Years after a Waitress Shares Lunch with a Homeless Man, She Takes a Job Working for Him – Story of the Day

Jenna was on her break when a homeless man approached and asked her for something to eat. She shared her lunch and talked with the stranger. This surprising conversation inspired her to pick up her studies and help the man get a better life. And she ended up working for him after graduation.

“You can go have your lunch break now, Jenna,” her boss said with a wave of her bony hand.

Jenna sighed and went to the employee room at the back. She grabbed her lunch, a pack of cigarettes, and exited through the back door. That’s where all the cooks at the restaurant took their smoking breaks.

Today, she felt like eating outside and relaxing from her hectic job. Most people think being a waitress is easy, but it can be absolute hell. Some customers were insanely rude and tipped horribly.

Luckily, that didn’t happen all the time. Many clients were polite and treated her with respect. But today had not been great. That’s why this break couldn’t have come soon enough. She needed to rest.

Being a waitress was not Jenna’s dream. She worked hard to get into Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, the economy was tough, so she had to defer a semester to work and save some money. She didn’t want to be buried in student loans after graduation, but she might not have a choice.

Suddenly, a man’s voice interrupted her anxious thoughts. “Hello, miss. Is there any chance you have another sandwich to spare?” the stranger asked.

Jenna looked up, and it was an older man with a long beard in tattered clothing. Luckily, he had a good jacket on his shoulders because it was cold in Pittsburgh this time of the year.

Jenna looked down at her sandwich, pursed her lips, and gave the entire thing to the man. She had yet to take a bite, but this man needed the sustenance way more than her. She was a broke college student/waitress, but there was a good chance this man had not eaten in a long time.

“Thank you so much, miss,” the man said and started chewing the BLT.

He sat down and started...