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Published 15:13 25 Oct 2021 GMT
A Hooters waitress left her TikTok followers baffled when she revealed how much she typically earns in tips.
Kirsten Songer, who said she worked at a South Carolina branch of the restaurant, went viral after she posted the video in which she broke down her income.
She explained what she earned on top of her $2.13 hourly wage, across multiple shifts, per New York Post.
"This is how much I make in a week at Hooters," Songer said in the video. "This is a really good week to show, 'cause I had some really great shifts and then some not-so-hot shifts."
In the video, she said she bartended for seven hours on Sunday and made $408 in tips.
On Monday, she said she worked a double shift and made $300 for the first shift from 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM, but that night, she made only $50 from 5:30 PM to midnight.
On Tuesday, she made $190 for a six-hour shift, while on Wednesday, she made only $50 in tips for a four-hour shift. Then on Saturday, she said she made $260, with $60 coming from one person who tipped her "for talking to him today," she said.
She also mentioned that she did a photoshoot for the Hooters calendar on Friday morning, where she made the company’s promotional pay of $10 an hour, totaling about $50.
According to a calculation by Indy100, her total tip earnings during that week totaled $1,308.
Across a year, Songer's earning potential could be close to $70,000, the outlet said. The average median salary for people in South Carolina is $54,672, it added.
Per KCET, Songer's reported hourly rate of $2.13 is the federal minimum wage for servers and other tipped employees in South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas, and Nebraska.
Despite this, some TikTok commenters were still surprised that her hourly rate was not higher.
Aside from discussing her tips, Songer has also weighed in on Hooters’ new shorts on TikTok.
In one clip, which has been viewed more than 9.5 million times, Songer wrote: "Alright so we all know something made Kirsten wanna quit today. And that somebody is named the new shorts," she added.
She clarified in the caption of the video that she "didn’t actually quit." And in a comment, she explained that Hooters decided to let employees choose which shorts they want to wear.
