Woman Walks 12 Miles To Work Every Day, Doesn’t Know She’s Being Watched

woman walks 12 miles to work every day doesn't know she's being watched when jalesia corbett decided to take a job that was much farther from home than she had hoped she knew that getting to work wouldn't be simple at the time she couldn't have imagined that her work kami would end up changing her life with just one chance encounter along the route jalesia corbett was walking on the shoulder of one of the busier roads in town she was on her way to work and she would definitely count this particular morning as one of the more unpleasant work commutes she had to suffer through it was usually dark during her commute seeing as she went out at the incredibly early hour of three in the morning but today the rain was pounding down against the pavement and her small umbrella didn't seem to be protecting her the dark dreariness of it all made her feel a little uneasy then she noticed headlights someone was slowly pulling up behind her corvette always tried to remain cognizant about her surroundings when she was on these early morning walks her eyes darted behind her as she noticed a strange light approaching and she began to look around and saw that she was alone no one was in sight besides her in this mysterious car half curious half panic corbett hoped that the car had slowed down just to avoid splashing her with water but she quickly realized that this wasn't the case she picked up her pace as the car crept up next to her and corbett couldn't see who was inside little did she realize just how that driver was about to change her life the heavy downpour of rain was making it hard to see who exactly was pulling up next to core bat but as the car came more into focus it became clear at least what was driving beside her there was no mistaking that the vehicle was a police car but why as far as she could tell she hadn't done anything wrong the truth was that the police officer inside had seen corbett before and knew her story that morning the man she would soon learn was named sergeant scott bass decided to intervene what he didn't know was how quickly everything would snowball as a result of his actions while this morning's track through the cold and the rain was particularly miserable corbett was used to mornings like this in fact every morning she walked six miles to work clocked in an eight-hour shift at her local bojangles chicken and biscuits restaurant and then walked those same six miles back home in an interview she explained how she found herself in this position i applied to several bojangles and the farthest one from my house called me first so i said okay i'll work at this one and i'll walk since i had no other way to get out there it had become her normal routine but that morning was already far from normal corbett didn't have another way to get to work and her only option was to walk even if that meant coming to work during a storm rain's later shined she wouldn't let the elements affect her sense of purpose she explained in an interview i still walk how else am i supposed to pay the bills the bojangles employee knew that she wouldn't be able to just ignore the cop car driving beside her she nervously tried to figure out if she was doing anything odd or illegal something that would attract an officer's attention but corbett couldn't figure out an explanation and decided to get one herself so she approached the vehicle corbett ambivalently went up to the policeman as he rolled down his window can i help you officer she asked immediately she felt a bit more at ease as sergeant bass flashed her a smile he saw the woman shivering in the cold and rain and asked her if she wanted to ride i said yeah i could use a ride corbett laner said in an interview she was thankful to get some shelter from the storm even if that meant an awkward commute in a police car nervously she stepped inside and shut the door she didn't know that this decision would soon become the subject of national headlines in her months of working at bojangles not a single person had ever offered to give corbett a right to work she was happy that she had some time to dry off on her way to her shift but she wasn't very quick to trust a police officer other than initially asking where exactly she worked corbett and sergeant bass were both silent for the entire car ride the silence let corbett's mind wonder copper not she just gotten into a car with a strange man in the middle of the night during a rainstorm could she have written a more perfect start to a horror movie in an interview with sergeant bass a few months later he explained what led to his impromptu carpool that morning i was getting near the end of my shift and i saw her leave the city sign going into the county side of town he began she had her work uniform on and it was raining it was cold so i stopped to check on her and she told me she was going to work and i offered her a ride because she had quite a few miles left to go he said it was all in a day's work he thought but this was just a start to the pair story a commute that usually took corbett two hours quickly turned into a car ride that lasted just a few minutes as they reached the bojangles restaurant corbett turned to sergeant bass and thanked him again for the ride but sergeant bass still felt like he hadn't done enough for the woman he'd just met while it definitely wasn't in his job description sergeant bass found himself offering to give corbett a lift more frequently especially when the weather was particularly bad corbin was pretty blown away by the act of kindness and though she felt the offer was way too much she eventually accepted but as it would happen he wouldn't end up giving corbett a ride for much longer for about a year after he'd met corbett sergeant bass continued to pick his new friend up on rainy or cold mornings the ride started to become something of a tradition there were even some days when sergeant base would show up unannounced during a perfectly clear day still offering a ride to cut back on corbett's work commute even on days when sergeant bass couldn't make it to corbett's home he would reach out to other officers on