Posted on 09/28/2022 5:25:02 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Before her third consecutive double shift at a pizzeria last year, Grace Velez pulled her hair, which fell past her waist, into pigtails. Ms. Velez says she was used to inappropriate comments from customers, but what she experienced that day shocked her.
Regulars who usually never tipped put money in the pizzeria’s tip jar. A few older men winked at Ms. Velez, 21, as they dropped in cash. Another man, who Ms. Velez guessed was in his 30s, tried to flirt with her for 10 minutes before asking her whether she was a high school student.
About halfway through her shift, the University of North Florida student began to suspect that it was her pigtails that made her tips double. She typically made $45 to $75 in tips during double shifts, but she earned $140 that day. On a whim, she made a TikTok about what had happened.
“It’s something that you notice, and then you never unsee it,” Ms. Velez said. “It drew a lot of attention to the fact that young women are definitely fetishized.”
The TikTok post was viewed 1.4 million times, and comments streamed in from others who had similar experiences.
“i do it because it’s such an easy hairstyle when i forgot to put up my hair but i’m always getting hit on by older men and now it makes sense,” one commenter wrote.
“Wait this makes me nervous I didn’t think ab that one time I wore two braid pigtails cuz I was running late and got a 15 dollar tip that night????” said another.
When Bella Woodard saw Ms. Velez’s TikTok and others commenting about how “tiptails” brought in extra cash, Ms. Woodard decided to try it herself.
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Maybe we can install pig tails on our Linux servers.
Cultural trends tend to follow to a greater or lesser degree the political leadership in whatever nation / state they’re taking place. In this case, there’s a lot of attention in the underground media relative to this president’s history of kiddie groping and that’s on video. His daughter claims to enjoy showering with him when she was a youngster. His statements that slip out because of his dementia throw fuel on the fire.
The waitress in pigtails complaining about being “fetishized” and being “nervous” about why she’s getting bigger tips is in the wrong business. Men and women would rather be served by young women in short skirts and low cut blouses - what a surprise.
Yup.
Gee: I wonder why women apply at Hooters?
/s
Recalling her waitress jobs of some 45 years back, my wife said the biggest tip differentials were cleavage driven. She was extremely good looking, but not especially busy, LOL.
She never mentioned pigtails...but styles change. She had beautiful strawberry blonde hair, but that didn’t seem to matter.
During my 4 years in Germany, I never made it to Oktoberfest in Munich (77-81). I did make plans to go in '78 IIRC, but had to back out. That was the year a terrorist group planted a bomb outside the entrance, killing several Americans...it was the group I was going to go with.
Most of my weekends during the summer were spent driving up and down the Mosel River, looking for wine fests, and there were usually 2 or 3 to visit.
I'm ready to party this weekend...start a new job on Monday, just a month after being a casualty of a reorganization.
O/T, but I noticed a difference from past job hunts. Companies are going direct to Indeed and/or Linked In, bypassing staffing agencies. Second, CPA firms are losing business to companies bringing their tax work in house. The company I hired with created a new position for exactly that reason, they were getting dissatisfied with the turnaround on their tax work.
WOW! Its almost as if sex sells.
This is a revolutionary new discovery!
The “do” is known as the “Pedo Joe”
No it does not.
Mythbusters had done something similar only with breast size.
Had Keri Byron work as a waitress. At first with her normal size breast and then gradually increasing her bust size.
They discovered as the bust size increased so did her tips.
This article begs the question
Mary Ann or Ginger?
What say you Gentlemen?
Things that have been seen can’t be unseen.
Some of my young male relatives are handsome & friendly, and made a killing off of tips from women.
Female defendants used to be (still are?) coached how to dress for court to appear sweet and innocent.
SSDD.
I remember when “The Tilted Kilt” (Scottish Hooters) opened across the street. I stopped over for lunch. I sat down at the bar and the bartender called me “Sweety” and touched me on the wrist when she served me a drink.
I immediately knew she was “working me” for a better tip.
FYI, my wife was a waitress at several restaurants in her teens and twenties.
Men who sit at the bar with the beer cooler located on the other side below the bar give the biggest tips.
Wow, people still go to restaurants. Amazing.
For some quirky reason, my first thought was of Willie Nelson in pigtails (braids). Eeeek!
That one looks like a big tips individual.
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