A video from Cariboo Water in Quesnel is flowing around the world.
TikTok and YouTube viewers have turned Thomas the water baby into an internet sensation, and for the one-year-old, it was all in a day91裸聊视频檚 work.
The video shows the toddler diligently carrying in the empty water jugs from the loading dock inside to the stacks. It helps that his mom put a clever tune as the soundtrack to the scene, but what really fascinates people is the effective job the little kid is doing. He91裸聊视频檚 not just flopping them around or beating on them like big, blue drums. Thomas is on a mission, and he knows how to do it right, just get out of his way and let him do his work.
The reason it91裸聊视频檚 such a perfect 1:47 window into Thomas91裸聊视频檚 earnest efforts is because his mom, Tamara Pelletier, had time to get it just right. You see, this is what Thomas does, all the time. It wasn91裸聊视频檛 a lucky clip, it was one of many such moments. She91裸聊视频檚 even posted some other videos on TikTok and YouTube in the past of Thomas in the jungle of jugs, and some of them got tens of thousands of views. But this one was different. This one tapped into the public91裸聊视频檚 interest.
Within a day it had surpassed all other videos on the Cariboo Water platforms, by the beginning of Valentine91裸聊视频檚 Day it had three-million hits. By the end of Valentine91裸聊视频檚 Day, it had 30-million. It has only rocketed up since then.
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Let Howie Mandel explain it. The famed Canadian superstar did what91裸聊视频檚 called a stitch: a new video spliced alongside a pre-existing video. Mandel91裸聊视频檚 version showed Thomas hauling his cargo, and the camera also showed Mandel providing a commentary, and because he91裸聊视频檚 a comedian, it was a deadpan spoof on the wickedness of child labour. So there was another swell of viewership.
He wasn91裸聊视频檛 the only one. Pelletier said there were may others doing the same thing, and now the media coverage is pouring in. She91裸聊视频檚 gotten calls from Reader91裸聊视频檚 Digest, the video was featured on Global News, suddenly little Thomas is a juggernaut. For the family-run business, it91裸聊视频檚 like drinking from a firehose, this past week.
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Good thing, because Cariboo Water (they also own Quesnel Pure Water) is bubbling briskly along as business. They do household, commercial and industrial deliveries of distilled or reverse-osmosis water in five- or three-gallon jugs. They also have in-store pick-up. They have even been supplying much of the clean water to residents of Wells who are under a water safety advisory.
It91裸聊视频檚 so busy that Pelletier has put her nursing career on hold to help manage the business her husband Kurt Pethick has operated for more than 20 years. They loved that they could lead a family life connected to the business, they just didn91裸聊视频檛 think tens of millions of people would be clicking social media to watch them do it.
You can see the video on the Quesnel Observer91裸聊视频檚 website or Facebook page. Click to take a look. All the videos of Thomas can be found on Pelletier91裸聊视频檚 TikTok page @tamaraannemunro.
Howie Mandel91裸聊视频檚 spoofy response can be seen on his @officialhowiemandel TikTok site. You can see Howie91裸聊视频檚 video .
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