El gesto de un policía con un repartidor que caminó en medio de una tormenta de nieve y solo recibió dos dólares de propina
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En Indiana, Estados Unidos, el oficial Richard Craig protagonizó un acto de generosidad tras encontrarse con Connor Stephanoff, un repartidor de pizza de Rock Star Pizza que trabajaba en condiciones extremas.
Craig, quien patrullaba durante una fuerte tormenta de nieve, vio al joven acercarse con dificultad y, al dialogar con él, descubrió que había caminado casi media milla para entregar un pedido. Para su sorpresa, Connor solo recibió dos dólares (poco más de $ 8.500 pesos colombianos) de propina por una pizza que costó 40 dólares (alrededor de $ 170 mil).
Una entrega bajo la nieve y un gesto inesperado
Connor Stephanoff había enfrentado la tormenta sin más protección que ropa deportiva, ya que la nieve hacía imposible utilizar un vehículo. Al conocer la situación, el oficial Craig decidió compartir la historia a través de su cuenta de TikTok (@officercraig), donde expresó su indignación.
“¿Quién da propina a un tipo que arriesga todo para llevarte comida a tu puerta de esta manera? ¡Y mucho menos sale a caminar hasta ti mientras todos los caminos estaban casi intransitables! Realmente espero que este algoritmo sea lo suficientemente bueno para que quienquiera que hizo esto, ¡lo vea! ¡Deberías estar avergonzado de ti mismo, quienquiera que seas!”, dijo.
Conmovido por el esfuerzo del joven, Craig le dio 15 dólares, el único dinero que tenía en su billetera, y aseguró: “Él se merecía mucho más”. Este acto de solidaridad se viralizó rápidamente, generando reacciones en redes sociales.
@officercraig $2 TIP SHOULD BE A CRIME! Whoever did this: #SHAMEFUL ROCKSTAR PIZZA HAS A ROCKSTAR DRIVER. (Brownsburg, IN.) This guy is a RARE breed. During today’s all day snowstorm, crashes and slideoffs were coming in near 30 calls an hour. This school bus had a minor crash. The bus slid backwards and sideways down a hill and gets stuck, blocking this neighborhood street, and making it completely impassable. The roads were so bad, it took us 20 min. to get 3-4 miles. THIS #DELIVERYDRIVER pulled up before officers arrived. The delivery was about 1/4 mile past where the bus was blocking the street. This young man did not allow this to discourage him. He didn’t call his manager to complain, he didn’t call the customer and tell them their $40 pizza order could not be delivered. Oh no. THIS MAN IS BUILT DIFFERENT. He would not be discouraged by the obstacles he was encountering, which included a 1/2 mile hike round trip in the cold, wet snow. He parked his vehicle at the top of the hill, got out, wearing grey sweats, Nikes, and NO COAT nor GLOVES. He grabbed this #RockstarPizza, and took off hiking thru the very cold, and wet snow with the pizza in tow. It was the beginning of his shift at 4:30p on a Friday afternoon, BUT he was determined this family got their pizza. This is in a more affluent neighborhood, and I’m sure he thought he would be rewarded properly for his RARE display of PRIDE and DEDICATION to his work- that is often times not seen by some of his generation. But more so, he wanted to ensure this family got their pizza to their door! So they did not have to leave the confines of their warm, comfortable, AND VERY NICE home. He got my attention as I see him walking in the middle of street after he made the delivery. I said outloud “what does this guy think he is doing?” As I initially thought he was a neighbor coming to “rubberneck” the crash. The bus driver told me he walked by once and was delivering a pizza. I didn’t believe that fully because what young pizza delivery guy in 2025 would do this??? None that I know! Not believing it completely, I hit RECORD and ask this young man. I was dumbfounded and in disbelief when he confirmed. But most of all - I was impressed- AND STILL AM! I’m proud to witness this firsthand. But my excitement and pride quickly turned to frustration when I asked him about his tip. WHO TIPS A GUY WHO RISKS EVERYTHING TO DRIVE FOOD TO YOUR DOOR LIKE THIS?? Let alone, gets out to hike it to you while every road was nearly impassable! I REALLY HOPE this algorithm is good enough that whomever DID THIS, SEES THIS! You should be ashamed of yourself whoever u are!! SHAME ON YOU. A $40 pizza delivered and a $2 tip! EVERYONE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CAN AFFORD IT. AND IF THEY CANT, STOP ORDERING PIZZA YOU CANT AFFORD! After processing he only received $2, and what I just witnessed, I reached for my own wallet. To PAY THE TIP FOR SOMEONE THAT PROBABLY MAKES DOUBLE MY SALARY. But I did not want this young man discouraged. Unfortunately my wallet was in my Tahoe, which was at the top of the big hill. I quickly as I could chased him down up the hill giving him the little cash I had in my wallet. (About $15) HE DESERVED MUCH MORE. Not sure who this guy is, BUT IF YOU DO, PLZ TAG HIM, SHOW HIM SOME ❤️❤️❤️ AND GIVE HIM THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES! Well done sir.🫡#IncredibleWork#Rockstar#Brownsburg#Indiana#delivery#Driver#snow#PizzaGuy#pizza @Dave Portnoy #LifeLawAndFootball#dedicated#workethic @Pat McAfee Show Clips ♬ original sound - Officer Craig
Una campaña que sobrepasó las expectativas
No satisfecho con lo que hizo en el momento, Craig tomó la iniciativa de crear una campaña en la plataforma GoFundMe para reconocer el esfuerzo de Connor. Aunque la meta inicial era recaudar 500 dólares, el impacto de la historia fue tan grande que las donaciones superaron los 20 mil dólares (aproximadamente más de $ 85 millones de pesos colombianos).
Connor, al hablar con 'WRTV', comentó su incredulidad y agradecimiento por lo ocurrido.
Por su parte, el gerente de Rock Star Pizza, Ron Mathews, elogió a su empleado en una entrevista con WSAZ: “(Yo) no estaba en el restaurante. No tenía idea de que la gente lo estuviera observando. Pero salió, caminó hasta la casa y regresó sin ninguna expectativa”.
Añadió también: “Todos estamos pasando por momentos difíciles. Todos lo estamos pasando mal. Podrías ser tú o el repartidor. Pero al fin y al cabo, todos somos personas. Simplemente sé amable con la persona que te rodea”.
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