Lonely Veteran, 89, Who Placed Ad Looking for Work Starts New Job

Joe Bartley was 'dying of boredom'
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Dec 4, 2016 2:03 PM CST
Lonely Veteran, 89, Who Placed Ad Looking for Work Starts New Job
His new job is at a cantina.   (Getty Images / kaisorn)

An 89-year-old army veteran who made national headlines in Britain with a newspaper ad seeking work has started his new job, the AP reports. The Cantina Kitchen & Bar in the seaside town of Paignton in southwestern England announced on its Facebook page that Joe Bartley was starting work Sunday. The widower, whose wife died two years ago, placed the ad because he was "dying of boredom." He says his building has a community area but "not a soul comes in," and when he returns home, there's "nobody to talk to." The local cafe made him an offer and the Herald Express newspaper posted a video of Bartley walking in to applause. Bartley told the BBC he was "overwhelmed by all the attention" and was looking forward to "getting down to the job." (More uplifting news stories.)

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