Some people make it a rule when looking for a place to eat that they don't go beyond a certain price range, but a group of diners had a different idea.
Daniel recently took to TikTok to share an experience he and his friend had at a restaurant they found too expensive. “Don't be ashamed baby, we're poor and proud,” he captioned the clip of him.
The video shows Daniel and his friend leaving a restaurant as they both explain why they are leaving.
“I'd just like to document this because I'm man enough to admit it,” he said. “We just walked into a restaurant we couldn't afford, so here we go. And I will do it again, with my head held high!”
“Let's go to the next restaurant, honey!” The TikTok is over.
Daniel's video received over a million views, and many people took to the comments to applaud the decision to leave instead of ordering and paying restaurant prices.
“Ballerians who know their budget, baby,” one commenter praised the two for leaving.
Another commenter agreed, writing: “Normalize this. “Nothing to be ashamed of.”
“Well done! Too many people would have stayed and gone into debt for a dinner party just to save face,” noted a third commenter.
Some commenters suggested that restaurants should find ways to prevent this from happening.
“That's why restaurants should post their menus outside. so you can measure its reach,” declared one user.
One waiter even chimed in by mentioning that they appreciate customers who make decisions like these instead of complaining about the price to a manager or waiter.
“You all are my favorite kind of customers… the ones who don't complain to me as if I control the prices,” they wrote.
This is not the first time that a server accesses the platform. Recently, Syd, under the username @poorandhungry, took to TikTok to recreate a situation she had with a group of customers at a restaurant. “This has happened on every brunch shift I've ever worked,” the TikToker captioned her video, indicating that it was a regular occurrence.
In the video, she played the role of the customers and herself as she began asking the group as a waiter if she could help them get started with coffee or mimosas. “We brought our own coffees, I hope it's okay,” the “customer” said, before asking Syd for “warm water.”
The waiter went on to explain that they were in a restaurant and could not allow outside food or drinks. “It looks like you're almost done with your coffee, so it's whatever,” she said, visibly upset. “Maybe we can start with some things that are on our menu.”
This time the customer responded by saying that they brought their own granola bar and would only be sitting there for “a few minutes.”
Syd then asked if that meant they needed a few more minutes with the menu when the customer responded, “Wow, waiters have really become salespeople nowadays. Yes, we will just keep our money in our pockets.”
“This is not a public place. Will you place an order at our restaurant? the server asked.
When the customer refused to place the order, Syd accused her of trespassing.
“If you don't plan to have dinner with us, may I ask why you are here?” she asked. When the customer said she was there to chat with an old friend, Syd gave them a 15-minute grace period before advising her to go to a nearby Starbucks.
