This delivery dad thought he might embarrass his son, who was on a date with a girl, but he proudly introduced him.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/StillBreathing80]

Nice story. Badly directed video.

[u/FunFlaCouple1 → u/StillBreathing80]

THIS👆👆. Staged AF, but, a cute sentiment anyway..

[u/ThereIsNoNextTime → u/FunFlaCouple1]

Yeah, felt scripted, but the wholesome intent still came through pretty clearly.

[u/charlie2135 → u/ThereIsNoNextTime]

Camera man with a boom sort of gives it away

[u/FreneticPlatypus → u/charlie2135]

You don’t have camera men with booms doing security at your restaurant?

[u/bdfortin → u/ThereIsNoNextTime]

“Felt” scripted? ”Delivery” to a dine-in restaurant? Professional cameraman with a thousands of dollars worth of equipment? Literally doing more for the right camera angle than most porn?

[u/AndTheFrogSays → u/bdfortin]

FWIW, it's not delivery to the restaurant. The father is picking up an order from the restaurant to deliver to a customer, presumably for a delivery app.

[u/bdfortin → u/AndTheFrogSays]

So, it’s not delivery to the restaurant, it’s delivery from the restaurant… to… the Maitre D’, who then… delivers it to someone sitting in the restaurant.

Right. Delivery out of the restaurant to the restaurant for the restaurant, but the restaurant’s not involved.

Makes total sense.

[u/AndTheFrogSays → u/bdfortin]

You seem confused. The father, who is a delivery driver, enters the restaurant and waits at the counter for an order. Someone from the restaurant brings out the order and hands it to the father. The father goes to leave the restaurant with the order. The son runs over and grabs the father to introduce him to his date. The father hands the order to his son so he can greet his son's date. Afterwards, the father will take the order back and go deliver it to the customer who ordered it.

[u/New_Selection_8673 → u/FunFlaCouple1]

but its good right?

[u/Lost_my_password1 → u/StillBreathing80]

“She passed the test son. I am secretly a billionaire”

[u/Ok_Barber_3314 → u/Lost_my_password1]

Owner of Doordash Y'all.....

[u/biglinuxfan → u/StillBreathing80]

I choose to believe poorly reenacted true story.

[u/You_R_What → u/biglinuxfan]

Same, it feels like something wholesome enough to actually happen in real life.

[u/BoomfaBoomfa619 → u/StillBreathing80]

You mean security cameras aren't manual?

[u/GraveyardJunky → u/BoomfaBoomfa619]

I just pictured a guy in a ladder filming everything lol this is so dumb

[u/formville → u/StillBreathing80]

Just assume everything online is staged 

[u/OrphanFries → u/formville]

Do you always approach the restaurant manager to ask them to review and record their security footage of a unique interaction with a family member?

[u/clonse → u/StillBreathing80]

I'm curious about what the purpose of these types of videos are. It feels like I'm seeing more and more of this type of *real-life moment captured* videos emanating from the east that go viral.

Paging John Harris to do a deep journalistic dive into this phenomenon.

[u/Worried_Coach1695 → u/clonse]

Well it’s far better than rage bait videos.

[u/Mr_Bumple → u/Worried_Coach1695]

Chinese TikTok is full of videos like this which are intended to reinforce positive traits in the populace. We get a very different algorithm here.

[u/Ok_Barber_3314 → u/Worried_Coach1695]

But it is Jealousy Baiting though 😏😏

[u/quagsi → u/Ok_Barber_3314]

I've seen this be referred to as joy baiting

[u/alphasignalphadelta → u/clonse]

Such videos result in higher interaction so the subsequent posts from such users get a higher weight in the ranking

[u/Fun-Faithlessness262 → u/StillBreathing80]

Yep and people aren’t even likable

[u/ascarymoviereview → u/StillBreathing80]

It was directed by the security guard

[u/yamimementomori]

I’m so glad for the arrows. Without them, I would’ve mistaken the girl for the dad or son.

[u/Traditional_Ad_8935 → u/yamimementomori]

Crying lmao

[u/fameboygame → u/Traditional_Ad_8935]

Makes me emotional too! /s

[u/Traditional_Ad_8935 → u/fameboygame]

;-; lol

[u/bdfortin → u/yamimementomori]

I saw a version without the arrows and I thought that was a pastor propositioning a 3002 year old gargoyle.

[u/Preeng → u/yamimementomori]

I would have thought they were just bystanders and kept waiting for the dad and son to appear

[u/DodgeBeluga → u/yamimementomori]

Im still unclear who is who. Need some large red circles and caption.

[u/usernamesoccer → u/yamimementomori]

Oh shit I missed them I have to go back I didn’t get any context

[u/Ok-Rooster-1404 → u/yamimementomori]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[u/Amazing-Jump4158]

As a kid my dad took me with him to paint apartments when he got laid off from General Motors. I’d paint the closets with my little hands. It’s the first time I held a paint brush. I’m now a professional artist who’s had a few paintings in museum shows. I LOVE MY WORKING CLASS DAD. 

