{"id":13136,"date":"2024-07-08T20:50:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T20:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13136"},"modified":"2024-07-08T20:50:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T20:50:30","slug":"bartender-sparks-debate-after-revealing-shocking-pay-slip-for-70-hours-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=13136","title":{"rendered":"Bartender sparks debate after revealing shocking pay slip for 70 hours of work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaliyah Cortez explained that she just wants to be ‘paid adequately and consistently’<\/h2>\n

The topic of pay is certainly a divisive one. And with the ongoing cost of living crisis, it’s a pretty important discussion to be had too.<\/p>\n

Well, a bartender from Austin,\u00a0Texas<\/a>, sparked quite the debate after revealing how much she made from 70 hours of shifts.<\/p>\n

The TikToker also told her followers why everyone should ‘always’ tip their servers, explaining she just wants to be ‘paid adequately and consistently’.<\/p>\n

Aaliyah Cortez had worked at a\u00a0sports<\/a>\u00a0bar for a year before she uploaded a video of her payslip to\u00a0TikTok<\/a>\u00a0in January 2020.<\/p>\n

In short clip, Aaliyah showed her followers a pay breakdown, revealing she gets paid just $2.13 an hour without tips.<\/p>\n

As a result, she has to reply largely on tips provided by customers of the sports bar.<\/p>\n

If she worked 70 hours for just over $2 per hour, in theory, that means she should’ve taken home around\u00a0$140<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But when you hear about how much the Aaliyah actually took home, I think you’ll be left a little shocked.<\/p>\n

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Aaliyah Cortez spoke out about the importance of tipping on TikTok. (TikTok\/@f.aa.ded)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Aaliyah revealed that following 70.8 hours’ work, she was paid lowly $9.28 after federal taxes, social security and\u00a0Medicare<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aaliyah added: “So this is why you should always tip your bartenders and servers, anyone who waits on you or provides a service for you.”<\/p>\n

“Of course, I got tips, but this is what I got for my hourly,” she went on. “This is why you tip.”<\/p>\n

The mom<\/a>\u00a0hit out at the\u00a0service industry<\/a>\u00a0and said she just wants to be ‘paid adequately and consistently’.<\/p>\n

“There are laws set up that allow tipped employees to be paid under the federal minimum wage, which makes us rely on the customer to pay our wages,” she\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0Buzzfeed.<\/p>\n

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The bartender revealed how little she got paid after taxes and Medicare. (TikTok\/@f.aa.ded)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“It\u2019s not right that we have to do this, but I wanted to shed some light on the issue and inform the public about the importance of tipping.<\/p>\n

“If I had a good two weeks from tips, my check will be on the lower side. At my last restaurant, my checks would come out to be $0.<\/p>\n

“I just wish we were all being paid adequately and consistently. As you can see – by my check – I cannot afford to live off of $2.13 an hour, so I solely rely on the generosity of my customers.”<\/p>\n

Viewers have been divided by her video, as one person commented: “This is why the US should be like EVERY other developed nation and not have a tip culture. Businesses should pay your wages. Tips shouldn’t be a thing.”<\/p>\n

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“This is why you tip.” (TikTok\/@f.aa.ded)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A second added: “Tips are optional always have been always will be. The whole iF YoU cAnT tIP dOnT EAt oUT thing is point less we pay our bill that\u2019s it.”<\/p>\n

“Blame the business not the customers keeping the business open,” a third thought.<\/p>\n

However, others were a little more sympathetic, as one person wrote: “No mam, your bar\/restaurant is getting free labor and that’s not ok.”<\/p>\n

And another remarked: “The people mad at this are the people who don\u2019t tip lmao.”<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t get why people go to restaurants and and can\u2019t leave a decent tip like just go to a fast food place instead,” complained someone else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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