A Simple "Thank You"

Each morning driving to the office I pass the local "street cleaners". Starting early in the morning, individuals...mostly older women wearing worn orange vests are on the streets with short brooms, rakes, sack and a dustpan (often just a piece of cardboard) are cleaning up leaves and other debrie. I often pass as they are bent over scooping up dirt or raking the fall leaves. In just a few weeks these same women will be out in the frigid weather breaking up ice and shoveling snow. A thankless and an often dangerous job, I wondered if anyone ever expressed appreciation for the hard work that they do? For several weeks I thought about ways to say "thanks". So earlier this week when we were listing the house we have for sale on TV, I decided that it would be a worthwhile investment to have an "ad" run on the TV saying "thanks to everyone who works hard to keep our streets clean!". Even if it blesses just a few people, it is a simple way to say "thanks".