Homeless man is offered a day’s work by a group of painters after he was spotted asking around for change
Contractors hand man a paintbrush and set him to work
A HOMELESS man who asked for some change was instead given a job for the day in a random act of kindness by a group of contracted painters.
The unnamed man was spotted in Manchester’s Northern Quarter helping the painters out as they worked on a building on Tuesday afternoon.
The reported the painters asked the homeless man if he had been drinking. When he said no, they handed him a paint brush and told him to get started.
Darren Wheatcroft, who sent the heart-warming pictures in, told how the homeless man had been very polite when passers-by told him they didn’t have any change to give him.
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According to Darren, the homeless man is a regular sight in the area: "He asked a passer-by for some change and the guy apologised and said he was sorry but didn’t have anything.
“The homeless man was really polite, telling him thank you anyway, it wasn’t a problem and he hoped he had a nice day.
“The next thing he was shouted out by one of the painters, he asked him if he’d been drinking, and the homeless man said he hadn’t,” Darren told the Manchester Evening News.
“The painter went and spoke to his colleagues and said they should give him a job – and they did!
“They had a bit of a long chat between them then he put his bag down and picked up a paintbrush and got to it.
“He was being given tips and shown what to do, it was really great to see.
“The man really seemed grateful and was enjoying himself. He was having a chat with the other painters and people walking past were speaking to them too.
“It was a really good deed, they took someone off the street and gave him work and he was going to get paid at the end of it.”
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