Lillie, a restaurant employee who goes by the handle @mylasoasis_ on the platform, made a forceful declaration in today’s episode:
If you can’t afford to tip your waiter, you shouldn’t be dining out. Lillie speaks straight into the camera as she begins her video, saying:
“Eating out is not a right; it is a luxury. You can’t afford to dine out if you can’t afford to tip 20%. The TikToker discussed the country’s continuing debate about server compensation.
Some individuals believe that servers should get different compensation, although she and more than 1.6 million other servers nationwide don’t face this issue.
“You can b**ch and moan and tell me that my employer should be paying me a higher wage all you want, but this is America, and that’s not what is happening, OK?” She clarified.