Woman Rides Bike 26 Miles to Apply For Job
Kimberly White has never been one to see hills as hurdles.
“I could tell it was harder for my manager to tell me than I think it was for me to take,” Kimberly said of the day in February 2011 when her boss told her she was being let go from her administrative job, because of company downsizing.
“I told him, that’s fine I understand.”
Her new job became finding a new job. She handed her resume to anyone who’d have it. Two weeks ago her unemployment ran out. Even nibbles now, are priceless.
“I had gotten a flyer in the mail and it had a job listing and I knew in advance that I was not going to have a vehicle,” Kimberly said.
Kimberly needed to drive from Cherryville to Lincolnton to apply for a job with a payment center. But she had no money to buy gas to get there.
“That’s a great opportunity and I wasn’t going to let that slip by.”
This is the part where the rubber meets the road. When 4 wheels wouldn’t work, she improvised with 2.
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