On Tuesday, September 17, Mia Dougherty sat down to order some new things from Shein: boots, a skirt, a pink dress for an upcoming event, and matching pink jewelry.
However, when the 20-year-old nursing student from Pittsburgh pushed “pay,” she discovered she had typed the incorrect mailing address. Her father David’s residence was the destination of the items, not her new school. She hastily attempted to modify the order, hoping the pink dress would arrive on time, but was unable to do so.
Mia texted her father to explain the situation: “Hey, expect a Shein package—I accidentally sent it to your house.” Because she wanted to view the pink dress before the event, she asked her father to give her a video of her purchase.
When the present arrived at her father’s place, Mia awoke from her slumber to see a video in a Snapchat group chat with him and her stepmother. To her amazement, her father had completed the whole load of her purchase, including trying on a pair of black boots.
Mia found the video humorous and saved it to her camera roll. Though it was only a casual Snapchat video, she knew her friends would like hilarious footage of her father, so she decided to share it on TikTok. The video has since gone viral, with more than 2.8 million likes and 4,500 comments.
“He said this is our shein haul,” one comment reads.
“It’s the ‘Even smells like fake leather’ for me,” someone else remarks.
Another user comments, “Dad definitely needs to do more hauls; he sold me on everything.”
@miadoughertyythanks for the haul😂😂
“I was taken aback when it became viral!” He is usually open and humorous, so I’m delighted others like his jokes as much as my family does,” Mia tells others exclusively.
“I was laughing at the comments because people are just too funny, and I loved that they enjoyed watching the haul,” she tells me. “My dad said some comments like ‘I want a dad’ made him a bit sad, but he was glad people could watch the video and feel happiness from it.”
Mia added that when she noticed the video was gaining likes, she informed her father about it, and he was pleased she released it. “The first time I saw him after the video, he said, ‘You’ll have to speak with my assistant.'” Then he quipped, “I discovered a new phrase.” I asked, ‘What?’ He answered, ‘Beekeeping age.'”
“My dad is genuinely the perfect person to receive this kind of recognition, and he is so grateful for the sweet comments and attention,” she tells me. All of my friends have been admiring him since they first met him. We all nickname him ‘dabe’ (an inside joke), and all of my pals know how wonderful he is and how much he means to me.”