Archive for October, 2009

The Best Gift I Have

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

I am a part time caretaker of one villa in a private resort. As a caretaker, I am responsible for the cleanliness and maintenance of the house.

My boss come every weekend only with his wife to enjoy the beach resort. They are very nice to me. I don’t feel that I am a worker in their house because they treated me like a member of their family. That is why, I do my best to make them satisfied in my job. The villa is only walking distance from my house. They give me a duplicate key to check the inside and outside parts of the house everyday. My boss give me an instruction on what I am going to do if they are not in the villa, and when they are in the villa. One day, he came into my house to give the box with stuff inside. He don’t want those things anymore and instead of keeping it in a stockroom, he decided to give it to me. He just drop the box and leave, I thank him and because he have some important matter to settle, he leave immediately. When I open the box, I was surprised because it is a PlayStation with DVD games. This is what I longed want to have, however I don’t have budget to buy it. Although it is a used Play station, I can say that it is the best gift I ever receive in my entire life. I am very thankful that I have a boss like him.

As of now, when I do not have work to do,I am enjoying playing those PlayStation games in my twenty one inches colored television.

A Generous Employer

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

My daughter ask me if she can possibly have her own computer. She explained that almost everyday, she have to go on an Internet shop to search for her assignment. She even told me that we can save time and money if she have her own computer. I tell her, that I will see what I can do to buy her a computer even a second hand only. Although I am just a clerk and my salary is not sufficient to buy a set of computer, my option is to make an advance salary to my boss, enough money to buy a second hand computer.

On the next day, my boss calls me through cell phone to open the air condition in his room because he will arrive after an hour. Enough time to make cold the entire room. I decide to wait him to tell if can have an advance salary. When he arrives, he notice that I am waiting for him. He ask me if want something from him. Although I was hesitant to tell him, I was force to asked about my desire to have an advance salary. Lucky enough,  he gave me money to buy a personal computer for my daughter. And take note that it is not advance salary, instead, it is a gift for me due to my devotion to work.

I was so happy that day and I thank my boss for his generosity. I am sure that my daughter will be happy  knowing that she will soon have a computer that she can use for her study.