The Starbucks barista who was publicly shamed by a customer who refused to wear a mask now has nearly $80,000 coming his way. 24-year-old Lenin Gutierrez was working at a San Diego Starbucks a week ago when a woman who wasn’t wearing a mask came in to order.
He politely asked her if she had a face mask, which is the required store policy, the woman then flipped him off, starting swearing, and took a picture of him to post on Facebook.
Meet lenen from Starbucks who refused to serve me cause I’m not wearing a mask. Next time I will wait for cops and bring a medical exemption.
Posted by Amber Lynn Gilles on Monday, June 22, 2020
The woman’s post said in part, “Meet Lenin from Starbucks who refused to serve me cause I’m not wearing a mask. Next time I will wait for the cops”.
The post however generated an outpouring of support for the barista.
A Starbucks barista who was publicly shamed by a customer after asking her to wear a face mask has received nearly $80,000 in virtual tips after a Facebook post that criticized him we… https://t.co/8GyOnZqBOu
— FOX31 Denver KDVR (@KDVR) June 29, 2020
Someone started a GoFundMe page with a goal of $1,000 in virtual tips. Now it’s up to $80,000!
