A beautiful gift after a lifetime of hard work. At 82 years old, Warren Marrion has finally been able to retire when he was still a full-time cashier at a supermarket of the American giant Walmart, in the state of Maryland. She was still working to pay off her home loan because she wouldn’t have enough of her retirement to do it, but a fundraiser promoted on social media TikTok raised more than $100,000 on her behalf, allowing her to quit her job for good. , explains the BBC.
“I’m a bird out of its cage,” he shared with local television station Fox 5.
It was during a box in mid-December that Cory McCarty, a businessman from the region, was surprised to see him still working at his age and asked him about his situation while filming it.
Specializing in disinsection, the 60-year-old also has a very popular Tiktok account (277,000 subscribers) under the name of his company, “Bug Boys”, in which he shares videos taken during his extermination operations and which regularly go viral, sometimes racking up several hundred thousand hits.
Shocked by the situation of Warrion Marrion, nicknamed “Butch”, the name he carries on his badge, decides to ask his subscribers if they would be interested in funding a kitten to help him. The video, posted on December 16, quickly went viral and now has more than 3.3 million views. He then streams the kitty extensively on his TikTok account.
“I was amazed to see this old man continue to work hard. Working 8 to 9 hours a day. (…) I wanted to help this Navy veteran live out the rest of his years traveling to see his children in Florida (. ..) ) and do the things you would like to do”, writes Cory McCarty later in the description of the kitten.
Goal accomplished in two days
Success is immediate. Two days later, the goal of $100,000 is reached and the prize pool continues to grow. Cory McCarty withdraws the $108,682 available at that time and gives it to Warren Marrion in the form of a check.
“Thanks guys…it’s crazy, it’s a Christmas miracle! Now that I only have to pay my bills, I will have time to sit by the river and have some cold beers”, shares the octogenarian.
Not yet closed by Rory McCarty, the prize pool continues to grow as more than 5,700 people entered for amounts up to $3,000. So much so that it is about to cross the $140,000 bar: a plus that the head of the initiative intends to continue paying to Warren Marrion.
“I’m so glad it happened to him and I got to be a part of it,” Rory McCarty shares today.
The businessman explains that it was when he discovered another pot for an 82-year-old Walmart employee that he decided to launch the one for Warren Marrion. The two men are currently guests on many television sets to tell their story and “Butch” plans to fly to Florida soon.
Source: BFM TV
