This Woman Went Out To Dinner And Got The Man Who Ghosted Her As A Waiter: She Later Went Viral On TikTok For Not Tipping Him

Imagine meeting someone, and, on your end, things appear to be going well. Then, out of nowhere, you are “ghosted.”

This phenomenon has become all-too-prevalent over the years– especially since social media has made “ghosting” online so easy. But what happens if you run into the other party in public?

One woman named Sydney went viral on TikTok after sharing her run-in with the man who ghosted her on Snapchat.

She was dining at Texas Roadhouse when she realized who her waiter was. And she took matters into her own hands.

“When the guy who ghosted you is your waiter at lunch,” Sydney said on her TikTok account @princessneeyyneeyy before showing the dinner receipt.

She decided not to tip the man and even left a note on the bottom of the check.

“P.S. Thanks for blocking me on Snap,” Sydney wrote, followed by doodles of a smiley face and a heart. She also figured the TikTok community would be upset with her decision and made a quick disclaimer.

“Don’t come for me. I usually tip, but I’m petty.”

TikTok; pictured above is what Sydney wrote on her receipt for the guy

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But, Sydney’s viewers did not care. Her video received over two hundred and sixty-thousand views, yet only a shocking five thousand likes.

This ratio is quite telling of the comment section’s anger. Many people thought that her zero-dollar tip was petty and rude to servers everywhere.

“Honestly, this probably just reassured him that he made the right decision by ghosting you,” one user wrote, followed by the laughing face emoji.

“Servers do not get a paycheck. Just because he was not into you is no reason to steal from him,” commented another user.

Still, some people did stand behind Sydney’s decision.

“It’s happened to me too, girl. I’d do the same thing,” wrote one user.

“You made the right decision,” chimed in another.

There is clearly a split consensus on appropriate post-ghosting behavior. How would you have handled this situation? Is it better to just forgive and forget, or is each situation different?

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Katharina Buczek graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Digital Arts. Specializing ... More about Katharina Buczek
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