After working over 70 hours at her job as a server and a bartender at a local sports bar, mom-of-one Aaliyah Cortez from Austin, Texas, received her biweekly paycheck and was stunned to see her grand total was just $9.28.
Understandably upset, Cortez took to her TikTok account and shared a video where she explains her hourly wage in an effort to highlight the importance of tipping in the severely flawed service industry.