Rude Exchange
He couldn’t believe how rude they were being. He had never experienced anything like this before. They were being cheap with him and they thought they would get away with it. The dealership acted like he owed them something when it was actually the other way around.
But they had no idea that he was hiding something in his pocket. Something that would change everything.
The Story Of Jarrid Tansey
This story took place in Massachusetts just a few days ago. There were two main parties involved in what would develop into a story of humiliation and revenge.
These are the staff of F&R Auto Sales, a car dealership in the city, and Jarrid Tansey, a delivery worker for a pizza restaurant named Palace Pizza. They would get entangled in a dispute that millions of people all over the Internet have already witnessed and taken sides in.
A Hardworking Man
Jarrid Tansey was a hardworking man. He worked late shifts at his second job and relied heavily on tips to provide for his family. Delivering pizza wasn’t the easiest job, but it paid the bills.
He had learned how to deal with difficult customers, but he had never experienced anything like this before. The people he delivered pizza to that night were on a strange power trip, and unfortunately, Jarrid found himself caught in the crossfire.
Making Ends Meet
Most people in Jarrid’s position would have given up, but that just wasn’t an option. Since his wife had just given birth, he had to make a plan until she could go back to work.
Without a second income, the family-of-three wouldn’t be able to eat! So, Jarred put his head down. He remembered what his father had taught him.
Second Job
If Jarrid knew anything, he knew that nothing in life was ever given for free. His father had taught him that. So when his daughter was born, he gladly took on a second job to make ends meet.
He fully expected the long hours, but he had never expected to be bullied and belittled by a room full of strangers. How had it come to this?
Difficult Clients
Jarrid Tansey has had difficult clients before, but nothing like these people from the car dealership. It escalated so intensely that it concluded in open conflict; and it wasn’t pretty to see at all.
And at the end, the staff from F&R Auto Sales would regret ever having messed with who they thought was just a harmless pizza delivery driver.
The Call That Changed His Life
One evening, Jarrid received a call from his manager — nothing unusual. A local car dealership had just placed an order for pizzas and drinks.
He loaded their order onto his motorcycle and raced to make the delivery on time. Dodging around cars and through the jam-packed city traffic, he decided to take a shortcut. Maybe if he arrived earlier than they expected, he would make a good tip…
The Delivery
Jarrid pulled up to F&R Auto Sales in Westport, Massachusetts, lifted the pizzas out the storage container, and carefully placed the receipt on top of the boxes.
The total came to $43. He walked into the reception area and handed the hot pizza over to the person who was obviously waiting for him. Little did he know, this would be unlike any other delivery he would ever make…
Just The Beginning
A man in the front office dismissively handed Jarrid a $50 bill and took the pizzas and drinks, without saying a word.
Jarrid, who would be forgiven for thinking that the interaction was done, thanked him and went on his way again. However, this was just the beginning of the story. Employees at F&R Auto Sales weren’t done with Jarrid.
Complaints
Jarrid arrived back at Palace Pizza, and he thought that he wouldn’t hear back from the F&R Auto Sales people in a while. Or at least until their next order.
But that wasn’t it. Right after he arrived, his manager wanted to talk to him. Someone had called from the car dealership, and they had some complaints.
They Wanted The $7
Apparently, the spare $7 wasn’t meant to be a tip. So they were demanding that Jarrid drive back to the car dealership and give them that change back.
Jarrid was appalled by this. Were they really being that petty about $7? Were they really so cheap that they weren’t willing to tip at all? But there was not much else he could do about it. At least for now.
He Went Back
So he got on his bike and drove back to the car dealership; of course, with the $7 that they were demanding back. He still had a hard time believing that he had to get through all this.
Little did he know that things were about to get worse. But fortunately for him, in the end, he would be the one to get the last laugh.
Orders
Despite Jarrid’s protests, his manager ordered him to get back on his bike and return the $7. The customer was always right, he argued, and Jarrid had better make sure that he returned the stolen cash.
And he didn’t care if Jarrid had to use his own gas to make the trip. Jarrid, fearing for his job, complied. But what was waiting for him at the dealership wouldn’t be worth all the money in the world.
Threatened
Jarrid arrived at the car dealership with the $7 in question. The whole staff was waiting for him, and Jarrid felt threatened. But still, he felt like he had to say something.
He gave them back to one of the workers and then voiced his frustration. And that would be the cause that led to a heated dispute.
Conflict
“It just doesn’t make sense why you’d hand me a bill that you were just gonna have me drive back here to give you back anyway,” he complained. “I’m not mad; I just had to waste my resources coming back here.”
“So listen,” said one member of the staff. “The manager apologized once to you. Do you want him to apologize again?” That was rude. But it didn’t end there.
