For greater than a yr nobody has missed a birthday in Albox (AlmerÃa). The fault lies with Juan Bautista, who has created a Facebook group with greater than 2,000 folks the place just one factor could be carried out: congratulate the neighbors who’ve a birthday on that day.
“Nothing else is revealed,” says Juan, “not politics, not enterprise… nothing, simply birthdays.” Most of the dates are taken instantly from Facebook, however typically requests come to his electronic mail. “Especially grandchildren for his grandparents, who will not be on social networks,” explains Juan, “and I really like doing it.”
Every day earlier than going to work, Juan writes the congratulations of the day to the neighbors of the city who’ve a birthday. “Happy birthday, have a pleasant day.” He at all times makes use of the identical phrase “so that it’s the similar for everybody”. Then he provides the date, a photograph of the birthday boy and wait.
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“What I like is to see how folks then write messages to the birthday boy,” explains Juan. Of course, if somebody writes one thing misplaced or takes benefit of the publication to attempt to flirt, it mechanically deletes it. “I do not permit them to promote both,” he tells NIUS, and that an increasing number of proposals are coming to him as a result of the web page is getting larger and larger.
The key to your success is straightforward. “People prefer to be remembered,” says Juan, and her web page remembers everybody. And on this nice party that his web page has turn into, there isn’t a scarcity of anecdotes. “Even one realized that it was his father’s birthday from the web page,” he remembers with a smile.
Juan Bautista celebrating his birthday along with his household.NIUS
He doesn’t bear in mind what was the primary congratulations he wrote, however he does do not forget that it was throughout confinement. For a yr and a half he has revealed them every day. “It’s virtually an obligation,” says Juan, who from Monday to Sunday tries to not miss a single day of the yr. An effort that his neighbors additionally thank him each day.
“99% of the neighbors like what I do,” he says, “and so they ship you personal messages telling you so.” But additionally they cease him on the road and thank him for remembering them. “People I’ve by no means talked to you run into in a espresso store and so they say thanks,” she tells NIUS.
Only a few instances have you ever been requested to not congratulate somebody…and also you did not. He does not put up his birthday both, however on July 2nd his Facebook web page is crammed with messages repaying Juan for what he does for all of them yr. Such a easy gesture that’s value a lot… have fun that one other yr has handed.