A young man was sitting at his office desk when he noticed that his waste paper basket was getting full. As a favor to the janitorial crew, he decided to take his trash for the day outside early and relieve some of the custodial duties. As he walked along the corridor of offices, soon others began to notice him carrying his basket. One called out, “Hey, could you wait a second. I have my trash here too,” and he proceeded to give the co-worker his trash bag. A woman saw him, and said, “and here's mine,” and dumped her bag on top of the other two. One by one worker after worker in the office piled their trash on until the generous man could hardly see where he was going. It seemed that the more trash he had on him, the more people were willing to pile their garbage on him too.
Finally, the garbage bearing man reached the outside trash bin where he relieved himself of the load, and he turned to walk back inside the office. One by one those who had piled their loads on him now began to call him names, “Hey, trash boy,” one called out with laughter in his voice, “could you come back by tomorrow. I'll have another load for you!” “Yeah, garbage man,” another yelled and laughed, “Next time I'll be sure to pour my coffee out inside the bag for you.” Another lady giggled and said, “Oh you just wait till you find what I put in my bag,” and the whole office roared in a loud “Oooooooooooooo”.
The sullen young man who was now a bit stained from carrying the refuse of others walked back to his station, and turned a little reminder sign toward him that he always kept on his desk. It said, “Bear ye one another's burdens,” and he smiled and said softly to himself, “Wow, that one costs, doesn't it?”
Until tomorrow...Why Say More?
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