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Riding around in a garbage truck all day can get a little lonely, Angelo Bunac said.“It’s kind of boring because there’s no human interaction,” said Bunac, a City of Sacramento garbage truck operator.But, there’s something about garbage trucks that catches the attention of kids like 2-year-old Hudson McGuire.“It’s like Christmas,” Hudson’s mom Kara McGuire said. “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,” Bunac said. “And I’m thinking, ‘I need to do something for him.’”Last week, Bunac brought a little surprise on his weekly route.“He said, ‘do you mind if I give you something?’” McGuire recalled.It was a replica of his garbage truck, handmade by Bunac.“I got so teary-eyed because it’s so sweet,” McGuire said. “He’s paying it forward. He’s thinking it’s more than just a job.”“They don’t realize that I’m just as happy to see them,” Bunac said. “Because we have a really boring job, and I look forward to seeing the kids.”He made the same gesture to another family -- and he plans to make more.Bunac said it takes him about two days to build a truck, and he wants them to look as authentic as possible. He paints the body blue and the front white, just like a City of Sacramento garbage truck. He makes them out of plywood and an old skateboard.Bunac got a “Thank You” card from Hudson on Wednesday that also had the 2-year-old’s signature at the bottom.“So, I thought that was kinda cool,” Bunac said.They say one man's trash is another's treasure, and Hudson's mom treasures the important life lesson in Bunac’s gift.“Paying it forward. He did something above and beyond for my kid,” McGuire said. ”And now, we can go do something for someone else and make someone else happy.”