I caught him doing good
I regret not taking his photo, but hats off to Antonio Alvarez, who works for the BID, he's one of those guys in the bright green shirts you see walking around.
I was standing outside a Grove restaurant this past weekend, waiting for a friend, and I noticed that these few shopping bags were blowing around in the wind and just doing a little dance on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. The bags would blow around the feet of people sitting at the outdoor tables and eating but everyone just ignored them.
I was going to pick them up but thought I would take a picture first, to emphasize the clean up campaign that's going on, but as I was going to take the picture, I noticed Antonio coming by, I thought to myself, this will be a great photo, one of the BID guys just stepping over the trash and ignoring it, and they are the very people who are handing out the gift cards for the "Caught! Doing Good" campaign. But Antonio surprised me. He reached down and picked up all the bags that were blowing around and he threw them out.
I'm not sure why it surprised me because it shouldn't have. I went up to him and told him I appreciated what he did. He was sort of shy and that's why I didn't ask to take his photo, but I wish I did.
I was standing outside a Grove restaurant this past weekend, waiting for a friend, and I noticed that these few shopping bags were blowing around in the wind and just doing a little dance on the sidewalk outside the restaurant. The bags would blow around the feet of people sitting at the outdoor tables and eating but everyone just ignored them.
I was going to pick them up but thought I would take a picture first, to emphasize the clean up campaign that's going on, but as I was going to take the picture, I noticed Antonio coming by, I thought to myself, this will be a great photo, one of the BID guys just stepping over the trash and ignoring it, and they are the very people who are handing out the gift cards for the "Caught! Doing Good" campaign. But Antonio surprised me. He reached down and picked up all the bags that were blowing around and he threw them out.
I'm not sure why it surprised me because it shouldn't have. I went up to him and told him I appreciated what he did. He was sort of shy and that's why I didn't ask to take his photo, but I wish I did.
posted by Tom Falco at 7:25 AM
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3 Comments:
Even though he was just doing his job, it’s good that you recognized his efforts.
The BID or Chamber should be rewarding this kind of behavior with gift certificates, future Taste of Grove vouchers, film passes and such.
what i'd find useful, is a community spotlight. once per week or other week, you interview or talk about an individual contributing to our community. get a volunteer to interview them even (could be a pain and a lot of work).
would be nice to recognize the volunteers helping out.
Good on him. I am sick and tired of seeing people who treat the world as their garbage can. I can't believe the number of people, especially young ones, who think it is alright to throw trash on the ground. The schools in Miami-Dade are doing a horrible job teaching basic civics and respect for the environment.
Residents of the Grove: Be vocal when you see people polluting our neighborhood!
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