Cruel Instagram prank on hardworking grocery vendor sparks massive $250K fundraiser

A cruel prank on a hardworking Michigan dad stocking shelves at a grocery store gloriously backfired — when the father-of-four turned the tables on the dim-witted Instagram trolls.The dad, wearing a Red Baron pizza shirt, was packing a freezer when the pranksters approached him and asked for the time, according to a clip of the interaction that has since gone viral.When the Red Baron rep, who has only been publicly identified as Walt Z, kindly took out his phone to check, one of the social media fools pretended to skim money off him.The buffoon whipped out his phone and held it near Walt’s device, triggering a fake Apple Pay chime and mock money transfer animation.“I just took $10,” the Instagram idiot says in the video.“I just took your money,” he continues, holding up the phone to the worker, laughing and trying to provoke a reaction.A fed-up Walt then teaches the trolls a lesson.“My life is hard enough as it is, okay? I don’t need this crap,” he responds.“Bro, bro, it’s just a joke! It’s just a prank,” the Instagrammer in the video hits back.But the frustrated employee didn’t let them get off easy.

“I got kids at home that went to bed without me right now! I was supposed to be off an hour ago! I gotta wake up at 5 in the morning and do 10 more stores!” Walt shouts.The prankster attempts to calm the employee down, while keeping the camera rolling.“I’m sorry, bro, chill.We’re just filming a video, it was just a joke—” he says, before Walt cuts him off and steps forward.“No, you don’t! You’re probably making money off of this! I can’t even pay my goddamn mortgage! And I got four kids at home! So not funny!” Walt says.“Alright, my bad, bro,” the prankster says, before Walt orders the pair to get away from him, and the video cuts off.The pair uploaded the video onto their Instagram channel before taking it down and deactivating their account following a huge online backlash.“Real people have real emotions an...