An electrical company has won the hearts of people around the world after delivering a ‘payslip’ to the inquisitive young son of a recent client.
It’s fair to say that many tradespeople would probably get a bit frustrated if a child insisted on following them around and asking questions as they tried to get their job done – but not Seytons Electrical.
Rather than getting annoyed, the Hull-based electricians instead payed the lad for his time, effort and enthusiasm.
In a now-viral post on social media, Laura-Nicole Anderson explained that the company had been carrying out maintenance work at her home for the last six weeks, and during that time, her son Theo had taken a particular interest in what they were doing.
Laura said she presumed the electricians would be “sick of the sight of us” and “happy” when the work was finished after Theo “hounded them with questions”.
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It was quite the the opposite, though.
The firm delivered Theo his very-own branded payslip, along with his £15 wages, which were broken down into separate amounts for things such as measuring of items, counting and adding up number sockets, catering (yummy cookies), excellent volunteering and quality assurance (asking lots of questions).
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Laura said it was “quite possibly the sweetest act of kindness I’ve ever seen”.
“We have had the electricians in every other week for the past six weeks and Theo has been obsessed with them.” Laura added.
“He has hounded them with questions, kindness and constant offers of help. I laughed that they would be the sick of the sight of us and happy when the work was finished [but] one of them popped over today to finish something quickly and surprised Theo with this.
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“[It’s] his first ever job”.
She heaped praise on the company and said they have “made Theo’s day”.
Laura’s post sharing the sweet story has now gone viral on social media, and has been tugging on the heartstrings of people all over the world after amassing over 51K interactions and 21K shares on Facebook, and over 100K interactions on Twitter.
“Aww this has actually restored my faith in human kind. That is so so lovely,” one person wrote.
Another said: “I love how they paid most for quality assurance. Great way to teach a kid that asking questions and being curious is a good quality to have”.
The player celebrations from Stockport County’s League Two trophy presentation are glorious
Danny Jones
If you’re a Stockport County fan, you’ve had a very good year as the Hatters have just been crowned League Two champions and will be back in the English third tier next season – safe to say they’ve been making most of the trophy celebrations.
Players and staff very much included.
Edgeley was filled with flares and even people climbing on rooftops when they officially secured promotion back to League One for the first time in 12 years – the second time they’ve managed to go up in three seasons – and there was a great attendance in Stockport town centre for the bus parade.
But it was last week’s trophy presentation back at the stadium that produced some of the most memorable scenes, with County topping off a season of impressive and often high-scoring performances on the pitch with plenty more pageantry. Cue the music.
We still haven’t stopped laughing at Kyle Knoyle.
From bringing Isaac Olaofe’s ‘Tanto’s on fire!’ chant to life to hammering home puns on names like Fraser Horsfall, no matter how obvious, these are the kind of deeply unserious celebrations we expect from a trophy presentation.
County fan or not, you’ve got to admit it looks like a good party.
It’s moments like these that players, fans and staff work hard all season for; to prat around like muppets in front of their adoring supporters. They even got assistant coach, Clint Hill, in the mix and, as it turns out, he proved to be one of the biggest ring-leaders.
We sincerely hope the Hatters keep trickling out more of these party scenes as we know there’s plenty more that fans would love to watch back.
We’re still yet to see captain Paddy Madden, who won Player of the Month for April, and the gaffer himself, Dave Challinor, who has comfortably secured his legacy as one of the club’s all-time greats.
Challinor and the club have made no secret of seriously eyeing up the Championship and who knows what else at County’s momentum continues to build, especially with a huge stadium redevelopment kicking off soon.
What do you reckon, Hatters – do you reckon a third promotion could be on the cards?
Liam Gallagher says he’ll ‘gig in Lidl’ if Co-op Live still isn’t ready – and they sound pretty game for it
Danny Jones
Following the ongoing palaver with Co-op Live, Liam Gallagher has joked that he’d happily play his scheduled gigs in a Lidl if the arena still isn’t ready – at least we think he’s joking…
With Liam Gallagher having been named as one of the first acts booked to play Co-op Live last year, many are now wondering whether the venue will even by June, with the former Oasis frontman set to play four Definitely Maybe 30th-anniversary sets. That being said, he’s come up with a solution if not.
Vintage LG, we’ll give him that.
Obviously a bit of a tongue-in-cheek quip at the venue being sponsored by a supermarket and convenience store chain, it could have been any other competitor that the ever-witty youngest Gallagher brother picked but it somehow made it extra funny that he chose a budget brand like Lidl.
However, with the 51-year-old already having fun with stunts like voicing the tannoys on the Metrolink last year, for instance, we wouldn’t put it past him to take this joke a little further.
Better still, not that we’re getting carried away or anything but Lidl themselves seem pretty keen on the idea too; they even spent the time to build an entire setlist for the fictional show. Fair play.
Can you imagine? Liam Gallagher swapping the occasional tambourine shake for beeps from a barcode scanner as he moves back and forth on the conveyor belt. We know it’s absolute nonsense and we definitely shouldn’t be even remotely considering it… BUT it’s the stuff of dreams and strange things have happened.
A lot of stranger things have happened this week alone. As for the latest with Co-op Live, the Chairman and CEO of key-backers Oak View Group, Tim Leiweke, issued a full statement sharing his “sincere apologies”and insisting that they understand “there is work to be done to rebuild your trust in us.”
With the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Peter Kay, The Black Keys and more having their gigs pulled by the venue due to numerous issues, including an air conditioning unit falling from the ceiling, fans are understandably fearful that other upcoming events could face delays or general misfortune.
Much like the venue itself, we imagine we’ll be playing catch-up on this whole saga for the foreseeable, but here’s a recap of the story so far: