Ghostman
Ambassador of the SuperNatural
You're 63 years old and playing part time music at an airport bar. Middle of the day, you're putting in your short time to gleam as many tips as possible.
A young man approaches and asks about your life and strikes up a conversation. After about 15 minutes he goes back to his drink and you continue your quiet set. Thirty minutes later, the young man comes back and has this to say:
Stranger: "What's the biggest tip you've ever received doing this?"
You: "oh, I think $600 once."
Stranger "say man, I really enjoyed your music and your life story. Thank you for taking the time to brighten people's day. Just to let you know, I have an Instagram account with almost 200k followers. I just sent out a request for people to donate a tip for you. If you can give me your Venmo, I can transfer what they've donated and I would love to give this to you."
You: "how much is it? I only have Cash App."
Stranger: "well, its up to about $10,000 so far. But I'm headed to my flight and I'm going to leave it open for the day. At the end of the day, I'll transfer the amount to you. It's all yours."
in reality, this happened to a man yesterday playing piano at an airport bar. My wife follows an Instagrammer "Sharon Says So" and she shared this story from another Instagrammer "Carlos Whittaker." At the end of the day, Carlos raised and handed over $63,000 to this bloke at the airport, playing piano.
The power of Instagrammers is insane. So many of them will do these charitable events where they open a Venmo for people to donate, and then they turn around and give it to someone in need.
A young man approaches and asks about your life and strikes up a conversation. After about 15 minutes he goes back to his drink and you continue your quiet set. Thirty minutes later, the young man comes back and has this to say:
Stranger: "What's the biggest tip you've ever received doing this?"
You: "oh, I think $600 once."
Stranger "say man, I really enjoyed your music and your life story. Thank you for taking the time to brighten people's day. Just to let you know, I have an Instagram account with almost 200k followers. I just sent out a request for people to donate a tip for you. If you can give me your Venmo, I can transfer what they've donated and I would love to give this to you."
You: "how much is it? I only have Cash App."
Stranger: "well, its up to about $10,000 so far. But I'm headed to my flight and I'm going to leave it open for the day. At the end of the day, I'll transfer the amount to you. It's all yours."
in reality, this happened to a man yesterday playing piano at an airport bar. My wife follows an Instagrammer "Sharon Says So" and she shared this story from another Instagrammer "Carlos Whittaker." At the end of the day, Carlos raised and handed over $63,000 to this bloke at the airport, playing piano.
The power of Instagrammers is insane. So many of them will do these charitable events where they open a Venmo for people to donate, and then they turn around and give it to someone in need.
the feds won't know unless he claims the income. Since the Instagrammer isn't the source of the money, but just an "escrow" agent, passing through the money, the tax liability is up to the claimant. It's like the guy got thousands of $5 tips. If the payer doesn't claim the tax exempt "gift" then the receiver doesn't have to claim and it goes under the wire.
