He loses his job but helps others

Translation Dan Rosenburg

As a prevention measure, The Rail closed its doors at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 16. Afterwards, it distributed its food to its 700 employees who were suddenly on a forced holiday. Of that number, Damien Bougie went to deposit the provisions in front of the door of a Chateauguay resident to whom fate had not been kind. The 61-year-old woman had lost everything in a fire a few months ago and she has health problems, indicated the Good Samaritan on Facebook, accompanied by a photo of the food.

“I just decided to grab my rations and give them to someone who may need it more,” Bougie indicated in a Facebook interview. He is all the same losing his job as a waiter. “Yes, but I worked nearly 80-hour weeks for the last six months. I have some money put aside and I’ll be fine. Others cannot say the same,” he justified. Bougie specified that he had been drawing two salaries from two jobs...as a waiter and as an intervention agent in a detention centre for troubled Inuit youth.

Bougie gave a tip of the cap to the owners of The Rail. “They made a heartwarming gesture to show all of us Playground/Rail employees how much they care. I am truly speechless,” he appreciated. He also saluted his work colleagues on the social networks. About 100 of them requested that their share of the food be given to people in need, he emphasized.