Lo que parecía ser un día normal de trabajo para Conner Stephanoff, un repartidor de pizzas en Brownsburg, Indiana, terminó transformándose en una historia de solidaridad y sorpresa. Todo comenzó cuando, tras entregar un pedido en medio de una tormenta de nieve, recibió una propina de apenas $2.15. Lo que él no sabía es que este pequeño gesto llamaría la atención de una comunidad entera.
Una caminata bajo la tormenta
Durante una intensa nevada, Stephanoff, empleado de Rock Star Pizza, tuvo que recorrer a pie casi un kilómetro para realizar la entrega, ya que la carretera hacia la dirección del pedido estaba cerrada. Vestido únicamente con ropa deportiva y zapatillas, logró cumplir con su trabajo, llevando un pedido de $40 hasta la puerta de una lujosa casa. A cambio, solo recibió $2.15 como propina.
Mientras esto sucedía, cerca del lugar se encontraba el oficial de policía Richard Craig, quien estaba atendiendo un accidente de tráfico. Al ver a Stephanoff caminar por la nieve con la caja de pizza, decidió grabar un video para su popular cuenta de TikTok.
@officercraig $2 TIP SHOULD BE A CRIME! Whoever did this: #SHAMEFUL ROCKSTAR PIZZA HAS A ROCKSTAR DRIVER. (Brownsburg, IN.) This guy is a RARE breed. During today’s all day snowstorm, crashes and slideoffs were coming in near 30 calls an hour. This school bus had a minor crash. The bus slid backwards and sideways down a hill and gets stuck, blocking this neighborhood street, and making it completely impassable. The roads were so bad, it took us 20 min. to get 3-4 miles. THIS #DELIVERYDRIVER pulled up before officers arrived. The delivery was about 1/4 mile past where the bus was blocking the street. This young man did not allow this to discourage him. He didn’t call his manager to complain, he didn’t call the customer and tell them their $40 pizza order could not be delivered. Oh no. THIS MAN IS BUILT DIFFERENT. He would not be discouraged by the obstacles he was encountering, which included a 1/2 mile hike round trip in the cold, wet snow. He parked his vehicle at the top of the hill, got out, wearing grey sweats, Nikes, and NO COAT nor GLOVES. He grabbed this #RockstarPizza, and took off hiking thru the very cold, and wet snow with the pizza in tow. It was the beginning of his shift at 4:30p on a Friday afternoon, BUT he was determined this family got their pizza. This is in a more affluent neighborhood, and I’m sure he thought he would be rewarded properly for his RARE display of PRIDE and DEDICATION to his work- that is often times not seen by some of his generation. But more so, he wanted to ensure this family got their pizza to their door! So they did not have to leave the confines of their warm, comfortable, AND VERY NICE home. He got my attention as I see him walking in the middle of street after he made the delivery. I said outloud “what does this guy think he is doing?” As I initially thought he was a neighbor coming to “rubberneck” the crash. The bus driver told me he walked by once and was delivering a pizza. I didn’t believe that fully because what young pizza delivery guy in 2025 would do this??? None that I know! Not believing it completely, I hit RECORD and ask this young man. I was dumbfounded and in disbelief when he confirmed. But most of all - I was impressed- AND STILL AM! I’m proud to witness this firsthand. But my excitement and pride quickly turned to frustration when I asked him about his tip. WHO TIPS A GUY WHO RISKS EVERYTHING TO DRIVE FOOD TO YOUR DOOR LIKE THIS?? Let alone, gets out to hike it to you while every road was nearly impassable! I REALLY HOPE this algorithm is good enough that whomever DID THIS, SEES THIS! You should be ashamed of yourself whoever u are!! SHAME ON YOU. A $40 pizza delivered and a $2 tip! EVERYONE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CAN AFFORD IT. AND IF THEY CANT, STOP ORDERING PIZZA YOU CANT AFFORD! After processing he only received $2, and what I just witnessed, I reached for my own wallet. To PAY THE TIP FOR SOMEONE THAT PROBABLY MAKES DOUBLE MY SALARY. But I did not want this young man discouraged. Unfortunately my wallet was in my Tahoe, which was at the top of the big hill. I quickly as I could chased him down up the hill giving him the little cash I had in my wallet. (About $15) HE DESERVED MUCH MORE. Not sure who this guy is, BUT IF YOU DO, PLZ TAG HIM, SHOW HIM SOME ❤️❤️❤️ AND GIVE HIM THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES! Well done sir.🫡#IncredibleWork #Rockstar #Brownsburg #Indiana #delivery #Driver #snow #PizzaGuy #pizza @Dave Portnoy #LifeLawAndFootball #dedicated #workethic @Pat McAfee Show Clips ♬ original sound - Officer Craig
Indignación en redes sociales
Tras escuchar la historia de Stephanoff y enterarse de la baja propina, Craig no pudo ocultar su indignación. "¡Miren a este hombre! Este hombre atravesó viento y marea para entregar una pizza", exclamó en el video, donde explicó cómo volvió corriendo a su patrulla para darle todo el dinero en efectivo que tenía en su billetera.
La situación motivó a Craig a tomar acción: en un segundo video, instó a la comunidad a “hacerlo mejor” y anunció la creación de una campaña en GoFundMe con el objetivo de recaudar $500 como recompensa para Stephanoff.
Una muestra de solidaridad
La respuesta fue abrumadora. Miles de personas se unieron para apoyar al repartidor, y un donante anónimo contribuyó $1,500. En total, casi 2,000 personas lograron recaudar $39,000 para Stephanoff, una cantidad que dejó al joven sin palabras.
“No puedo creer que esto sea real, pero lo es”, confesó Stephanoff al canal WRTV de Indianápolis. Por su parte, Ron Mathews, propietario de Rock Star Pizza, aseguró que su empleado merecía el reconocimiento: "No esperaba nada a cambio. Caminó bajo la tormenta, entregó la pizza y regresó al restaurante sin pensar que alguien lo estaba observando".
Un cambio inesperado
La historia de Conner Stephanoff ha conmovido a miles y es un recordatorio de cómo pequeños actos pueden desencadenar una ola de generosidad. Lo que empezó como un simple reparto de pizza terminó convirtiéndose en una lección de humanidad y gratitud.
