Have you met Abadir Yoya?

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Meet Abadir Yoya. Abadir comes by my lab every night at 5:30 to clear the lab garbage and sweep the floor. He's the longest janitor thats been here since I've been here. They usually have a 3-month life span.

Not Abadir though, he comes through the door everyday loving his work and looks happy to be alive.

Abadir grew up in Southern Ethiopia and went to trade school to work on Diesel Engines. He worked for 18 years fixing diesal train engines in Ethiopia, and due to the tribal wars over there, came here six years ago.

Despite 18 years of diesal train engine repair, Abadir could only find work here as a janitor, but doesn't seem to mind. The last job diesal job he applied for, he said there were over 100 applicants, and he had to several hours of testing. He didn't make the cut though, so he went and found another job, here at the U. I commend his great attitude and wished more Americans were as industrious as Abadir.