The Mashin' Monkey was trying to decide what to blog about today.....the excitement of my teenage son calling and wanting to hang out with me last night (after all, he will be moving in with me soon) or Trucker Ken. After some serious deliberation, Trucker Ken gets the nod today...
The Monkey and his esteemed wife were just ready to crash for the night, when the phone rings (at midnight). Now this is normally reasonable cause to get the Monkey Man riled up and ready to tear somebody's head off like the peel of a banana, but it was Trucker Ken (TK) on the phone.
TK had found a cell phone at a truck stop in Boise, Idaho and decided to find the owner. He called the first number on the list, which happened to be Mrs. Monkey's. The Mrs. recognized the number as that of her brother, also a trucker. Neither TK or the Mrs. knew how to get a hold of said brother, so TK offered to mail the phone to the Mrs. with no reward or extra compensation other than to reimburse the initial shipping charges. TK happened to have the same kind of cell phone, so he charged the battery and said he would listen for it while he stayed at the truck stop for the next 10 hours in case Mrs. Monkey was able to reach her brother. This morning we got a call from Mrs. Monkey's brother who happened to still be at the same truck stop. TK was able to meet Mrs. Monkey's brother and return the phone, no shipping needed.
Imagine that, someone in the world that wants to do the right thing, the respectable thing. I don't know about you, but as I drive down the freeway, I think I will look at that next semi-truck a little differently and wonder if the driver of that big rig might just be Trucker Ken.
And to you Trucker Ken, thanks for the example and keep on truckin'!!!
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That is SO nice! Way to be a good example, TK!
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