The homeless man applied for a job at McDonald's and was told he needed to shave his beard. When an officer spotted him struggling to shave without a mirror, he helped him get cleaned up — and get hired! https://t.co/lghm9hj9CK (Video via Tallahassee Police) pic.twitter.com/5rph8TGlKR
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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (WSVN) – A police officer in Tallahassee helped a homeless man get a job, and his act of kindness was caught on camera.
According to Tallahassee Police, the man had gone into a McDonald’s on Sunday to apply for a job.
The man, identified only as Phil by the Tallahassee Democrat, was told he couldn’t be hired unless he shaved his beard.
Phil got a razor and tried to shave in the parking lot of a gas station next door to the restaurant. That’s when Officer Tony Carlson noticed he was having trouble and approached him.
Carlson said Phil told him he was trying to get a job, so he helped the man shave so he could go back and get hired.
“If he’s wanting to help himself, I need to be more than helpful and try to help him out the best I can,” Carlson told the newspaper.