Red Baron worker’s viral prank video spurs fundraiser

A video showing a Red Baron worker confronting a prankster who pretended to take money through his phone has gone viral, while an online fundraiser for the employee grew to about $296,840 by October 29, according to its campaign page. The footage shows the worker stocking a freezer when a person filming asks him for the time. As the employee checks his phone, the prankster plays a payment sound and claims to have taken money. The worker initially responds calmly, then objects as the interaction continues. He says his life is already difficult, that he cannot afford his mortgage and that he has four children at home. The worker also says he should have been home an hour earlier and needed to wake at 5 a.m. to visit 10 more stores. The video shows him accusing the prankster of making money from the encounter. The person filming insists it is a joke, but the worker says he does not find it funny. The footage does not establish the prankster’s identity. Luke Oakenshield organized the GoFundMe campaign and said at first that he did not know the employee. The fundraiser page described the effort as support for a working person whose financial stability could be affected by an...