South Dakota coffeehouse employee gifted new E-bike from co-workers after commuting 4 miles to store on bike for past 6 years
There’s a whole latte love in this South Dakota coffeehouse.
Dishwasher Alex Rust, 24, received a new e-bike from his co-workers after he commuted at least four miles to Josiah’s Coffeehouse, Cafe & Bakery in Sioux Falls year-round on his bicycle for over six years.
The dedicated employee normal♛ly wakes up around 2 a.m. and cycles to work at 4 a.m. to𝓡 arrive early because he enjoys being at work, even though sometimes his shift doesn’t even begin until 8 a.m., .
He’s been working paycheck-to-paycheck to repair his bike while other obstacles prevented him from upgrading his bike, the restaurant said.
Rust’s co-workers stepped in and surprised him with a brand-new e-bike in the middle of his shift. The employees also opened a savings account for Rust at a local bank.
“We love you and we want you to🌊 be safe and this is the best way for us to make sure you can be safe,” Josiah’s marketing manager Marissa Schroeder told Rust in a video uploaded to the cafe’s
The emotional gift reveal left Rust speechless.
Rust’s boss had sent out a group text to employees about buying Rust a new e-bike when the worker revealed his dangerous 45 – 60-minute when he’d face issues with his bike or was involved in an accident.
“He’s never been the type to be, like, ‘I can’t work. This is happeni🗹ng to me. I can’t do this.’ He’s just been the type to get in, get through his shift, work his butt off, and then go home,” Schroeder told the outlet
“Other days, there were visible injuries, you know, cuts, bruises,” Schroeder added. “We w🎐ould ask him what happened (and he’d say), ‘Well, I was hit by a car or a truck.’”
More recently, the back ti🦩re kept popping on his bike, which was not el🏅ectric, and one time he ended up just walking to work with the broken two-wheeler.
Those efforts raised♍ $765 in just a day and a half. The money was more than enough to cover purchasing his new bike.
His commute to work will n🉐ow only be 15-20 minutes.
“I don’t have to get up to work at two in the morning anymore,” Rust🔯 said.
“I think, hopefully, now he und🍌erstands that we’re family, which means that families help out each other when we have our problems,” Schroeder shared with the outlet.
This act of kindness is better than the dishearteningไ “thank you” a Burger King employee received in 2022.
Kevin Ford, a cook for the fast food chain, went viral for receiving only a backpack, movie ticket, Staᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚဣᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrbucks cup and candy after never missing a day of work in 27 years.
Hi🙈s daughter create𓆏d a that raised over $466,000, which is well over the initial goal of $200.
Ford plans to use the money to open a food truck with his daughter. He already purchased the k🍸itchen-on-wheels and plans to officially retire from Burger King on his 30th anniversary in May 2025.
