Dec. 29, 2023
Walmart Self-Checkout Party Turns into Charity Event PLUS Honest Uber Driver Returns $8,000
An honest Uber driver returned a bag containing $8,000 left in his car; a New Jersey man turned a cynical Facebook post about self-checkout at Walmart into a massive toy and food drive; custom-made lenses have improved the vision of elderly penguins...
An honest Uber driver returned a bag containing $8,000 left in his car; a New Jersey man turned a cynical Facebook post about self-checkout at Walmart into a massive toy and food drive; custom-made lenses have improved the vision of elderly penguins in Singapore; a homeless shelter in Portland landed a windfall after a donated pair of rare Air Jordans sold for over $50,000 at auction; and the World Happiness Report listed Finland as the world's happiest country.
Honest Uber Driver Returns $8,000
Walmart Self-Checkout Party Turns into Charity Event
Penguins with Cataracts Get Custom Eye Lenses
Rare Air Jordans Donated to Homeless Shelter
World's Happiest Countries Ranking
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Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm
Johnny Mack with five good news stories.
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He good news, we found the
eight thousand dollars you left in an Uber
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Oops. Yeah, you're lucky that
the driver is an honest fellow. Esben
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has been an Uber driver for four
years on and off. He was chatting
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with his passenger and the passenger told
him how proud his dad was of him.
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Dad had given the young man eight
thousand dollars cash to buy a new
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motorcycle. Epsen dropped. The teenager
off was heading to retrieve another rider when
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he noticed a red Christmas theme bag
in the back of the car. He
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realized it was filled with quite a
lot of money and reported it missing through
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the Uber app immediately. Meanwhile,
the poor teenagers freaking out and contacted the
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Uber app and connected the two once
again. The teenager was blown away by
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the honesty of the driver and made
sure he drove off with a generous tip.
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The driver said, well, you
do something good, it comes back
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ten times. A New Jersey man
had a crazy idea. He wanted to
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throw a party at the Walmart self
checkout counter. You know, I can't
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stand those things you want me to
not use two day shipping from the big
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company, and then you're gonna make
me stand in line to check myself out.
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No, thank you, Walmart.
The man posted on Facebook for the
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party, saying, celebrating another successful
year of picking, paying, and begging
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your own groceries while actual employees just
stand around and check receipts. He saw
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that twenty one thousand people had marked
the event as interested, he decided to
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turn his cynicism into good will.
Walmart was unwilling to host the event,
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but the man Angelo wasn't gonna give
up. He said this starter as a
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joke, but had me thinking.
What if I was to organize a big
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toy drive where we have a Santa
claus Then we all purchased toys from the
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store, pile them outside, and
then donate them to whatever children happen to
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come to the store. I generally
believe something good could come this. Times
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are tough for a lot of people. I think this will be perfect,
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he wrote to his local Elks Lodge
community organization. They offered their location as
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a drop off site. Seven thousand
people actually showed up trunks of presents,
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food, pet food, their donations
flooding the Elks Lodge. Also, the
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manager of the local Walmart store drove
a truck to the event and gave a
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ton of toys and food, etc. Andrew said of the manager, he's
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actually a really great guy and I
really appreciate him for coming through for us,
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and added, I don't actually hate
self checkout well, Johnny Mack does.
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Hey, good news. If you're
a penguin with cataracts, we can
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help you. Three elderly king penguins
have been fitted with custom made eye lenses.
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The Mandai Wildlife Group said the penguins
were among six elderly penguins to undergo
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cataract surgery two months ago and have
since made a full recovery. They include
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three King penguins aged twenty and older
and three humbold penguins ages seven to thirteen.
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They live in Singapore's Jurung Bird Park. Meanwhile, someone has anonymously donated
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a pair of rare air Jordans to
a homeless shelter. The air Jordan's turned
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out to be worth thousands of dollars. Back in April, a pair of
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gold shoes were an obsousally dropped down
a donation shoot at the burnside shelter of
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the Portland Rescue Mission. James Free
is a formerly homeless man who's part of
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the organization's long term shelter program.
He found the shoes. A quick Google
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search revealed the shoes looked like a
pair that Spike Lee Ward of the twenty
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nineteen Academy Awards. They took them
to a local sneaker shop and found out
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that the shoes were part of just
a handful of pairs made in collaboration with
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Spike Leaf for the director and his
inner circle. They were never released to
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the public. The shop owner offered
to buy the sneakers right there, but
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luckily the organization thought about it a
little bit. They reached out to Southeby's.
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They put them on auction. Southebees
estimated the shoes would sell before between
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fifteen and twenty thousand dollars. The
shoes sold for fifty thousand, eight hundred.
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Wow. In good news. You
may live in one of the world's
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happiest countries, especially if you're listening
in Finland. Finland right now ranked number
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one world's happiest country according to the
World Happiness Report. Some countries not as
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happy Afghanistan one thirty seven, Lebanon
one thirty six, Russia number seventy,
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Ukraine number ninety two. As for
the happiest countries, in order from number
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one heading down, Finland, Iceland, number four, Israel. I'm going
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to guess the list was made before
the outbreak of the War of Five Netherlands
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six, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Austria,
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Australia, Canada, Ireland number fifteen, the United States, then Germany,
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Belgium, Czech Republic, UK and
Lithuania around up your top twenty, and
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that is your five good news stories
for today. If you enjoy the program,
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00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.639
tell a friend about it. They
might like it too. See you
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next time.
1
00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:11.960
Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm
Johnny Mack with five good news stories.
