Staged? No. Video recorded? Yes.
'Staged' would imply that the driver had an idea in advance that she was going to act out a role in their presentation. She was unaware of what they were going to do in prior to them giving her the money.
You can either view the glass as half empty or half full. Personally, I prefer to look at it in the optimistic point of view. The people of the church wanted to do something immediately positive, uplifting and life-changing to help a hard-working person in need of financial and moral support.
I would be interested to find out if she used the money to pay off a student loan, fix up her car (delivering pizzas is hard on a car / tires / brakes, etc) or take care of her children's needs. We can try and second-guess that situation all day long, but dollars to donuts, I'd be willing to bet that the money was put to good use.
Certainly it's a better story to see and hear than the one from a year ago where the underage 14 year old punk kid tried to buy cigarettes and beer with his EBT card and the cashier at the convenience store refused to sell them to him because it was against the law, three times over (EBT's can't be used for alcohol, tobacco or ready made food items like pre-made sandwiches; the kid was underage for both tobacco and alcohol as well).
The cashier was fired by the manager for not apologizing to the aunt and the punk kid when the kid's aunt raised a huge stink about it later on. Need I say that the kid and his aunt were both black, and the cashier was white? A clear case of 'racism'...
Anyway, my point is, with all the negative garbage we see and hear in today's news, I simply wanted to post a positive, uplifting, feel-good message to counteract the crap and nonsense. Just once. Thanks for watching.
