Walmart Self-Checkout Employee Party Joke Goes Viral and Turns Into Toy Drive

A New Jersey man never believed that his joke about throwing a Wal-Mart self-checkout employee party would draw so much interest, but when it did, he decided to transform the event into a 🎁Toy drive this Christmas season.

According to the New York Post, Drew Delgado created a mock Facebook event page to host a self-checkout employee party for Dec. 15 at the Lanoka Harbor Wal-Mart location.

The open event stated, “Celebrating another successful year of picking, paying, and bagging your own groceries while actual employees just stand around and check receipts.”

As of Thursday, over 45,000 people have responded to this jest, and tens of thousands have displayed an interest in actually attending.

This gave Delgado an idea. He posted, “What if … I was to organize a big 🎁Toy drive where we have a Santa Claus and then we all purchase toys from the store, pile them outside and then donate them to whatever children happen to come to the store?”

“I genuinely believe that something good can come from this. Times are tough for a lot of people. I think this would be perfect,” he added.

Delgado now has two Elks lodges involved to help host the event, as well as an Amazon