Bartender Raises Tipping Awareness

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Bartender shares her $9.28 paycheck to remind everyone why tipping is so important

Summary

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69% Informative

Aaliyah Cortez filmed a video of her paycheck where she shows that although she worked 70.80 hours during a pay period, she only received a check for $ 9.28 .

The video shows that even though she was paid the criminally low federal minimum tipped wage of $ 2.13 , the money she received in her check was further reduced by taxes, social security, and Medicare payments.

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Neutral language

Article tone

informal

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English

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Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful