Café Owner Lets Homeless Man Work A Day, 2 Weeks Later She Walks In And He’s Still There

In March 2016, a homeless man wandered into Abi's Cafe in Minneapolis. He right looked at the owner, Cesia Abigail, and asked her for money.

Though she felt an instant connection with the man who lived on the streets, Cesia could not offer Marcus any money.

Cesia had been struggling to keep her Salvadoran restaurant afloat. She was exhausted, overworked, and underpaid. But she was short-staffed that day and needed a hand.

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"Why don't you have a job?" Cesia replied. "You know nothing is given to me for free, right?"

Marcus proceeded to explain to Cesia that while he would love nothing more than a job, his history of felonies made it nearly impossible to convince employers to hire him. To stay alive, he was forced to turn to stealing and panhandling.

Published December 14, 2023

Amy P