A Situation Unfolding
Suddenly, a woman appeared out of nowhere. She began to get aggressive with Jarrid. Emboldened by their coworker’s move, the other people in the office began to swear at him, too.
What was wrong with these people? He hadn’t stolen their money! Jarrid thought carefully about how best to defuse the situation. He took a deep breath before saying what was on his mind.
Stating His Case
By now, Jarrid was seeing red. “Look, I didn’t steal your money!” He yelled. “I gave your $7 back. The world is better now,” he sniped. Big mistake.
Obviously, he was feeling annoyed and insulted, he thought that maybe, if he tried to reason with these people, they’d understand. Unfortunately, some people can’t be reasoned with.
Taunts And Threats
The rude woman paused for a few seconds. What he’d said had only enraged her further. She looked at her coworkers — as if trying to score points with them. Then, she looked Jarrid straight in the eyes and made a threat.
She screamed at him to get “Out the door, before I put my foot in your a**.” All the staff laughed.
Rudeness
Jarrid felt like he wanted the earth to open and swallow him whole. Now was the time to leave. But he wasn’t fast enough.
He turned to leave, but then the director yelled: “Get the owner and the manager on the phone. I want him done. I want him fired!” Little did they know that the delivery man wasn’t done with them. He had something in his pocket.
It Was All Recorded
He had been hiding his phone in his back pocket for the whole conversation, and he recorded it all on audio. When he arrived back at the pizza parlor, he showed his manager what had happened.
His manager had received a call from the car dealership, and he was considering disciplining Jarrid. But when he listened to the recorded conversation, he changed his mind. Still, things wouldn’t end there.
Someone Called Him
He soon received a call. It was someone who was there at the car dealership when the disagreement took place. But he wasn’t a member of the staff in the strict sense.
He was a contractor that handled the computer services of that particular dealership. And he had something in his hands that he thought might be interesting for Jarrid.
Footage
He had video footage of the whole incident. He was in charge of the security cameras of the car dealership, but he wasn’t an employee there; so he immediately took sides with Jarrid.
Jarrid added his recorded audio to the video that the man had sent him and shared it on the Internet. And soon enough, it went viral, and he started getting thousands of messages.
Outrage
The interaction between Jarrid and the employees at the car dealership was all caught on camera. The video clearly showed the “big shots” at the dealership bullying the pizza delivery guy.
And it wasn’t long before the footage was leaked to millions of internet users. The video quickly went viral and, in a surprise turn of events, netizens didn’t like what they were seeing.
Leaked
Everyone who saw the video couldn’t understand how someone could be so petty and mean-spirited about a $7 tip. Netizens were outraged!
They quickly rallied together and identified the car dealership Then, they set out to get sweet justice. They took to Yelp and other review sites, but their quest for revenge didn’t end there.
Netizens Step Up
A former waitress named Amanda Marie Rogers was especially appalled by the video and upset by how the pizza delivery man had been treated.
She now had a mission: “For them to call him back over the money he should’ve received anyway. I decided to take it one step further,” she told CNN. Then, she called Pizza Palace and got Jarrid’s name.
Funds
Amanda set up a GoFundMe account for Jarrid, and posted the video on the page. “I believe Jarrid should be rewarded for dealing with such crappy people. Please watch the video and donate,” she wrote.
“Even if it is $1, it will make up (maybe a little) for him having to deal with idiots like this.” Meanwhile, Jarrid had no idea that his GoFundMe account was even live.
Donations
Tens of thousands of donations began to pour in — in $7 increments. People felt so strongly about what Jarrid had gone through that they wanted to make sure he never had to deliver pizza to those bullies again. And it wasn’t long before the GoFundMe page had accumulated over $36,000 for Jarrid and his family!
But that wasn’t all the internet did for him.
On His Side
“This is because of how awesome you were and handled yourself so well dealing with such cruel people,” wrote Carol Wentz along with her donation. “I am outraged by the cruelty demonstrated by employees of a business who rely on commissions to pay their bills,” wrote another.
People were not taking kindly to the way the employees at the car dealership treated Jarrid. But F&R Auto Sales was also about to receive a healthy dose of karma.
The People Have Spoken
The car dealership’s website received hundreds of bad reviews from strangers who felt for Jarrid. It didn’t take long for their website to reach 0/5 stars!
The threatening comments got so bad that the manager called the police. Now, the manager of the dealership was forced to address the behavior of his employees. F&R Auto Sales issued a public apology, and the woman who had harassed Jarrid was promptly fired.
Completely Unexpected
Jarrid, who had no idea that the internet was rallying behind him, burst into tears when he found out about how much money had been raised for him.
He plans to set the money aside to pay off his mortgage and open a college fund for his daughter. Let that be a lesson for anyone who bullies and belittles anyone in the service industry!