This Barista Receives Tip 1.14 Billion After Being Cursed for Reminding Consumers to Wear Page Masks all

KOMPAS.com – Complying with health protocols is everyone’s responsibility during the corona virus pandemic.

Especially, when doing activities in public spaces and interacting with others, including when ordering coffee at a coffee shop.

The bitter experience was felt by Lenin Gutierrez, a 24-year-old young man who worked as a person barista at Strabucks San Diego, United States.

Launch CNN International, the event happened on Monday, June 22, 2020.

At that time, Lenin was working as usual when a person customer women enter the store without face mask. Customer he then wanted to order some coffee for her.

Gutierrez then asked the customer to put on a mask first.

However, before he could explain the health protocol that the customer had to obey, the woman was angry and began to say harshly.

Amber Lynn Gilles, the customer, then took a picture of Gutierrez and uploaded the photo on her Facebook account.

The photo upload was accompanied by a caption as follows:

“This is Lenen, a Starbucks employee who refuses to take my order just because I don’t wear a mask. Next time I’ll wait for the police to come and show me a medical certificate, “wrote Gilles.

However, this upload instead invites the sympathy of the barista to the barista.

“When I realized who uploaded the photo, I just thought ‘Wow, he really attacked me on Facebook ‘“cat Gutierrez.

“I started reading people’s comments and could only laugh because of that meme what people make about ‘meeting in the wild’ “Gutierrez said.

Get support

Many people voiced their support for Gutierrez in comments on Gilles uploads.

Some even said they hoped to visit the coffee shop where Gutierrez worked to give him tip special.

One who was moved by the upload was Matt Cowan. Although he did not know Gutierrez personally, the 26-year-old youth was annoyed that the barista was intimidated by doing the right thing.

He then initiated a tip-raising for Gutierrez through GoFundMe, an internet site to collect funding.

The fundraising he gave the name ” Tip for Lenin Who Dares to Face a Karen in San Diego “.

The term Karen is intended for customers who scold Gutierrez, Amber Lynn Gilles.

Cowan took the initiative to start GoFundMe so that anyone who wants to tip Gutierrez has the opportunity to do it virtually.

“People don’t ask you to do many things, they only ask you to wear a mask for your safety and the safety of others,” Cowan said.

“Starbucks has also prepared another way to get coffee if you feel uncomfortable wearing a mask,” Cowan said.

Feel very grateful

The initial target for collecting this tip is 1,000 dollar or equivalent to Rp. 14.3 million.

However, less than a week later, thousands of people have donated to nearly 80,000 thousand US dollars or equivalent to Rp 1.14 billion.

“I was touched to see Matt start GoFundMe for me, even though we didn’t know each other before,” Gutierrez said.

“Honestly, I feel confused and honored to receive so much support and love when the tips collected reach 1,000 dollars,” Gutierrez said.

“The fact that now the tip has reached more than 65,000 dollars makes me not know how to express the gratitude that I feel because of the opportunity that has been given by everyone,” Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez said he planned to use part of the tip from GoFundMe to pursue his dream of becoming a person dancer.

He also wants to donate part of the money to several organizations in the San Diego community.

– .