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A barber was planning to shutter his shop. Then a customer gave him her stimulus check.
After three decades of cutting and coloring hair, dispensing advice and helping his clients celebrate myriad events such as high school graduations and weddings, Byron Woods thought he was finished.
Forced in March to temporarily close his three hair salons in Columbus, Ohio, because of the covid-19 pandemic, Woods, didn’t see how he could continue paying $5,000 in rent on his empty businesses each month and provide a place to work for 27 other barbers and beauticians.
He was unable to secure a government emergency loan to tide him over when he returned to his Oohs & Ahs barber shop in early May. Feeling defeated, he sat down to open the mail that had piled up during his absence.
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In his mail, he found an electric bill, a water bill and past-due rent notices. There were also several checks, including one from a woman who was a retired schoolteacher. She’d enclosed $1,200 — the amount of her own stimulus payment — along with a message:
“Dear Mr. Woods, today is a happy day for me,” she wrote. “It is a day I've been waiting for. You see, ever since I received my stimulus check from the federal government, I've wanted to give the money to someone who needed it more than I, someone who would use it wisely, someone who was worthy of some help."
“I am so impressed with and thankful for your giving nature, for all you do for others,” she wrote at the end. “And for making ME happy."
Woods said he burst into tears.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/06/05/barber-was-planning-shutter-his-shop-then-customer-gave-him-her-stimulus-check/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social
Forced in March to temporarily close his three hair salons in Columbus, Ohio, because of the covid-19 pandemic, Woods, didn’t see how he could continue paying $5,000 in rent on his empty businesses each month and provide a place to work for 27 other barbers and beauticians.
He was unable to secure a government emergency loan to tide him over when he returned to his Oohs & Ahs barber shop in early May. Feeling defeated, he sat down to open the mail that had piled up during his absence.
...
In his mail, he found an electric bill, a water bill and past-due rent notices. There were also several checks, including one from a woman who was a retired schoolteacher. She’d enclosed $1,200 — the amount of her own stimulus payment — along with a message:
“Dear Mr. Woods, today is a happy day for me,” she wrote. “It is a day I've been waiting for. You see, ever since I received my stimulus check from the federal government, I've wanted to give the money to someone who needed it more than I, someone who would use it wisely, someone who was worthy of some help."
“I am so impressed with and thankful for your giving nature, for all you do for others,” she wrote at the end. “And for making ME happy."
Woods said he burst into tears.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/06/05/barber-was-planning-shutter-his-shop-then-customer-gave-him-her-stimulus-check/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social
