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Bending down is a chance to raise your head

Bending down is a chance to raise your head

By craig farinaPublished 2 years ago 3 min read

He is the boss of a company with many employees, and he is praised by the stars every day. One day, he had a whim and wanted to experience the life of an ordinary person. So he got on the subway and took a seat by the door.

​​ The subway arrived at a stop, and some people came up. A young man on crutches stood beside him. He looked at the crowded people in the carriage with interest, and turned a blind eye to the young man on crutches beside him. When he was tired, he folded his arms and closed his eyes to refresh himself.

​​ Just when he seemed to be sleeping, a clear female voice suddenly sounded in his ear: "Sir, didn't you see a person with inconvenient legs standing beside you? Why didn't you give him your seat? Man, do you have any sympathy and public morality?"

​​He was awakened, opened his eyes angrily and looked at the person who was speaking, it was a beautiful girl. At this moment, the girl was staring at him with a look of contempt, her mouth insisting: "What are you looking at, I'm talking about you, looking at your suit and leather shoes, you should be a person of status, I didn't expect... "The girl wanted to say something, but the young man on crutches quickly stopped the girl and prevented her from continuing to speak.Because of the girl's words, he immediately became the target of public criticism in the carriage. All eyes were on him, making him embarrassed. He quickly stood up and gave up his seat, and he also remembered the girl.

​​ His company wanted to recruit a group of new employees. After the written test, he interviewed in person. After the first interviewee came in, he saw at a glance that it was the girl who criticized him on the subway, and the girl recognized him immediately. Both of them were a little surprised, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. There was a burst of anger in his heart, because the girl made him lose face in front of everyone, which was something that had never happened before, and he decided to embarrass the girl.

​​ He said lightly to the girl: "Sit down. If you can finish polishing the shoes of our two interviewers, I will hire you." The girl looked at him unexpectedly, and then silently picked up the shoe polish and began to polish the first one. An interviewer shines his shoes. After polishing, the girl came to him, bent down, squatted down, ready to polish his shoes. But he deliberately embarrassed the girl, his feet kept swaying from side to side, so that the girl couldn't wipe it off. The girl didn't give up, took his shaking feet with her hands, and carefully polished his shoes. After wiping, the girl stood up and returned to her seat.Looking at the girl's calm face, he couldn't help but secretly shouted "Okay" for the girl's calmness. Since he had said in advance that the girl would be hired after polishing her shoes, as the boss, he couldn't break his promise, so he said to the girl: "You have been hired. "The girl stood up and saluted slightly: "Thank you, boss, I just polished the shoes for the two interviewers. According to the market price of five yuan per pair of shoes, you should pay me ten yuan."

​​He thought that the girl would thank him very much, but he never expected that the girl would ask him for money. He slowly took out ten yuan, regretting his decision to hire her just now, and a complex expression flashed in his eyes. The girl took ten yuan and walked out without being humble. He then followed the girl out of the company's door, and saw the girl put ten yuan into the donation box for the disaster area. Unspeakable emotions flooded his heart again. He suddenly felt that he had done the right thing in hiring the girl.

​​Sure enough, the girl did not let him down. She performed very well at work. Many old employees did not do well, but they solved it in the hands of the girl. He had to admire her with admiration.Once, the girl once again successfully completed a difficult job and was rewarded by him. He asked the girl: "I was so embarrassing to you before, didn't you blame me?"

​​The girl smiled lightly: "I have never blamed the boss, since the interview, I have been working hard, just to prove that I bend down to give myself a chance to hold my head up!

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