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Servers in pigtails earn more tips. It’s creeping them out.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | September 28, 2022 | Samantha Chery, The Washington Post

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: crap; creeps; districtofcolumbia; harassment; jeffbezos; noitisnt; nonsense; perverts; pigtails; pua; redpill; samanthachery; sexualization; sloots; tips; totalbs; waitresses; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost; women
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1 posted on 09/28/2022 5:25:02 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Ped0s like to show young girls big tips.


2 posted on 09/28/2022 5:27:43 AM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.l)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

>“It drew a lot of attention to the fact that young women are definitely fetishized.”

Wow, you think that a cultural standard extending back to the beginning of time is a thing?


3 posted on 09/28/2022 5:28:15 AM PDT by struggle
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Nothing new here

It has been know for a long time better looking severs get better tips.

Very friendly good looking servers even get better tips.


4 posted on 09/28/2022 5:29:09 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Wonder if it can increase the odds of getting raped, too?


5 posted on 09/28/2022 5:29:13 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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6 posted on 09/28/2022 5:29:47 AM PDT by KevinB
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Somehow, I find it hard to believe that they are bothered by more tips.


7 posted on 09/28/2022 5:33:06 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Some men want to see the world burn. It is they that want you to buy an electric car.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I wonder if that shop teacher is going to try that.


8 posted on 09/28/2022 5:33:28 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: KevinB

If you want to be happy for the rest of your life . . .


9 posted on 09/28/2022 5:33:46 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: piasa

Or sniffed?


10 posted on 09/28/2022 5:38:17 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
"I don't make enough money in tips!! I am unhappy!!"

"Well, just try this one trick ..."

"Wow! I'm making so much money tips!! I am unhappy!!"

11 posted on 09/28/2022 5:40:17 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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> I wonder if that shop teacher is going to try that.

Stop ! I can't eat breakfast while laughing.

12 posted on 09/28/2022 5:44:23 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Mythbuster Bigger Breasts better tips
13 posted on 09/28/2022 5:44:27 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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14 posted on 09/28/2022 5:49:17 AM PDT by Pollard (Worm Free PureBlood)
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To: struggle

This is tiktok porn


15 posted on 09/28/2022 5:50:41 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: riverrunner
Nothing new here It has been know for a long time better looking severs get better tips.

Very friendly good looking servers even get better tips.

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Nevermind servers actually doing their jobs. /s

I reserve the single dollar insult specifically for the good-looking cranks who never come back to the table except to collect $$, especially now (post-pandemic woke liberals populate most restaurants in our area and I have zero tolerance for those who refuse to do their damned jobs).

16 posted on 09/28/2022 5:54:18 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Hope they save outrage for Japan; there are entire mainstream stores devoted to men and women who are into this.

Tv shows, comic books, whatever.


17 posted on 09/28/2022 5:56:05 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Quit complaining.

I will now be on the lookout for pigtailed waitresses with substandard service and may reserve a penny tip as a new level of protest.

(yes, I carry cash)


18 posted on 09/28/2022 5:56:36 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Hmmm. Cute girls attract attention. Wow!!!


19 posted on 09/28/2022 5:59:52 AM PDT by jimfree (My 19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: logi_cal869

So let me get this straight. If the tips are too low, they complain. If the tips are too high, they complain. What am I missing here?


20 posted on 09/28/2022 5:59:57 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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