Prankster pretends to steal $10 from Michigan pizza worker. His response struck a chord online

An online fundraiser has raised nearly $600,000 for a Michigan grocery store worker whose emotional reaction to an apparent prank while on the job went viral, resonating with people around the world. Original footage of the encounter shows the worker, identified through a GoFundMe fundraiser as Walt Z., a Red Baron employee who was stocking pizzas inside a Meijer store. Video of the incident, which has been widely shared on social media, captured the moment a prankster approached and pretended to steal $10 from Walt via his cellphone, eliciting a strong reaction. The prankster appeared to play a sound that mimics an Apple Pay transaction and told Walt he took $10 from him. Listen dude, I m not in the mood for this crap right now, Walt said. You think this is funny, don t you? Walt said he was going to report the prankster shortly before footage showed him talking to what appeared to be store employees. Visibly shaken, the Red Baron employee confronted the prankster and