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Cafe Owner Shows Homeless Man Job Instead Of The Door

MINNEAPOLIS (CBS NEWS) -- San Francisco's growing homeless problem has many wondering how they can help, and a café owner in Minneapolis found a way when he showed a man a job instead of the door.

The homeless man begging for change got more than he bargained for when he strolled into Cesia Abigail's cafe two weeks ago.

Instead of turning away the man, the 25-year-old owner of Abi's Cafe asked, "Why don't you have a job? You know nothing is given to me for free, right?"

Bowing his head down to avoid eye contact, the man named Marcus replied: "Well, I have a lot of felonies and no one wants to hire me for that. So, now I had to turn myself to the streets and get money the only way I know—stealing and asking for money."

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