LifestyleKindness rewarded: TikTok star meets 100-year-old employee

Kindness rewarded: TikTok star meets 100‑year-old employee

Zachery Dereniowski has almost 20 million followers on TikTok. He is known for videos in which he asks for help and tests people's kindness. Recently, in a hardware store, he encountered an exceptional centenarian who is the oldest employee in North America.

A centenarian works in a hardware store.
A centenarian works in a hardware store.
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Zachary Dereniowski runs a popular TikTok account followed by 19.3 million users, which is rare. His content focuses on videos where he asks random people for small help, often financial. If they show kindness, he rewards them with substantial sums.

The subject of one of his recently published videos is an elderly man named Davie, who works in a hardware store. The touching video has already been watched by over 16 million users of the platform.

When selfless help is rewarded

Zachary approached the hardware store employee and asked him for a dollar, explaining that he left his wallet at home. The TikToker explained that he needed to buy two screws to build a desk for his son. Not only did the employee help him choose the right size of screws, but he also planned to get his card and pay for them. Zachary Dereniowski rewarded this act of kindness by giving the man $1,000. The man, in turn, promised to use the money to help another stranger.

The oldest employee in North America turned 100 years old

During the conversation, it turned out that the hardware store employee's name is Davie and he recently turned 100 years old, making him the oldest employee not only in the USA but in all of North America. What's more, a comment under the extraordinary video was posted by an internet user who works in the same store as Davie. It turns out that the elderly man works not because he has to, but because he truly enjoys helping others.

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