He was supposed to be on his second retirement, not his second full-time job. Instead, at 88, Army veteran and former General Motors worker Ed Bambas was still standing at a cashier’s station in a Michigan Meijer supermarket, working 40 hours a week to keep up with his bills. On Friday, he stood in roughly the same place and wept as an Australian influencer handed him a staggering $1.7 million cheque, with the GoFundMe now having raised almost $1.9 million, money strangers around the world donated so he could finally retire. “I wish my wife were here,” Bambas said through tears. “But it’s something that dreams are made out of.” Bambas’ story doesn’t start at the checkout. He had, by most measures, done everything right. He retired from General Motors in 1999, expecting the

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