A rooster randomly wandered over to the R and R Garage in North Carolina in the summer of 2018, and found a job as the shop’s mascot as it did not seem to have any plans to leave.

The employees began feeding him leftovers from the shop fridge at first, and since there were planning to take some days off, they thought that he was going to move to another spot soon.

Much to their surprise, the rooster was still there when they all returned, so they named him Earl.

Earl sleeps in a nearby tree at night, but the employees makes sure he is safe in the garage if the weather is bad.

Every morning, Earl greets his fellow employees, and he had fallen into a daily routine that everyone in the shop has come to know and love.

“He comes running when the first guy comes in to open up for the day. He gets his cup of scratch, then wanders the shop looking for any bugs that may be around. He gets up under all the toolboxes and work benches looking for spiders and anything else he can find.” said Joe Gallo, co-owner of the shop.

“He will come up in the shop and usually lay down and sleep under the car you’re working on or in a corner. He doesn’t care about loud noises or people walking by. He will even sleep in front of the office door and we’ve tripped over him a few times.”

Earl seems to think that he is one of the employees working for the shop, and while he is kind of in the way most of the time, everyone at the shop has just come to accept that part of their daily job.

“We can’t believe the attention Earl is getting… it’s the town gossip now. We do have customers that bring other friends or family to see Earl when they come pick up their vehicles,” Gallo said.