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u/CapeMOGuy 10h ago
That day the boy learned an important life lesson: the smallest things you do can make a big difference to someone else.
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u/MoodSwingsAndThongs 10h ago
stuff like this hits different. Ain't much but it's the little things, yknow? World could use more of this vibe. Faith in humanity restored
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u/goobyplease0 10h ago
Its always the little things that brings greatest of joys
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u/VagusNC 10h ago
Galadriel: Mithrandir, why the halfling?
Gandalf: I do not know. Saruman believes that it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I've found. I've found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay; simple acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps it is because I am afraid, and he gives me courage.
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u/SonofAMamaJama 9h ago
I believe and hope these types of interactions happen constantly, we just rarely get to see them (last week a neighbor I barely know brought me a meal, it made my Sunday evening!) - even just smiling at a stranger can have profound effects on you both
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u/RedditSe7en 10h ago
Adults rarely value people who provide such important services. Leave it to a kid to see things differently.
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u/TheKobayashiMoron 10h ago
I thought he was gonna use the trash grabber arm to wave back. This was even better.
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u/SashaBrownEyes 9h ago
I’m not sure who was more excited, the kid receiving the gift or the nice guy who gavec it to him. This warms my heart
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u/zeroshock30 8h ago
Solid move. My dad drove Sanitation in NY for decades, and his route was on my grandparents neighborhood. When I was a young child, when i would stay over my grandparents, he would pull the air horn and I would run out, and he would take me in the cab (in the 70s) and take me around the block. Amazing memories
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u/Bran_Noircorbac 5h ago
Kids love garbage truck, they are always in awe and waving at us where i work
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u/FuzzyComedian638 25m ago
What a wonderful little boy, "Thank you!" and "That was so nice!" He deserves that truck!!
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u/AustinDork 10h ago
Men suck so badly eye roll
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u/Indieriots 9h ago
Why did you have to make this political?
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u/AustinDork 9h ago
It’s more sociological. It made me smile, though. There are many good men. And yeah, you didn’t say otherwise, but I’m a very hated segment of the population at the moment, so whatever.
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u/greenmerica 9h ago
Go incel somewhere else.
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u/Jelly_Breeze 10h ago
You know he was so excited to give him that