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Viral video shows delivery driver receiving massive holiday tip

Viral video shows delivery driver receiving massive holiday tip
CUSTODY. ALL RIGHT. FIRST, ON WLWT, THE MOMENT A LOCAL DELIVERY DRIVER REALIZES THAT SHE’S BEEN GIVEN A GENEROUS TIP IS CATCHING THE ATTENTION NOW OF MILLIONS, THIS ACT OF KINDNESS WAS CAUGHT ON A RING CAMERA AND IT’S GONE VIRAL TONIGHT. NEWS FIVE’S DAISY KERSHAW SITTING DOWN WITH THE WOMEN AS THEY REUNITED. AND DAISY HERE NOW WITH MORE ON THIS HEARTWARMING STORY. HI THERE. WELL, YOU KNOW, MIKE, THIS ALL STARTED WITH A DELIVERY. LISA BURNETT WORKS AS A DELIVERY DRIVER, AND SHE DROPPED OFF GROCERIES TO A HOME IN THE NEXT DAY, REALIZED THAT SHE’D BEEN GIVEN A $100 TIP. SHE SAYS SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A MISTAKE. BUT WHAT SHE DID NEXT CAPTURED MILLIONS OF HEARTS, ESPECIALLY AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME. I LIKE SURPRISING PEOPLE WITH LARGE TIPS. LISA CAME AND DID A GROCERY DELIVERY FOR ME. I WENT IN THE APP AND I TIPPED HER $100 KELEE SCHILLING AND LISA BURNETT WERE PERFECT STRANGERS UNTIL AN ACT OF KINDNESS BROUGHT THESE TWO TOGETHER. ON SUNDAY, THERE’S A KNOCK AT THE DOOR AND IT WAS LISA, AND SHE HAD RECEIVED THE MONEY, AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS MADE AN ERROR BECAUSE I THINK YOU WERE OVERCHARGED. SHE SAID, DID YOU GET IT? WAS IT DEPOSITED? DID YOU GET IT? AND I SAID, YES, MA’AM. AND THAT’S WHY. THAT’S WHY I’M CONCERNED. SHE SAID, NO, NO, NO, THAT WAS FOR YOU. IT WAS FOR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NO WAY. YEAH. SHE GOT CHOKED UP AND I GOT CHOKED UP. THIS MOMENT. HUG IT OUT. MERRY CHRISTMAS. SETTING IN MOTION A WAVE OF GENEROSITY. I SHOWED MY KIDS AND THEY LOVED THE VIDEO. MY YOUNGEST SUGGESTED UPLOADING IT ON TIKTOK. WITHIN HOURS. THERE WERE PROBABLY 5000 COMMENTS. WE NEED TO FIND HER. SO KELLY SET OUT TO FIND HER, AND WHEN SHE FINALLY DID, LISA COULDN’T BELIEVE THE NEWS. I’M SPEECHLESS. I AM LITERALLY SPEECHLESS. THE VIDEO NOW HAS NEARLY 2 MILLION VIEWS. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AMAZING FOR HER. WE SET UP A GOFUNDME ACCOUNT. OVER $43,000 HAS BEEN RAISED FOR HER. THIS IS THE FIRST ARTICLE OF CLOTHING I’VE HAD. BRAND NEW. I GOT A WINTER COAT. I DIDN’T HAVE A WINTER COAT THAT FIT ME. LISA SAYS THIS CAME AT A TIME WHEN SHE NEEDED IT MOST. A FEW YEARS AGO, SHE LOST HER DAUGHTER. SHE’S NOW RAISING HER GRANDDAUGHTER. I MISS HER SO MUCH. I CAN’T HELP BUT TO THINK THAT SHE HAS HER HAND IN THIS KINDNESS. CHANGING LIVES, TURNING STRANGERS TO FRIENDS. HE’S LIKE, YOU’RE GOOD. YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE MADE DONATIONS, SENT GIFT CARDS AND WRITTEN KIND MESSAGES TO LISA. SHE SAYS SHE’S SO INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT AND OF COURSE, FOR HER NEW FRIEND KELEE. FOR ALL THAT SHE’S DONE. DAISY KERSHAW, WLWT NEWS FIVE. DAISY. THANK YOU. TH
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Viral video shows delivery driver receiving massive holiday tip
Video showing an Ohio delivery driver realize that she had been given a very generous tip has gone viral.See the moment captured by Ring doorbell camera in the video player above.The act of kindness was caught on Ring camera, and the driver and the woman who started it all were reunited.When Lisa Burnett delivered a grocery order to a home in the Springboro neighborhood, she never imagined it would change her life. But it did, and it all started with a tip.During the holiday season, Kelly Schilling said she likes to randomly gift people with generous tips. On Saturday, she decided to give Lisa a $100 tip.Lisa thought it might have been a mistake and drove all the way back to Kelly’s home the next day.That’s when the two women shared an emotional moment, after Kelly told Lisa that the tip was a holiday gift. A few years ago, Lisa’s daughter passed away. She is now raising her granddaughter and has been doing deliveries to provide for them. She had just filed for public housing assistance, but after the video of the interaction went viral, Lisa got more support than she could ever imagine.“This became so popular because they loved her story,” Schilling said. “They loved the sincerity of it. I mean, she could have easily just taken the money and never said anything about it, right? But she didn't. And so, within hours, there were probably 5,000 comments.”Lisa said before the moment, she did not have many clothes, or even a winter coat. Now, she does, and she credits this experience as the reason.“I realized I just met an angel in person,” Burnett said. “I've got chills thinking about it now.”As the video went viral, a GoFundMe account was set up for Lisa, with the video seen by millions of people on social media.By Friday afternoon, nearly $40,000 had been raised and the total was continuing to climb. To donate and learn more, click here.

Video showing an Ohio delivery driver realize that she had been given a very generous tip has gone viral.

See the moment captured by Ring doorbell camera in the video player above.

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The act of kindness was caught on Ring camera, and the driver and the woman who started it all were reunited.

When Lisa Burnett delivered a grocery order to a home in the Springboro neighborhood, she never imagined it would change her life. But it did, and it all started with a tip.

During the holiday season, Kelly Schilling said she likes to randomly gift people with generous tips. On Saturday, she decided to give Lisa a $100 tip.

Lisa thought it might have been a mistake and drove all the way back to Kelly’s home the next day.

That’s when the two women shared an emotional moment, after Kelly told Lisa that the tip was a holiday gift.

A few years ago, Lisa’s daughter passed away. She is now raising her granddaughter and has been doing deliveries to provide for them.

She had just filed for public housing assistance, but after the video of the interaction went viral, Lisa got more support than she could ever imagine.

“This became so popular because they loved her story,” Schilling said. “They loved the sincerity of it. I mean, she could have easily just taken the money and never said anything about it, right? But she didn't. And so, within hours, there were probably 5,000 comments.”

Lisa said before the moment, she did not have many clothes, or even a winter coat. Now, she does, and she credits this experience as the reason.

“I realized I just met an angel in person,” Burnett said. “I've got chills thinking about it now.”

As the video went viral, a GoFundMe account was set up for Lisa, with the video seen by millions of people on social media.

By Friday afternoon, nearly $40,000 had been raised and the total was continuing to climb. To donate and learn more, click here.