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Friendship between toddler, garbage man will make you smile A Sacramento garbage man wanted to give something back to a 2-year-old boy who always waves at him during his route. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT CITY WORKER IS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS JOB DESCRIPTION TO MAKE KIDS SMILE. NATALIE: RIDING AROUND IN A GARBAGE TRUCK ALL DAY, CAN GET A LITTLE LONELY FOR ANGELO BUNAC, . >> IT'S KIND OF BORING BECAUSE THERE'S NO HUMAN INTERACTION. NATALIE: BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT GARBAGE TRUCKS THAT CATCHES THE ATTENTION OF KIDS LIKE HUDSON MCGUIRE. >> IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS. EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING THEY SIT RIGHT THERE AND WHEN ANGELO COMES BY WHAT DO YOU DO YOU WAVE? HUDSON IS OUT THERE WAVING AT ME EVERY SINGLE TIME, WINTER TIME, WRAPPED UP IN A BLANKET EVERY DAY AND I'M THINKING I NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIM. NATALIE LAST WEEK, ANGELO : BROUGHT A LITTLE SURPRISE ON HIS WEEKLY ROUTE. >> HE SAID DO YOU MIND IF I GIVE YOU SOMETHING? IT WAS A REPLICA OF HIS GARBAGE TRUCK, HAND MADE, BY ANGELO HIMSELF. NATALIE: HE MADE THE SAME GESTURE TO ANOTHER FAMILY, AND HE PLANS TO MAKE MORE. >> THIS IS FROM HUDSON, THE THANK YOU CARD I GOT TODAY AND I THAS HIS SIGNATURE ON THE BOTTOM. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS KINDA COOL. NATALIE: THEY SAY ONE MAN'S TRASH, IS ANOTHER'S TREASURE AND HUDSON'S MOM TREASURES THE IMPORTANT LESSON IN ANGELO'S GIFT. >> PAYING IT FORWARD. HE DID SOMETHING ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR MY KID AND NOW WE CAN GO DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE AND MAKE SOMEONE ELSE HAPP