, you're welcome, brother. Yeah, you were in my situation?

Yeah, brother. I was in your situation for 5 years, man. I got kicked out cuz I had a flashback, and my landlord kicked me out. Where you at now?

I'm damn near about to be married, brother. I'm 41 years old now. This sucks, man. I don't know what to do.

You know how to like slide me? Yeah. Good with customers and stuff? Yeah.

I work tomorrow. Try to be down here tomorrow at the same time tomorrow, and I'll talk to my manager and see if we're hiring. You do that for me? Yeah, brother.

God God looked out for me. You can ask God. Let me see. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I survived the IED attack, brother. God gave me a second chance at life. You don't even know me, man. I don't have to know you, brother.

We all God's children, brother. If this world spent less time hating each other and being more kinder to each other, it'd be a better place. A little bit kindness don't cost nothing. Come back tomorrow so I can introduce you to the manager and see if they can't get you a job.

Can I Can I give you a hug, man? Nobody's ever Nobody's ever done that for me, man. I don't even know how to I don't know how to receive it. Just pass that kindness on to somebody else.

Yeah. Make sense? Yeah. Man, you got this, brother.

Hey. Hey, could Could I be honest with you, brother? I got the money, man. Huh?

Look at I feel like I've been punked. Hey. Hey. What's this?

This is for you. For real? That's for you. No way.

Dude. Oh, You just treated me like another person, brother. This country is hard. Yeah.

That is a waste and is irrelevant. What he did was bogus as hell. He can't do that. He doesn't work here.

Did you need it? Yes, I did. Yeah? Yes, I did.

Now, I've got to go pay the rest of my money. I'm good. Good luck, brother. I appreciate it.

Thank you.