I just want to share with you what happened to me last August 21 in BGC. I was about to go home then from a really fun team building in Laguna when something unfortunate came up. There was this small utility hole which was left uncovered along Lawton Ave right before turning left for 5th avenue in BGC. Although the uncovering seemed unintentional, it still poses a big risk to drivers who pass by the area.
As you could guess, I unfortunately hit it which extremely ruined my left front tire.
Thankfully, a BGC traffic officer named Alex Aniñon was kind enough to help me. It was really an unlucky day for me as my spare tire was also broken so I had to go to the nearest vulcanizing shop (which was somewhere near SM Aura). I had to leave my car and a friend with Sir Alex while I took care of the spare. He, on the other hand, took out my ruined tire, grabbed a cab for me and ensured to give the direction of the vulcanizing shop, watched over my car to ensure it's not towed, assisted me to put in the fresh tire I got from the shop and ensured to take action on the utility hole. Needless to say, I really think he deserves a commendation for what he's done. So I contacted several people to help me reach out to his boss whom he referred to as this certain Manny Blas. I tried contacting Top Gear and James Deakin. Thankfully, James was kind enough to help so I was able to contact Manny Blas via Facebook. Turns out he's Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation's (FBDC) Head of Commercial Operation. I knew the title, but little did I know that he's the big boss of some sort. To give you an idea, he's actually Mind Museum's Managing Director and for newly opened buildings in BGC, he actually gets invited for ribbon cuttings. So yeahhh.
Going back, Sir Alex could have just let me call my dad or anyone else who could help me and not bother at all, but he didn't. Instead, he showed me that in a world where you can be anything, you can be kind. The action shown by this man is a good example of how we can make a difference.
So I bet you're wondering if they did replace my tire? Hehe. I haven't gotten one yet but I have reached out to them already and once I got one, it'll be reimbursed. Apart from that, they scored me free BHS Cinema Exclusive Passes + All Day Passes for Mind Museum! Paul and I already got to use the Cinema tickets earlier, we watched USS Indianapolis in pretty sick reclining chairs! How cool is that?! All of these for free just because I voiced out something positive for a real good thing done to me.
"Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly and most underrated agent of human change."
Xoxo,
Ellie
