Touching moment binmen surprise their favourite customer with a 100th birthday cake – leaving her crying tears of joy
Ben Bird, Ballard’s favorite garbage man showed up at her door with a birthday cake to mark a celebration of her milestone.
Ben and Dorothy (nicknamed Mercy) have had an eight-year friendship, regularly chatting on Thursday mornings from 8-8:10 when Ben visits her home, he tells ITV. They talk about everything from family to technology. They even discovered that Ben had named his newborn daughter Daisy, which was Dorothy’s mother’s name.
Ben had promised that if Mercy made it to her 100th birthday, he would show up at her door with a birthday cake. He and his fellow garbage collectors kept their end of the bargain after Mercy kept hers.
The video was shared on Reddit by user Boldstyle1, which showed the bin collectors in their hi-visibility jackets carefully lighting the candles on the pink cake.
They rang the doorbell and patiently waited for Mercy to appear while singing to her
Clearly taken aback by the gesture, the 100-year-old woman was speechless as she put her head in her hands while balancing on her walking stick.
They cheered and clapped and presented the cake for her to blow out, asking her if she was ‘alright’ over the sudden shock.
The heartwarming moment was too much for some users on the Reddit thread ‘HumansBeingBros’ as they confessed it had made them tear up.
Source:
apost.com, dailymail.co.uk
