A restaurant server boasted on TikTok about how much she earns, and now a lot of generous consumers are reconsidering how much they tip.
“It was a slow day,” writes Amanda, who is a 23-year-old server at Texas Roadhouse in New York. She shared receipts from a three-hour shift, where she earned $59 an hour.
Her bragging, however, was met with scrutiny from the internet users, who are now vowing to tip less. Keep reading to learn why restaurant goers are fired up over this server’s post!
The 23-year-old server will likely be seeing a drop in her earnings.
The young woman, known as @amanda4xx on TikTok, regrettably shared a clip, revealing her earnings from “a three-hour shift” at the restaurant, an American steakhouse chain that has comparable menu prices to other chains like Applebee’s or TGI Fridays.
She captions the post: “What I made in a [three-hour] shift at Texas Roadhouse! It was a slow day so I only worked for [three] hours.”
In the clip, she shows viewers customer receipts and how much she she earned from each table.
We’re not sure exactly when her shift began, but the receipts she shares shows it was after 6 p.m. on Friday, August 4, 2023.
Since weekend dinner shifts typically tends to be busy, there’s greater potential for higher earnings.
Customers often choose to dine out at weekends, contributing to a bustling atmosphere in restaurants. This scenario suggests that Amanda may have had the opportunity to serve a considerable number of customers during her three-hour shift, potentially impacting her tips and overall earnings for the evening.
Here are the details of the bills, rounded off to the closest dollar:
$12 tip on a $48 check
$20 tip on a $101 check
$9 tip on a $46 check
$30 tip on a $130 check
$7 tip on a $49 check
$22 tip on a $113 check
$32 tip on a $127 check
$12 tip on a $62 check
$25 tip on a $74 check
Most of her tips appear to be paid via credit card, and the restaurant owes her $95.14. Combining this with her hourly pay of $9.00, Amanda’s total earnings for her short shift amounts to $150.14.
On average, taking into account both her base salary and tips, the server earned approximately $59.00 per hour during this shift.
Amanda’s TikTok video caused quite a stir among its 2.8 million viewers, the majority saying her clip offered a reason to tip less.
Shortly after Amanda’s first post went viral, she shared a second clip on tips, this time from a four-hour weekday dinner shift.
On Tuesday, August 8, 2023 – receipts are stamped with times from 5 p.m. to just before 9 p.m. – Amanda earned $36 in hourly wages, $165 in tips, for a lump sum of $201, or $50.00 per hour.
It seems like the criticism didn’t hurt her earnings. At least not yet.
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