Choose the best answer.
Robert Fredy was general
manager of a large hotel in Ashbury Park, New Jersey. One cold day two years
ago when he stopped his car at a traffic light, Stephen Pearman; an out-of-work
taxi and truck driver, walked up to Fredy's car hoping to earn some change by
washing his windshield(档风玻璃) , Like many
motorists who try to keep the beggars off. Fredy turned on the wipers to show
he wasn't interested.
Pearman put his head close to
the window. "Come on, mister. Give me a chance. I need a job, "he
said. Something in Stephen Pearman's voice moved Robert Fredy. In the seconds
before traffic started moving again, Fredy handed Pearman a business card and
told him to call if he was serious.
"My friends told me he was
just pulling my leg," said Pearman. But I said. No, he's a businessman. I
need to give it a shot."
Two days later, 29-year-old
Pearman appeared in the manager's office of the big hotel. Fredy gave him a job
and lent him packet money while training him.
Today, Pearman works full-time
setting up the hotel's dining halls for business meetings. In the past two
years, he has found a flat, married and repaid Fredy's loans (货款).
"Mr Fredy gave me a second
chance." says Pearman. "And I took advantage of it. I could have just
come here a while and left. But there is no future washing wind-shields."
Fredy always keeps away from
the street people, "But Pearman seemed so honest and open, asking for a
chance rather than just money," Fredy says. "I don't hand my business
card to just anybody. But I'm glad I did in this case."
