In a recent CNN article titled, "Dough pours in for pizza delivery guy after 'belittling' at car business." The title explains the story. What I would like to focus on is the Social Media interactions that took place throughout the event. According to the story, Amanda Rogers, who is a former waitress, saw a video on LiveLeak.com of a pizza delivery guy getting bullied around by your typical car salesman over a seven dollar tip. I would like to thank them for their ignorance as it has helped show a side of social media in a different light.
Shortly after viewing the video Amanda used her online resources and called the pizza shop to get the driver's name. She sent him a check for his will to drive back and give the men their change, and she explains "I decided to take it one step further." Amanda's step was more like that of a leap. She used the fundraising website www.GoFundme.com to set up an account for the driver. Within a couple days the fund had already raised $11,500. The website reports that most donations have been in $7 increments, that is the tip amount that the driver returned to the car dealership. If you do the math, that is just over 1,640 theoretical donors in about 60 hours. This happens every day, according to Crowdcrux 63% of users receive a donation in the first 24 hours and the average amount raised is $1,126.
If I were to explain this platform concept to my grandpa, he would probably fall out of his chair. I'm sure he would ask, "what's the difference between that and being a begger?" The answer is simple. With social media anything is possible. We can now reach out and communicate with millions of people with the simple click of a mouse.
Another aspect of this story that deals specifically with social media is the fact that it was uploaded onto the internet. I couldn't find any sources that state who uploaded the file, but I will jump to the assumption that it was originally published by a person that was present during the cinflict at the dealership. It was originally titled "Irate pizza driver" with the security and affordability that these video surveillance systems allow for many things to be caught on video when just 10 years ago it would be unheard of. If the person would have kept the video on a YouTube channel they could have had even more of a viral video and obtained a profit from receiving views.
Bottom Line: Everyone should tip genorously!
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