2
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:16.039
He good news, we found the
eight thousand dollars you left in an Uber
3
00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:20.280
Oops. Yeah, you're lucky that
the driver is an honest fellow. Esben
4
00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:23.879
has been an Uber driver for four
years on and off. He was chatting
5
00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:27.839
with his passenger and the passenger told
him how proud his dad was of him.
6
00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:31.239
Dad had given the young man eight
thousand dollars cash to buy a new
7
00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:35.600
motorcycle. Epsen dropped. The teenager
off was heading to retrieve another rider when
8
00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:38.640
he noticed a red Christmas theme bag
in the back of the car. He
9
00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:42.560
realized it was filled with quite a
lot of money and reported it missing through
10
00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:47.039
the Uber app immediately. Meanwhile,
the poor teenagers freaking out and contacted the
11
00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:51.119
Uber app and connected the two once
again. The teenager was blown away by
12
00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:54.359
the honesty of the driver and made
sure he drove off with a generous tip.
13
00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:56.840
The driver said, well, you
do something good, it comes back
14
00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:00.719
ten times. A New Jersey man
had a crazy idea. He wanted to
15
00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.439
throw a party at the Walmart self
checkout counter. You know, I can't
16
00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:07.200
stand those things you want me to
not use two day shipping from the big
17
00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:11.439
company, and then you're gonna make
me stand in line to check myself out.
18
00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:14.680
No, thank you, Walmart.
The man posted on Facebook for the
19
00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:18.079
party, saying, celebrating another successful
year of picking, paying, and begging
20
00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:22.439
your own groceries while actual employees just
stand around and check receipts. He saw
21
00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:26.000
that twenty one thousand people had marked
the event as interested, he decided to
22
00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:30.000
turn his cynicism into good will.
Walmart was unwilling to host the event,
23
00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:34.079
but the man Angelo wasn't gonna give
up. He said this starter as a
24
00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:36.719
joke, but had me thinking.
What if I was to organize a big
25
00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:38.359
toy drive where we have a Santa
claus Then we all purchased toys from the
26
00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:42.760
store, pile them outside, and
then donate them to whatever children happen to
27
00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:46.400
come to the store. I generally
believe something good could come this. Times
28
00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:48.280
are tough for a lot of people. I think this will be perfect,
29
00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:53.159
he wrote to his local Elks Lodge
community organization. They offered their location as
30
00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:57.959
a drop off site. Seven thousand
people actually showed up trunks of presents,
31
00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:02.040
food, pet food, their donations
flooding the Elks Lodge. Also, the
32
00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:06.200
manager of the local Walmart store drove
a truck to the event and gave a
33
00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:08.080
ton of toys and food, etc. Andrew said of the manager, he's
34
00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:10.879
actually a really great guy and I
really appreciate him for coming through for us,
35
00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:15.719
and added, I don't actually hate
self checkout well, Johnny Mack does.
36
00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:17.680
Hey, good news. If you're
a penguin with cataracts, we can
37
00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:23.120
help you. Three elderly king penguins
have been fitted with custom made eye lenses.
38
00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:28.919
The Mandai Wildlife Group said the penguins
were among six elderly penguins to undergo
39
00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:31.840
cataract surgery two months ago and have
since made a full recovery. They include
40
00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:37.240
three King penguins aged twenty and older
and three humbold penguins ages seven to thirteen.
41
00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:42.840
They live in Singapore's Jurung Bird Park. Meanwhile, someone has anonymously donated
42
00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:46.000
a pair of rare air Jordans to
a homeless shelter. The air Jordan's turned
43
00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:50.159
out to be worth thousands of dollars. Back in April, a pair of
44
00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:53.080
gold shoes were an obsousally dropped down
a donation shoot at the burnside shelter of
45
00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:58.280
the Portland Rescue Mission. James Free
is a formerly homeless man who's part of
46
00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:00.840
the organization's long term shelter program.
He found the shoes. A quick Google
47
00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:05.360
search revealed the shoes looked like a
pair that Spike Lee Ward of the twenty
48
00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:08.560
nineteen Academy Awards. They took them
to a local sneaker shop and found out
49
00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:12.639
that the shoes were part of just
a handful of pairs made in collaboration with
50
00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:15.080
Spike Leaf for the director and his
inner circle. They were never released to
51
00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:19.800
the public. The shop owner offered
to buy the sneakers right there, but
52
00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:23.960
luckily the organization thought about it a
little bit. They reached out to Southeby's.
53
00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:28.879
They put them on auction. Southebees
estimated the shoes would sell before between
54
00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:34.360
fifteen and twenty thousand dollars. The
shoes sold for fifty thousand, eight hundred.
55
00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:38.199
Wow. In good news. You
may live in one of the world's
56
00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:42.719
happiest countries, especially if you're listening
in Finland. Finland right now ranked number
57
00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:47.719
one world's happiest country according to the
World Happiness Report. Some countries not as
58
00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:53.680
happy Afghanistan one thirty seven, Lebanon
one thirty six, Russia number seventy,
59
00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:58.080
Ukraine number ninety two. As for
the happiest countries, in order from number
60
00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:02.520
one heading down, Finland, Iceland, number four, Israel. I'm going
61
00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:06.120
to guess the list was made before
the outbreak of the War of Five Netherlands
62
00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:11.000
six, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Austria,
63
00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:15.520
Australia, Canada, Ireland number fifteen, the United States, then Germany,
64
00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:18.319
Belgium, Czech Republic, UK and
Lithuania around up your top twenty, and
65
00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:21.399
that is your five good news stories
for today. If you enjoy the program,
66
00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.639
tell a friend about it. They
might like it too. See you
67
00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:25.040
next time.