Woman with $22 to her name orders croissant, coffee at birthday brunch. She wasn’t ready for the bill to be split evenly: ’It’s $118 each’
Discussing how to split the bill is awkward enough, but when you’ve ordered significantly less, it’s even more excruciating. This was the dilemma TikTok user Flor (@sidehustleswithflor) faced when she was expected to pay an extortionate amount for a considerably light brunch.
In the viral clip, which has amassed 2.6 million views, Flor filmed herself looking bamboozled and accompanied it with on-screen text reading: “I’m at a friend’s birthday brunch and I just ordered a coffee and a croissant but the group wants to split the check evenly. It’s $118 each. I have $22 in my account.”
The clip was set to a Michael Scott TikTok sound, in which The Office character said: “Will I get over it? Hmm… No.”
Flor didn’t immediately respond to The Mary Sue’s request for comment via TikTok comment.
What did commenters think?
In the comments, users debated bill etiquette.
“Tell the waitress yours will be separate,” one said. “I’ve had this done to me once. Never again.”
“It’s her birthday, why you all need to pay?” a second asked.
“So you pay for your croissant and coffee,” a third said. “Not sure why it’s a complicated matter.”
However, there were plenty of users who argued the contrary, too.
“Don’t attend a large group event if you don’t have 100-300 to help pay,” a fourth advised. “For real just don’t go, or do it at a house or park and bring the foods.”
While a fifth added, “You shouldn’t of went with 22 bucks in your account lol.”
@sidehustleswithfl If this is you, you need to start using #twineo as a #sidehustle #splittingthebill #brunch #badfriends ♬ original sound – The office quote.s
Is this TikTok what it seems?
However, it’s possible that this TikTok isn’t entirely genuine. In the video description, Flor writes: “If this is you, you need to start using#twineo as a #sidehustle.
In essence, Twinio is a mobile app that uses AI to make an AI ‘twin’ of yourself. The AI is purportedly trained on your personality, thoughts, and interests and can be used to do things on your behalf, such as answering survey questions to generate passive income.
The reason that this video is suspect is that Flor has made dozens of videos like this, in which she lays out a scenario and links it back to Twinio in the caption.
However, she doesn’t seem to disclose that these videos are possibly ads.
This could end up problematic because, according to the National Institute of Social Media, it is a legal requirement for social media users to disclose any “material connection” they have with a brand “clearly and conspicuously” in their promotional social media post.
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