Dacula, Georgia — At a Burger King in Dacula, Georgia, 18-year-old Mykale Baker is known for his whopper of a work ethic. He shows up early, stays late, and looks at every shift like a privilege. "I like helping people and not expecting anything back from it," Baker told CBS News. "That's just me." That work ethic created some good karma for Baker. "I knew that all the good I put out there is going to come back to me somehow," Baker said. Baker's high school graduation night arrived in May.
Main Idea: Mykale Baker, a teen Burger King worker in Georgia, was rewarded with more than $200,000 after he helped coworkers on his graduation night.
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The story may encourage workers and customers to value kindness and hard work, and Maria Mendoza and the Burger King Foundation turned that into aid for a young worker’s training and future business.
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