Albert Brigas, a 69-year-old Vietnam veteran can now finally retire because the remaining balance for his mortgage has been paid off by his kind-hearted boss.
In San Antonio Texas, a lucky man is in early retirement thanks to the generosity of his boss who surprised him by paying off the remaining mortgage on his home.
Albert Brigas is already 69 years old and was a Vietnam veteran. He has served his country long enough and has worked long hours every day. Rudy Quinones thought that it’s time for this wonderful old man to have his early retirement.
Rudy Quinones is the owner of Renown Auto Restoration in San Antonio, Texas. He wholeheartedly covered the remaining $5,000 mortgage balance for his auto mechanic Albert Brigas’ home.
Brigas had been Quinones’ employee for 13 years – he’s basically a part of his family.
“I’m very surprised and very grateful,” Brigas told in his interview for Good Morning America
“He’s a really great guy,” he added smiling as he recalls the sweet gesture that his boss did.
Albert Brigas is a hard worker, he has been a mechanic his entire life. The 69-year-old man also worked as an aircraft mechanic in the Air Force, he is also a Vietnam War veteran.
Brigas started to work for Quinones last 2006 in two of his auto shops.
“Albert is a humble individual, extremely hardworking, would give the shirt off his back to anyone,” Quinones told in his interview with GMA.
He knows that Brigas is an asset to his business. Who wouldn’t treasure such a dedicated employee?
“His family was very close to our hearts and the fact that he gave us so many loyal years of service, he’d come to work sick, he never came in late, he is just one of those guys that had so much pride in what he did,” he continued, proud of his beloved employee.
Last September, Brigas told Quinones that he plans to retire in February, he said that he just needs to pay off the remaining balance for the house he’s lived in for the past 24 years.
With his kind heart, Quinones said he didn’t want Albert to have to wait so long. From there, he gladly offered to pay the mortgage.
“I told him, ‘How would you like to retire early?'” Rudy Quinones recalls.
He said that Albert didn’t quite understand what he meant so he simply said ‘Give me a payoff amount on your home.'”
After a few days, Rudy Quinones met his employee Alber Brigas at his bank where they paid off the remaining balance for Brigas’ home.
It’s his way of showing Albert that he has treasured him and all the years that he had worked for him.
Now, Brigas can finally enjoy his retirement in their home with his wife Sylvia.
Quinones shares his story in hopes that this good deed will inspire more managers to give back to their valuable employees who puts “so much heart into their work,” he said smiling.
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