Aerial Cableway – “People who care to help others”
To whom it may concern,
On Saturday I had the privilege of going on the beautiful Hartbeespoort Cableway.
After doing the trip up, we decided to have an iced coffee at the restaurant at the bottom. We were sitting on the deck near the playground and I heard something fall and caught sight of my diamond stud earring dropping between the slats of the deck. I thought it was gone forever!
This diamond stud had been given to me by my Dad the day my first child was born in 1981 so it had great sentimental value besides being a valuable diamond.
A waitress called the general manager, Iain, who called the handyman to bring tools to lift one of the slats of the flooring. On lifting the slat we were faced with mounds of building rubble about a meter below the deck …..a real case of looking for a needle in a haystack!
All the staff took turns in lying on their bellies, searching for this tiny diamond stud earring. It was really touching to see how totally committed they were to the cause! I was bowled over at the team effort led by Iain! I am currently living in the U.S. and think that if the same had happened there, the response would have been totally different.
After some time of searching, Ruth, a waitress, caught site of the little gem! Iain and the team sprung into action to make a custom designed tool that would scoop it up…..a long, thin but strong stick with a long handled serving spoon, expertly bent at just the right angle and strapped to
the stick with insulation tape. The earring was deftly lifted from the rubble to safety!
This incident will be forever etched in my memory…….yes, I’m so happy to have the earring back but……words cannot express my gratitude for the selfless effort put in by all the staff! This story will be told over and over by me because it inspires such hope and assurance that there are still
people who care to help others.
This will be a very precious memory of my trip back to South Africa . Thank you to all concerned.
Sincerely,
Marylin Paterson
Christian Motivational Speaker
21039 St Loius Road, Middleburg, Va. 20117 U.S.A.
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