Emily Jade's hilarious birthday gift!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:20):
Think I got the cutest gift I've ever got for
my birthday yesterday, and my family's outdone them cells. So
came into work and had all the lovely reception from
you guys with the station decorated flowers and cake and everything,
and then it was actually more and producer them on
that went, oh, Emily, have you had a look at
your Instagram yet? And they'd made a reel for me

(00:46):
for my birthday and it was an African dance with
all these hot Africans with their shirts off, dancing with
a photo of me and a chalkboard saying happy Birthday,
Emily and watching it and I'm like, is this ai?
Like I couldn't, I couldn't work out what it was.
I'm like, this is odd, Like it's not like them

(01:07):
to do something like this. It was really cute and
they made like like so it was put on Jared's Instagram,
Millie's Instagram and to collaborate with mine. He even he
doesn't really know how to use Instagram very well. It
even invited Hot Tomato to collaborate with this thing. And
I just all dates brought me joy. I just kept

(01:29):
watching it. It's the most joyful thing I've ever seen.
And it sounds like this. And then they dance and

(01:51):
they're all just wearing like white tracksuits and.

Speaker 3 (01:54):
They and they come up to the camera close and
give you blow your kisses, kiss your photograph.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yep, he picked a nice photograph, which I was grateful for.
I'll tell you what. I kept watching it and watching it.
What it's all of them kissing me. And then I
was like, it's surely it's Ai, Like, surely it's Ai,
and it's not. Here's the story. It's the greatest gift ever.
So it's a small this is a true story. So
it's a small African village. It's called Dance Greetings Africa,

(02:21):
the Dance Wish Blessing Team, and it's a small African
village and they have changed their whole village by doing
these greetings. So the interaction Jared had is you email
the company. The person who organizes it emails back and says,
what do you want written on the chalkboard. You can
have whatever you want written on the chalk board, so
it can be like good luck in your new job,
born and voyage, happy birthday, etc. Etc. Then you choose

(02:45):
which dance team. So there's a woman's dance team, there's
a fitness team, there's a like a chief team, like
there's all different teams from that village, and they get
dressed up and then you ask, you know, what sort
of dance do you want? And even the kids, So
Jared made one for Millie, but they're not kissing her
photo because that's inappropriate for a thirteen year old girl.

(03:06):
So her says happy birthday from Mummy, Daddy and Teddy,
we love you, and then they dance.

Speaker 3 (03:11):
So they literally do it.

Speaker 2 (03:13):
They do it for every single person.

Speaker 3 (03:16):
Thoughts because that photo of you didn't look like it
had been this.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
I couldn't work it out because the paper kept moving.
I thought, that's really clever, AI, and so it was.
I even looked at the price. It's like fifty five
dollars per greeting, which is really affordable.

Speaker 3 (03:29):
But for them that would mean so much to them.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
So this is on the website. This fascinating job has
transformed our entire village. Rather than settling for mega rages
in factory jobs, we have found gen sorry I can't speak,
genuine happiness in our roles that spread joy. This transformation
has empowered us to pursue our aspirations provide unprecedented support
to our families beyond what we once imagined. We feel

(03:52):
honored and grateful to be woven into this business fabric,
seizing the opportunity to uplift lives and the lives of
everyone who sees these our involvement it means So you're
involvement means the world to us. Thank you from the
bottom of our hearts. That is like, you know how
over the years I've asked, you know, when people say
what do you want, and I say I would make
a donation or something like that, and I've gotten goats,
you know, from villages. It's nice, But this is better.

(04:17):
Is such a great idea, isn't it.

Speaker 3 (04:19):
It's a great idea. But I can see, like, why
wouldn't you if you lived at the back of Burke
or something, and you just got one local pub that
has probably fifty people in the town do this. Why
wouldn't you get everyone in the pub like an Australian
dance thing and they're in the blues, singlets and all
that sort of stuff and they do the same thing.

Speaker 2 (04:38):
Yeah, it's a very whatever culture, whatever culture, whatever culture.
This is a great idea and I just wanted to
share it. If you've seen it now on my Instagram,
know that it's kind of like a philanthropic, funny gift
and it's the best thing I've ever got.

Speaker 3 (04:54):
It. It is so good, said the flowers.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
You but we are really nice, but this is the
best thing I ever got.

Speaker 3 (04:59):
Yeah, I've got to learn to dance apparently next year.

Speaker 1 (05:03):
Next year, you know what you're getting In J one
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