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September 11, 2013 8:18 PM   Subscribe

Bus driver encounters a surprise on his birthday [slyt]
posted by whyareyouatriangle (6 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is great, but looks like it's been posted before -- taz



 
His expression at the end there, I, wow, I was really touched. Thanks for posting this.
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 8:29 PM on September 11, 2013 [1 favorite]


Some background
posted by KokuRyu at 8:32 PM on September 11, 2013 [1 favorite]


It's nice, but it's also kind of not nice that it happened because an advertising agency wanted to showcase the power of "flashmob marketing".
posted by awfurby at 8:45 PM on September 11, 2013 [4 favorites]


Oh how lovely. I cried a little bit from the sweetness of that. Hoorah, hoorah, hoorah indeed. That's one for the "restores faith in humanity" folder.

I wanted to know the background for this [on preview, thanks KokuRyu] so the googles turned up this post on Reddit, titled "In Denmark, A Somali bus driver wasn't able to take a day off for his birthday. Well, the birthday party came to him at work, sponsored by the bus company. Isn't that great :)"

A Danish-speaking Redditor translates the happy birthday song lyrics:
Today is Muktars birthday! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! He will probably get a gift, which he has been wishing for this year and lovely chocolate and cake with it.

How he smiles, how happy he is, Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! But this day is also nice, because at home mom and dad is waiting with lovely chocolate and cake

And when he home from school goes, Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Then he has to go home and have a party, and those who come as guests gets lovely chocolate and cake.

Finally we shout loudly together Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! May Muktar live a long life and get his wishes fulfilled, and lovely chocolate and cake with it.
then says, "Christ I never realized until I translated it how much its about chocolate and cake," chocolate meaning hot cocoa. According to another poster, the singers changed the word "school" to "bus" for Muktar.

Thank you so much for posting this!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 8:45 PM on September 11, 2013 [1 favorite]


This is great. You didn't need to have any understanding of the language to see how human and lovely this is. What a wonderful thing.
posted by Pants! at 9:09 PM on September 11, 2013


This is wonderful. I hope he has many happy birthdays.
posted by arcticseal at 9:16 PM on September 11, 2013


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