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Internet Revolts Against Local Car Dealership that Harassed Pizza Delivery Guy Over Tip
F&R Auto Sales in Westport, Mass. was flooded with negative reviews after a video showed workers berating the man over a $7 tip.
Warning: video contains graphic language and gestures
A local car dealership incurred the ire of the Internet after a video showed workers berating a pizza delivery driver over a $7 tip.
Workers at F&R Auto Sales can be seen in a video hassling the Pizza Palace driver after he dropped off their food order—only to drive back a second time when they called back and demanded he return with their change. The driver said he was told he could keep the change to begin with, but the workers disagreed in a decidedly unpleasant way.
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“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,” said the driver, adding the whole situation was a “waste.”
The workers snapped. One shouted, “Get out the door before I put my foot up your (expletive).” She then made an obscene gesture.
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Said another worker, “Get the (expletive) owner and the manager on the phone ... I want him fired.”
One of the workers told the driver he captured the whole exchange on video. The clip appears to be taken from a security camera inside the dealership. It was posted on YouTube and then made private, according to Boston.com. LiveLeak then reposted the video.
It went viral Wednesday, appearing on Reddit, the Daily Mail, and Jezebel, among other sites.
The dealership’s Yelp page was flooded with hundreds of negative reviews.
“It’s refreshing to see the deplorable, disgusting employees of this business get a taste of their own medicine,” one user wrote.
As for the delivery driver—identified as Jarrid Tansey—a GoFundMe page for him had raised over $5,000 as of Thursday afternoon.
Also on Thursday, Gary Batista, the dealership’s sales manager, released a statement apologizing for the workers’ behaviors, according to Fun107.com.
The female worker in the video was fired and the owner plans to offer a cash donation to the delivery man, Batista said.
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