Video: 89-Year-Old Pizza Delivery Driver Struggling To Make Ends Meet Gets A MASSIVE Tip And I’m Bawling Over Here
Full tears as I sit on my couch after watching Derlin’s hard life take a turn for the better.
89 year old Derlin delivering pizza to make ends meet, befriends couple and then
i needed this today pic.twitter.com/lgEsssWJrQ
— (@xsta_ce) May 14, 2021
@vendingheads What is this guy doing delivering Pizzas? True hustler 🙏 #fyp #delivery #nest #nestdoorbell #amazon #amazonprime #fedex #ups #usps
@vendingheads He deserves it🥺 #Venmochallenge #fyp #lovewins #delivery @thepapajohnschnatter #greatguy
Carlos Valdez wanted to do something nice for Newey. He was, after all, 89 years old and delivering pizza door to door. Valdez decided to crowdfund on Newey’s behalf via a Venmo link on his TikTok page, and within 24 hours, he had raised more than $1,000. Donations ranged from a mere penny — you can donate a cent on Venmo — to $500. Thousands of people gave a dollar or less. It all added up to more than $12,000.
@vendingheads Here it is 😍 #fyp #venmochallenge #🍕man #love #blessed #gift #lovewins
Maybe we’re not all bad.
Kindness has a massive ripple effect that extends miles past the act of kindness and sometimes, we get it right.
Derlin is almost 90 and instead of looking for handouts, he’s still out there 24 years after most people retire. Instead of acting like a miserable old prick, he’s trying to make delivering pizza a happy thing instead of a real fucking downer.
Most of us would look annoyed while shortchanging the old fella with a 2 dollar tip but the Valdez family know sustainable happiness comes from living out-of-self while trying to make lives around them better.
We really can create the world we want to live in. Every act of kindness helps create that world because the law of psychological reciprocity is very real.
You don’t need to raise 12k for a 90-year-old pizza driver to affect change.
Hold a door open for someone who’s struggling.
Smiling at someone who isn’t.
Helping when you don’t have to.
Showing compassion when you don’t want to.
We were meant to help others because that’s when we as human beings are at our best and kindness helps us forget our own problems by being of service to others.
Real, selfless, kindness is rare fuel for the troubled soul.
DB
Dean Blundell
Dean Blundell is a Canadian radio personality. Best known as a longtime morning host on CFNY-FM (The Edge) in Toronto, Ontario. In 2015 he was named the new morning host on sports radio station CJCL (Sportsnet 590 The Fan). Dean started his career in radio in 2001 and for nearly 20 years been entertaining the radio audience. Dean’s newest venture is the launch of his site and podcast which is gaining tremendous momentum across North America.
