A bartender is going viral on TikTok for saying he’d snub a customer for a regular patron who ‘tips 50% every time’

• TikToker Roman Sparkles said he would snub a customer for a 50% tipping regular, in a now-viral video.
• “Idc about your basic vodka soda and espresso martini. I work for tips,” he mockingly said in the video’s caption.
• This video rides a wave of TikTok videos highlighting tipping culture frustrations.

TikToker Roman Sparkles says he would snub a customer for a big-tipping regular and has gone viral for it.

In a video that’s now raked in over 1.5 million views since it was posted Monday, Sparkles mockingly dismisses a customer’s request for an espresso martini in favor of one who “tips me 50% every time he comes in.”