A story that reminds us there is still goodness in mankind. Reading this is good for the soul.
June 10 · Center Point, Alabama
He showed up to work in his uniform on the day he was supposed to walk across a stage.
Timothy Harrison was 18 years old. It was graduation day at Woodlawn High School. And instead of getting ready with his classmates, he clocked into his shift at the Waffle House in Center Point, Alabama, because the cap and gown pickup had passed him by, and he had no ride to the ceremony, and at some point he had quietly decided that today just wasn't going to be his day.
His manager, Cedric Hampton, saw him walk in and stopped.
Timothy had the day off. Why was he here?
When Cedric heard the answer, he made a decision in about three seconds: not on my watch.
What happened next, in a Waffle House in Alabama, was something you don't forget.
Staff scrambled to track down a cap and gown. Coworkers passed around cash, for a dress shirt, a tie, pants, shoes. Customers sitting at the counter overheard what was happening and reached into their wallets without being asked. Within a few hours, Timothy Harrison was standing in that restaurant fully dressed for graduation, looking like someone who had planned this all along.
A coworker drove him across town. They arrived just in time. Timothy took his seat with his graduating class.
He walked.
After the story spread, Lawson State Community College offered him a full scholarship, a future that hadn't existed that morning when he'd quietly given up on his own day.
"I just came in to work. I wasn't expecting any of that."
— Timothy Harrison
Some people decide a moment is over. And then there are the people who refuse to let them.
Tag someone who would have been in that Waffle House passing the hat. 🎓