A Hooters waitress has claimed that she pocketed over $700 in tips after wearing one accessory.
Waitress Lana, who goes by the handle @lolligrrl on TikTok, conducted a social experiment to see how many tips she could earn in one shift at the sports bar-style restaurant.
In a video that has now amassed 5 million views, the TikToker, based in Memphis, Tennessee, announced: “Today, I’m going to see if wearing glasses will affect my tips.”
While wearing her spectacles, Lana revealed that she made a whopping $702 in total. She explained that she earned a $500 cash tip after one person heard that she was planning a trip to Miami. As for tips on the card, she got $46.44 and $80, as well as smaller numbers like $5, $3, $10, $8, and $7.62.
“So I could’ve missed some cash tips but today I’m walking home with $702, which is not normal,” she said. “I was extremely lucky today. There are some days where I’ll work 10 times harder and make less than $100, and today I only had 8 tables.
“So I’m so grateful for every tip that I got because that will pay for the rest of my bills while I’m away on my trip,” she added.
Lana quipped in the caption that maybe she should “stop wearing” her contacts, as she believes that it had an impact on her work day.
Many people seemed to agree with her, as one user wrote: “Glasses always a plus,” while a second shared that they are also a waitress and found that they “get more tips when I do my hair in pigtails and wear my glasses”.
Another user also penned: “When I worked at [an] ice cream shop I always got more tips if I was wearing my glasses and pigtails braids.”
One person wrote that the glasses “would actually work on me,” adding: “I like glasses and, subconsciously, I would think that tipping more would give me a chance with someone even though I know it won’t.”
Lana isn’t the only Hooters worker who found a way to make bank, as 21-year-old Tay B, noticed that customers were more generous with their tips once they saw that she was pregnant.
The waitress, who is now a mom, revealed on the social media platform in 2022 that she made $417 in one day, gushing: “[It was a] pretty freaking amazing Tuesday.”
In addition to this, another Hooters worker named Savannah, a 22-year-old from Dallas, Texas, earned $570 after wearing a birthday sash during her shift.
