A bartender has taken to TikTok to reveal just how little she was paid for 70 hours of work to stress the importance of tipping.

Texas mother and bartender Aaliyah Cortez recently worked 70 hours, but she was shocked to see her paycheque which showed that she'd earned just $9.28 in this time.

As per Bored Panda, she said: "I cannot afford to live off of $2.13 an hour, so I solely rely on the generosity of my customers."

Watch the viral TikTok below:

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In the TikTok, she explained that while she was paid a base wage from her employer, she was left with almost nothing after social security medicare and income tax were deducted.

She then concluded her video by saying: "This is why you tip."

She captioned the post: "PSA #psa #fyp#foryou #bartender #server #work #tips #chooseone #CleanFreshHype #photography101 #hardwork #viral"

However, while she might have posted the payslip to stress the importance of tipping, TikTok uses thought differently and said the problem was with her employer, not the customers.

One wrote: "no mam, your bar/restaurant is getting free labor and that's not ok."

Bartender paid $9.28 for 70 hours work stresses the importance of tipping