James Robertson’s 1988 Honda Accord broke down on him a decade ago, and he’s been completing his 21 mile commute to work from Detroit to Rochester Hills on foot ever since. Despite this, the Schain Mold & Engineering employee is never late to work, with his employers using his perfect attendance record as a benchmark for all of its employees.Â
Robertson isn’t able to afford a car, and the high insurance rates in Detroit don’t help, either, but he will soon have some fresh new wheels thanks to the help of a few good Samaritans in the Detroit area.
It all started when a 19-year old university student saw a news report on James and decided to start a GoFund me page for him. The effort took off, with donations to the ‘Help James Robertson Get a Car’ fund sitting at nearly $300,000 at the time of this writing.
Word of Robertson’s struggle spread across the internet, and caught the attention of Rodgers Chevrolet in Woodhaven, Michigan. Store manager Joe Posby and salesman Darwin Filey decided they needed to give Robertson a car, and are offering him the choice between a Chevrolet Cruze or Sonic.
Robertson will only have to pay the $900 sales tax on the car, with the dealership covering the entire cost of the car itself. There’s no word on what his choice will be, but with $300,000 donated, he could land himself a pretty sweet ride for his daily commute.
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21 miles walk ?? thanks to this big heart guy ; Robertson will not suffer anymore to go to work.
There is still humanity in this world.
Regards from Spain¡¡
Why would you consider it suffering? He probably has no chance of diabetes and is in excellent shape.
Wonder how much weight he’s going to gain in the next year.
bull shit 21 miles
I expect this on will not turn out like the homeless guy in Columbus with the good voice and crack addiction. He has been arrested a few times since he got help.
I pass a guy everyday who rides a bike year round even in the snow to work. I know he goes at least 8-10 miles one way bases on where I see him. I told my boss if I had a company he would be one guy I would hire and find something for him to do.
Note when I say in the winter he is on snow covered roads on an old Ten Speed in major traffic.
I am not sure of his full story but he is proof there is some people that care and there is still hope for this world though slight.
There is just so little work etic in this world anymore. So many people just don’t want to show up and even if they do they can’t pass a drug test even knowing one is coming.
We just had two people found here yesterday passed out at the gas pumps with a Smack needle in the arm and a 4 year old in the back seat. This was in the suburbs too.
Dude finally got a car but it was a Ford, seems Ford got a Whiff of what the Chevy Dealer was going to do, Bought his Banker friend so they could get on this, Good Marketing for Ford though even if it wasn’t from the Heart, never thee less, Dude really needed a car and Glad he got one!! Now, what will happen to the over $300,000 that was Raised in his behalf on that Crowd Funding Site???? 😉