The Free Press ran a piece on a Michigan man who got filmed while he was stocking frozen pizzas. The clip is the kind of thing that usually dies as content. This one did not.
Walt Z works direct-store delivery for Red Baron. He was in a grocery store in the White Lake area, restocking the freezer, when someone asked him the time. He pulled out his phone. The person filming played an Apple Pay sound and told him $10 had just been taken. Then $20. The account was @thea.ctiveworld. It is gone now.
Walt did not treat it as a bit. He said he was already an hour late getting home. Four kids. Mortgage. Up at 5 a.m. for ten more stores. “It’s not a joke to me.” “My life is hard enough as it is.” The company later said the incident itself happened in August. The video is what went around this week.
People watched it and started a GoFundMe. Luke Oakenshield set it up. As of early Saturday it had reached $655,521 from more than 18,000 donations, with the goal at $700,000. GoFundMe itself noted the campaign nearing $600,000 on Friday. Walt posted that he is blown away and that his family is doing well. He is keeping the full name private. His wife has already turned down media requests. He is thinking about talking later, only with people who will treat the family carefully.
Red Baron posted on X that employee-of-the-month nominations are closed. “He’s still here. He’s got a fan club. Including us.” The parent company confirmed they checked on him after the August incident and that he remains employed.
Glenn Beck watched the same clip and got emotional. The general idea is that the person filming was nothing more than a parasite treating other people as content. Walt was already spending long hours doing the job. This time the prankster picked the wrong man. [VIDEO]
The original clip is gone. Copies are still circulating. The man who was late getting home is still working. The people who filmed him are not.