the force to see if they had some time to help over the course of the year the two became increasingly close but as time went on sergeant bass began having second thoughts in corbett's mind sergeant bass had gone above and beyond to help her out on her work commute however the way sergeant bass saw it he wasn't doing nearly enough she walks two hours to work and then she's gotta stand up for eight hours he said i know what it's like to have to work that hard as the days went on he said it just really kind of weighed on me and bothered me and every day that i gave her right i just for some reason would talk to my wife about her he said with his wife he discussed how he felt this help wasn't even scratching the surface of what his new friend needed so he came up with a plan sergeant bass stepped his actions up a notch i wanted to do something more for her he said so the next day i called walmart which was in the area and asked him if they could work with me he wanted to give corbett a bicycle to help turn a two-hour walk into a 30-minute ride the manager of the local walmart was touched by corbett's story as well as sergeant bass's desire to help out the store gave him a free beach cruiser bicycle to pass along to corbett and he immediately went to deliver it to his new friend but it was a reaction that wouldn't be the most surprising one he was about to receive as soon as corbett saw sergeant bass's gift she was struck speechless i was shocked she said in an interview i didn't think it was real she knew that this new mode of transportation would be a complete game changer for her arduous work commute together sergeant basson corbett took a picture outside of her home posing with her brand new bicycle once sergeant bass got back to work and his bosses saw the picture they decided to share it online we're so proud of sergeant scott bass and his selfless service he provides on a daily basis the facebook post said yet what had started as a simple post quickly led to the unthinkable in a world of negative news it seemed that the positive message in the story behind the nash county sheriff's office facebook post quickly caught on everyone in town was suddenly talking about the tale of a cop about jingle's employee and a bike they didn't know that there was about to be a whole new chapter added to their story the post quickly racked up thousands of comments and likes and people living far beyond the bounds of nash county began to share the post with their friends it seemed like everyone was talking about the heartwarming story but the coverage had only just begun over the next few short days the attention surrounding the story of the unlikely pair of friends only expanded people were sharing this story online fleeting their friends to share it with their circles and the chain continued until the story had made its way across the country local news channels began contacting sergeant basin corbett for interviews and they took part in several they were happy to share their unlikely story and they were both in disbelief that people seemed to care this much about what had happened and then they both received an unexpected phone call that left them both astounded it turned out the casting agent for a well-known talk show the steve harvey show had heard about their story the casting agent showed the local interviews to steve harvey himself who decided he wanted them both to appear in an upcoming episode both corban and sergeant bass jumped at the opportunity it would be their first time appearing on national television and the idea of flying out to chicago to talk about their friendship both excited them and made them nervous corbett gave her work notice that she would be out of town for the taping in turn bojangles did something corbett would never see coming by the time that corbett and sergeant bass began to appear on local news stations corbett's employers at bojangles already heard her story but as the story continued to garner attention across the country even so the executives high up in the restaurant chain began to take notice everyone at the company knew the story was getting big but when corbett informed that she would be appearing on the steve harvey television show they realized just how big it had become in turn the company not only offered her a raise but they relocated her to a branch closer to home yet even that gift was still only the beginning on the day of the show's taping corbett and sergeant bass sat together on stage in front of the studio cameras to share their heartwarming story with one of the most beloved faces in talk show history as the segment was wrapping up harvey addressed corbett directly we know that you work hard and we know that you deserve a little extra help harvey said on behalf of the show we are going to be giving you five thousand dollars it was apparent to all whether sitting in the studio audience or watching at home or on television that corbett's eyes were beginning to tear up and harvey continued but that's not all receiving five thousand dollars and the chance to be on steve harvey's show would have been enough but the gift wouldn't stop coming at stage left a retractable wall began to open and the next gift came into focus corbett covered her mouth and began to cry sitting on stage wrapped in a gigantic bow steve harvey presented corbett with a brand new 2018 ford fiesta never again would corbin have to wake up at 3 am to venture out into the darkness for her work commute never again would she have to walk 12 miles a day the gift would change her life as she knew it before corbett even approached her brand new car she embraced her loyal friend sergeant bass as generous as steve harvey's gift had been she knew that no step of his entire journey could have been possible without the help of this local police officer just a year and a half before sergeant bass saw corbett struggling silently and decided to take time out of his own busy day to help her out and in that moment sitting on the stage of national television show he could finally see how far his simple act of kindness had gone he hoped to himself that the goodwill would inspire others to help out their neighbors