Susan Senator

I found this lovely email in my inbox this morning, from Nat’s teacher, about his first day of work at a local restaurant:

Hi Sue,
I just wanted to let you know how Nat’s first day went. I was able to go with the job coach and see how he did (I tucked myself away in a corner so I cold see Nat and the job coach but they couldn’t see me). He did AMAZING!!!!! The job coach had him change into his new [restaurant] shirt and visor at school and we made our way to the restaurant. When we got there, there were three other people getting the restaurant ready for the day. Nat shook hands with all of them and introduced himself. Joe (the job coach) showed him where everything was kept and they brought everything he would need to assemble out into the main dinning room. The original plan was to only go for twenty minutes or so to just show him around, introduce him to the staff members, and show him the different assemblies. Well, Nat was so great that we stayed for a full hour. The job coached asked him a couple of times if he would like a break and he said “no break, make boxes”. Nat got to pick out a soda at the end of the shift (he chose orange soda) and we made our way back to school. After we came back Joe commented to me how calm he was and that he seemed very happy because he kept whispering and smiling. – Therese

If only all people (Therese, Joe, Nat) were as dedicated to their jobs…