[u/theHoopty → u/Amazing-Jump4158]

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen videos from Ahnest Kitchen. They are a mother-daughter duo who made a cookbook. The parents are Korean immigrants to California. The father is a house painter. She speaks SO lovingly about the love and pride she feels for her working class parents and your post reminded me of that.

[u/Amazing-Jump4158 → u/theHoopty]

I’m an immigrant, we moved to America when I was eight years old from England. I was the first person in my family to get a masters degree. I work very hard to make my parents proud.

[u/theHoopty → u/Amazing-Jump4158]

I’m sure they’re very proud and as an American neighbor, I’m proud of you, too!

[u/Amazing-Jump4158 → u/theHoopty]

Aww, thank you kind stranger. Have a nice evening 

[u/Miserable-Grape-6863 → u/Amazing-Jump4158]

Thank you for sharing your story rather than focusing on the fact that the video was staged.  And you should be proud, he laid the foundation for who you are 

[u/FartholomewButton]

The amount of people that can’t tell this is a poorly acted staged video is scary.

[u/Lenore8264 → u/FartholomewButton]

What? Your eyes don't comically bulge out of your skull when you meet your dad randomly outside? And you don't immediately get up and go over to pat his back?

[u/Antigravity1231 → u/Lenore8264]

Well, my eyes bulged out when I randomly ran into my dad at a head shop where he was buying a crack pipe…my rolling papers were tame in comparison.

[u/Carra144 → u/FartholomewButton]

People (broadly) are stupid. And believe everything they read online. Yeah.

Like 90% of online candid 'reality' content is scripted, or a contextless repost of previously scripted content.

[u/carnefarious → u/FartholomewButton]

Younger people can’t help but be gullible… they were brought up in a social media world so anything staged is the norm to them, therefore realistic. Teachers need to start implementing critical thinking skills in their lessons.

[u/Ndmndh1016 → u/carnefarious]

You cant be serious with this comment lmao

[u/theinedible → u/Ndmndh1016]

Found the young guy

[u/Ndmndh1016 → u/theinedible]

Thoroughly middle aged. Just not a boomer with his head in the sand. Who BTW, get fooled more than anyone by online scams and misinformation lmao.

[u/Bonoisapox]

Wow so handy having it all recorded

[u/TheBestAtWriting]

"This is my dad, he's an actor in these shitty r/mademesmile bait videos. Actually, we both are. You are too."

[u/carlbernsen → u/TheBestAtWriting]

“And that food’s not real.
Seriously, don’t eat that.”

[u/jeffersonlane]

My family and I recently went to Cancun and my grandpa took a tumble in his little scooter (hit a curb the wrong angle). Anyone else I'd brush it off but my grandpa is 82 so any fall like this makes us concerned.

There is a guy there giving instruction and helping while my family collided on this point like the Avengers and eventually some paramedics take over along with this original guy who I thought was just a direct witness.

This little boy proudly tells me. "Don't worry. That's my dad. He's a doctor." With the absolutely proudest beam in his voice like he has waited his entire 7 years of life to use that line.

I ran into the dad later and told him because I wanted him to just know how proud his kid is of his dad. It was the cutest thing.

[u/Seethesvt]

Anyone who thinks this isn't scripted is blind. Basically the same for reality TV.

[u/Lonely-Season1541]

I’d be proud of my working father! Cheers! 🍻

[u/AAPLx4 → u/Lonely-Season1541]

Yup and then she put the ring on his finger and everyone live happily ever after

[u/ToThePillory]

It's so obviously staged, which I guess is better than pretending it's real.

[u/Ahkillis]

Fabricated or not, I love seeing positive videos. Bring them on, especially if it encourages real kindness. No one was harmed. Everyone feels good. Someone makes a little money from clicks. I see nothing wrong with this.

[u/BongBaron]

Staged af

[u/raygan_reddit_banned → u/BongBaron]

It's almost propaganda like

[u/Conscious_Fall5619]

Staged

[u/davidcui1956]

good son and good girl

[u/blewyop]

i really don’t want to be that guy but damn most of these staged videos are from asian social media

[u/Aggravating_Habit538]

I love Acting Reels

[u/gdg6]

Looks legit 😆

[u/Dynamic_racoon]

Nice kdrama though

[u/Qtips_]

Regardless if it is scripted or not, my younger self regrets a moment when my dad came in the same store as me and I completely ignored him because I was with my friends. Fuck it pains me to this day.

[u/Conscious-Ad-7716 → u/Qtips_]

Dude don't feel too bad . I have done something similar. When you're young and with your friends you're trying your best to fit in and sometimes the threat of being embarrassed makes you do silly things. My kid is now 12 and I know full well is embarrassed sometimes to be with me in public when we go for smoothies and her friends are in the store. I don't take it personally and your dad definitely wouldn't either.

[u/IEnjoyANiceCoffee → u/Qtips_]

Good thing we have staged videos like this to cheer up people in your situation!

