During his shift as a pizza delivery driver for Domino’s Pizza, Dan Simpson noticed the order included a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke, but the shop was out. Instead of canceling that part of the order, he went to a nearby convenience store to buy the soda. “It took about three minutes,” he told the Idaho Statesman. Those three minutes earned him a “tip” that now totals more than $24,000. @katey_93 When Domino’s is out of Diet Coke, but your delivery driver stops at the store to get it for you. Dan, you went above and beyond tonight, thank you!The world needs more Dans. Happy almost retirement! #dominos #fyp ♬ original sound – Katey Ann Caught on a Ring camera, Simpson presented the pizza and store-bought sodas to the grateful customer, who was astonished he had gone out of his way to get the Diet Coke. The customer was appreciative but upset they didn’t have any extra cash to add to Simpson’s tip. Simpson, however, was happy to have done a good deed and receive the tip he’d already earned, sharing that he had been delivering pizzas as a second job for 14 years and was just 26 days from retirement. Simpson’s small gesture goes viral The Ring camera footage was posted online, and commenters remarked on Simpson’s kindness: “This is old school respect and going beyond duty.” “As a loyal Diet Coke drinker, this would mean everything to me.” “I am going to screammmmmmn, I love him. ” “This literally made me cry. He’s so sweet. ” “He is a Pawpaw. I know it. This is something my Daddy would do. ” “He’s overjoyed about $6.60 That’s so humble but it makes me sad for some reason. Probably because he deserves the WORLD with a soul like his. ” “GET DAN’S INFO!!!! He retired already and is still working! He deserves to retire! And I’m willing to pitch in for his retirement!!!” Everyone wanted to “tip” him Commenters and the customer agreed that Simpson’s $6.60 tip wasn’t enough. Not only did the customer send him a retirement card with $50 inside, but a GoFundMe was also started to contribute to his retirement. Within a couple of days, Simpson’s additional GoFundMe “tip” reached more than $24,000 and is still growing as of this writing. Commenters cheered on and praised the donations as they came in: “As someone that has worked with Dan for years, he is so deserving of this. He would always stay late and take extra deliveries when we were super busy even though he started his first job at 5am and had to be back at 5am the next day.” “Just donated! Happy retirement Dan!” “An example of how being a decent human goes a long way. One kind gesture turned into a 5k tip!! Kind gestures are so rare that the masses want to gift those who do nice things.” The customer who posted the Ring camera footage on TikTok later gave commenters an update: “We dropped off a retirement card & an additional cash tip to the Domino’s Dan works at. In the card we wrote him a letter that explained how we put him on TikTok and that the internet fell in love with him. Dan gave us a call this afternoon and thanked us for the card, additional tip, and for TikTok’s donations to the GoFundMe. When we were talking with Dan, it had just reached $900! He was literally speechless and so humble. Dan doesn’t do technology, but he’s very thankful for all the support. We’ll keep ya’ll updated! Let’s see how far we can get this to go for Dan, he deserves it!” Simpson was shocked and humbled by the gesture, especially since he believes in doing the right thing for its own sake. “I know what it’s like to be down and out,” said Simpson. “So when I see people who are hurting, I try to help them.” What Simpson did proves that even the smallest gestures, like getting a soda, can make a big impact on people. The post Retiring Domino’s driver goes out of his way to get missing soda. His ‘tip’ is now over $24,000. appeared first on Upworthy.