TikToker sparks debate after claiming Starbucks barista kept her change as tip
❘ Published: 2022-09-26T14:48:59
❘ Updated: 2022-09-26T15:13:23
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A TikToker went viral after claiming that her Starbucks barista tipped themselves using her change, sparking debate.
Content creator Lily Kate Holbert went viral after alleging that a Starbucks worker didn’t give her back her change, and assumed the leftover cash from their transaction was a tip.
“I literally just had a Starbucks barista tip herself,” she said in a video that has amassed over 241,000 views. “I’ve been paying in cash for my drink for like the last week because if I pay in cash then, like, it doesn’t really happen, like the money didn’t actually go away. And I’ve had the same total every time.”
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Usually, Lily gets her change back, and although she thinks “it’s not like I’m wanting the change,” she does sometimes keep it.
“I collect change and I’m like one of those people who take it and like turn it in for like actual cash… but this girl hands me my drink and I’m kinda like waiting for the change ’cause, like, I know it’s supposed to come.”