I'm a waitress who makes big tips with this white lie — trolls say I have no morals, but I don't care
Although it's deceptively self-serving, a San Diego-based waitress has masterminded what's being deemed an 'amoral' hack for tugging at the heartstrings (and purse strings) of generous restaurant-goers.
'I put my baby picture in my server book to look like a single mom who has to provide,' Aislin Parker, 25, dished in the closed-captions of a trending TikTok tell-all, which has amassed over 2.2 million views.
'People are like, 'Is that your daughter?'' Parker said, showing off the precious photo of herself as a tot, dressed in an all-pink ensemble.
'I'm like, 'Yeah,'' continued the brunette, sharing the details of her phony sob story with a whiny tone of voice. ''She's six. I had her when I was 19. The dad didn't want to stay.''
'It's giving single mom who works two jobs,' Parker said with a sly smirk, quoting Reba McEntire's 'I'm a Survivor' lyrics. 'I'm like, 'Help me support my baby. It's really tough.''
'And it's working.'
Parker's pity approach to making a pretty penny is one that plenty of servers are using to fatten their pockets.
Tay B, a 20-something slinging wing-dings at Hooters, virally claimed that she raked in a whopping $400 in tips during one shift thanks to her protruding pregnant belly. Big-hearted customers showered the Gen Z with big bucks out of sheer sympathy for her big baby bump.
Waitress Bella Woodard, however, gave herself a baby-like makeover, styling her hair in two girlish pigtails, in order to get hefty handouts from her male clientele.
'I got a $135 tip by one guy tonight,' Woodard bragged of the hairy hack. 'Wear pigtails to work, I'm boutta be doing this everyday.'
The profitability of the stunts notwithstanding, haters argue that emotionally manipulating folks out of their money is totally wrong.
'So basically you are a liar,' spat an unamused commenter beneath Parker's baby pic post.
'No morals,' another outraged online barker.
'I couldn't imagine lying to make tips,' an equally disgusted detractor wrote.
'And then there are the single moms ACTUALLY working to support our kids. Two jobs,' a separate naysayer said, suggesting that Parker's money-making escapade makes a mockery of real working mothers who are going it alone. 'If you're a good server, I promise you don't have to lie to get better tips. Just sayin.'
But the pennywise waitress isn't bothered by the shaming.
'So yeah, I'm like totally lying,' Parker shrugged in a subsequent snippet.
'I've donated my eggs twice, so I'm basically a mommy,' she teased. 'But I love to go into work and [become] a different person and make something up.'
'You gotta do what you gotta do.'
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