# Michigan delivery worker receives over $330,000 after cruel payment prank

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/moment-hardworking-red-baron-employee-shames-troll-who-pulled-cruel-prank-while-he-stocked-shelves-as-he-gets-last-laugh-with-300000-fundraiser/
- Published: 2026-10-29T23:26:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T23:47:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16250775/Hardworking-employee-troll-cruel-prank-300000-dollar-fundraiser.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Markets, World

## Key points

- A grocery-store prank video drew widespread criticism.
- The worker said he was late getting home to his four children.
- More than 8,500 donors raised over $330,000 for him.

## Summary

A Red Baron delivery employee in Michigan was filmed being targeted by a prankster who pretended to take $10 from him using an Apple Pay sound. The video spread widely online, prompting public sympathy for the worker and criticism of the person filming.

The employee, identified as Walt Z, said he was working late, had four children at home and needed to visit more stores early the next morning. After a fundraiser was started by a supporter who did not know him, Walt was found and asked for privacy; by Thursday evening, more than 8,500 people had donated over $330,000. Red Baron’s parent company said it had checked on his wellbeing after the August incident and continued to offer support.

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