{"id":13641,"date":"2020-09-29T16:39:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/characterandleadership.com\/?p=13641"},"modified":"2020-09-29T16:39:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:39:54","slug":"a-twelve-thousand-dollar-tip-of-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterandleadership.com\/a-twelve-thousand-dollar-tip-of-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"A Twelve Thousand Dollar Tip of Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the pandemic, Carlos Valdez ordered a lot of pizza. According to Carlos, &#8220;It makes my wife happy.&#8221; Their favorite place is Papa John&#8217;s.\u00a0 Each time they ordered the pizza, the delivery guy was an 89-year-old man named Derlin Newey. Derlin was so nice that the Valdez family began to request that Derlin deliver the pizza each time.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos thought it was odd and a little bit sad that an 89-year-old man worked so hard, so he asked his 53,000 Tic Toc followers to chip in a little money for an extra nice tip for Derlin. A few days later, Carlos and his wife went to Derlin&#8217;s house to surprise him with $12,069 worth of cash (an average of 22 cents per follower).<\/p>\n<div class=\"x-resp-embed x-is-video x-is-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pizza Delivery Driver Gets Surprise Tip, Becomes &#039;TikTok Famous&#039;\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nl7I1IGacOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Turns out Derlin lives alone after his wife past away. He works 30 hours a week to pay the bills that social security does not cover. When Derlin received the money, he began to cry, &#8220;How do I ever say thank you. I don&#8217;t know what to say.&#8221; Thanks to the help from a bunch of strangers, Derlin can have some peace of mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe&#8217;s Perspective:<\/strong> Again, this is another excellent example of ordinary citizens coming together to support someone else in the community. The ethnicity of the people does not matter. It&#8217;s just simple kindness. People watching out for their neighbors. I bet we can all do that, we just have to find a way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Turn:<\/strong> What are your thoughts about Carlos Valdez and his wife after providing such a kind gesture? Does it inspire you to do anything in your own community?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the pandemic, Carlos Valdez ordered a lot of pizza. 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