They put the candy in subway safety.
A pair of fashionable safety guards on the Union Sq. subway station received a shout-out on social media after a video of their heartwarming response to seeing a commuter after her two-day absence went viral.
“Derrick and Danny, make my day each single morning. And I haven’t been there the previous two mornings, let’s see how they react,” Dana Pleasure Seigelstein mentioned within the clip, which garnered over 100,000 views on the Instagram deal with New Yorkers.
Seigelstein captures the second Danny Perez and Derrick Blocker spot her — they usually’re each beaming, with Derrick dancing and shouting, “She’s right here!” and Danny giving her the quintessential excited New York greeting of “Yoooo!”
“That’s sometimes how I’m greeted, however to have it on digicam was spectacular,” Seigelstein, 27, instructed The Publish.
Seigelstein, who lives within the East Village, makes use of the Union Sq. subway station to get to the Midtown workplace of SiriusXM, the place she works as an account government.
She met the duo, who’re employed by Allied Common and stand on the 14th Avenue and 4th Avenue entrance, six months in the past, they usually turned quick mates.
“They’re the sunshine of my life,” Seigelstein gushed.
“We’re in a bunch chat referred to as the Triple Ds [for Dana, Danny and Derrick]. We textual content about actually something, like what they’re consuming for lunch. If I’m not there someday, they’ll verify in on me. If I’m working late, I’ll textual content them.”
Her video took place after she determined to stroll to work for 2 days straight as a result of good climate.
“It’s like a catch-22 as a result of I like strolling to work however then I don’t get to see them,” she mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘I simply really feel like they’re gonna have an excellent response, let me simply report it.’”
The Westfield, NJ native mentioned the pair — who get up at 3:30 each morning for his or her 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. shift — are “like celebrities” on the station and all the time make it a degree to greet commuters and want them an excellent day.
“Even when they’re drained, they’re nonetheless bringing it. It’s actually spectacular,” she mentioned.
Seigelstein is just not alone in her appreciation for Blocker, a Harlem native who was raised within the Bronx, and Perez, a local of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
“They helped me discover my favourite sweater as soon as. I’ll always remember them,” one commenter mentioned.
“Every single day I am going to work with their positivity,” one other added.
The shared adoration didn’t shock Seigelstein.
“Once I’m speaking to them, tons of individuals are simply passing, saying, ‘Morning Derrick’ ‘Morning Danny.’”
Even those that don’t know the boys commented that the “healthful” video illustrates that “not everyone seems to be a grumpy New Yorker.”
“That is the New York that natives know and love,” one wrote.
“The one the place individuals in your neighborhood know you and look out for one another.”