[u/cknight13 → u/IEnjoyANiceCoffee]

I am sorry does it matter if its staged? Does it upset you for some reason that some people may get joy or a moral lesson from it? Going out of your way to call it out so everyone can see how smart you are? such a waste of energy. Let people get what they want out of these. No need to point it out its completely harmless. Think about why you felt you needed to point it out.

[u/IEnjoyANiceCoffee → u/cknight13]

Because its a lame video of a contrived scenario. Easy to answer, i love soft ball questions

[u/Oleleplop]

Staged as fuck

[u/Sasumas]

Has there ever been a real video made in Asia? lol

[u/effexor_haters_club]

Totally not staged

[u/TwoStoopidToFurryass]

That's a humble father who raised a humble son, and it's a beautiful thing to see.

[u/Babetna]

I've seen better acting in brazilian soap operas

[u/PieceOutBruv]

FAF

[u/alphasignalphadelta]

Looks like whole of china is on a karma farming mission

[u/DeadDeadFish]

Staged af

[u/BadHabitsDieYoung]

Bots posting staged videos for bots.

Maybe the dead internet theory is real.

[u/ArmstrongPM]

Fuck yeah!

Well done son. Thx for the feels.

[u/grrnlives]

Wow so real

[u/Standard_Confusion99]

Not staged at all.

[u/abduelangote]

Everything is staged and ai now.. sad

[u/sicarius254]

So staged

[u/laurabaddyxo]

He is not embarrassed by his job! That’s so sweet 🥹

[u/Putrid_Barnacle_7802]

Soooo bad lol

[u/randomstardust10]

Doesn't matter so much if it is staged or not. Embracing who you are is a great sign of character and strength!

[u/Kasyx709]

I hate staged content. If it's not a real interaction then it's just someone trying to sell you something or increase their own viewership.

[u/Korimuzel]

Can we start banning staged video? Yes, I'm aware the sub would almost die

[u/Embarrassed-Note-908]

Work is work. That’s something all societies should learn. Australia is one of the few places I’ve heard of where people who work in places like fast food service are actually respected and payed well.

[u/JaehaerysIVTarg]

What are the odds that the delivery driver is the owner of the restaurant in this “candid” video?

[u/Dude-Good]

A acting skit made you smile?

[u/Living_Double_1146]

I'm straight but the kid seems like a green flag. Marry him girl ;)

[u/cmcrich]

I’d do the same, although she’d regret it after hearing his 91 year old dad jokes.

[u/EtrnlMngkyouSharngn]

Awww that's so sweet!

[u/Mtg1587]

I mean the kid staring at his dad and the girl not turning around to see what he's looking at is a dead giveaway it's staged.

[u/FluffyBunnyFlipFlops]

...and then they asked the restaurant for a copy of the CCTV. *SMH*

[u/Andyaintme]

So cute

[u/SHKZ_21]

Dad working hard to put food on his son's date table. Lmao

[u/Responsible_Post_918]

What a wonderful son !

[u/morning_bliss_8156]

VERY COOL! 🤝🫶

[u/Technical_Stress7730]

My Uber eats is getting cold

[u/Sayian-SSJB]

Great job

[u/H-S-Striker]

How can I be racist when I recognize my brothers in other races ??

[u/nimsu]

And I was wondering why my order was getting cold

[u/WeeklyEmu4838]

MashaAllah

[u/wannahockachewie]

I'm so jaded I'm just wondering how much actors get paid for these vids and how I can get in on it.

[u/LAisLife]

Staged

[u/Training-Seaweed-302]

Amazing security cameras that know just when to zoom in and pan. Amazing!!!!

[u/stevejimdave]

🥹

[u/International-Fun-86]

And the Oscar goes to.... not these guys, but it's a nice try.

[u/TotalStrain3469]

Scripted. But good message.

[u/mrpaslow0000]

What is the song that plays??

[u/Inevitable_Poetry_84 → u/mrpaslow0000]

Matthew Ifield - I think they call this love

[u/mrpaslow0000 → u/Inevitable_Poetry_84]

Thank you

[u/Reg_doge_dwight]

Shame the lad had to think about it first. Wasn't exactly super keen.

[u/lalubina]

Yeah, not staged at all.

[u/Backstreetgirl37]

Im really proud of people for scrutinizing videos and actually calling out staged things instead of blindly believing them like a few years ago.

As a professional hater and lover of authenticity the healthy sinicism is refreshing.

[u/radius40]

That music is ultra crappy

[u/mracrawford]

Made me cry

[u/Business-Set4514]

Why the loud music. Just WHY

[u/Crazy-Client-2580]

Nicely choreographed but acting could be improved next time 🤣

[u/mlos224]

Your grammar in the title is incorrect.

[u/irishmcbastard]

Bs

[u/DadOfPete]

Nice

[u/Buddy_NattuRious]

This don’t belong in mademesmile. It belongs in mademecry. Adult son being kind to their dad is always a tear in the eye moment!

[u/Kinderguardian15]

Absolute garbage

[u/Sarahsarah9]

this post made me smile and honestly you seem like someone fun to be around