WASHINGTON — An 88-year-old veteran working as a cashier in Michigan has become a viral sensation as people around the world have banded together to help him retire.

Ed Bambas works at the Meijer supermarket in Brighton, Michigan. He took the job to help pay his bills after initially being retired for more than a decade.

Despite only having a flip phone and no social media presence himself, Bambas recently caught the attention of . Weidenhofer's videos are the kind of "feel-good" positivity content that uplifts the spirit of people watching through displays of generosity and goodwill.

When a commenter mentioned Bambas, Weidenhofer

"I retired from general motors in '99. In 2012 they went bankrupt and they took my pension away from me," Bambas explained in one of Weindenhofer's recent vi

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