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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Make an ugly woman your wife.🤪
Bailey.😏
Mary Ann or Ginger?
What say you Gentlemen?
Mary Ann and Ginger...
...who never come back to the table except to collect $$...
I wish I could find those places. I absolutely hate anyplace where they lay on their fake caring “customer service” and especially so at restaurants. Get the hell away from me, Im not here to talk to you, and stop getting in my personal space and interrupting my conversation. I dont want or need my damned dishes cleared and if my cup looks like it needs refilling then just do it and go away.
I always thought there was something wrong with Team Maryann until I realized they were interpreting the question differently.
Guess they won’t be voting again for Pedo Joe, huh?
“Maybe it makes men feel more paternalistic?”
My wife and I got to become friends with our regular waitress at Applebee’s. She’s probably 27? I never minded my wife wanting to give her a bigger tip than usual - I think you might be right in some cases about being paternalistic.
She even called my wife one night as she couldn’t get her car started at the restaurant! We’re only 3 miles down the road so it was easy enough to help her out.
I made the comment the other day about how reading comprehension at FR has collapsed; touche’.
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