{"id":49071,"date":"2025-01-28T17:31:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/gas-station-worker-sparks-outrage-for-keeping-customers-change-as-a-tip-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T17:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T17:31:24","slug":"gas-station-worker-sparks-outrage-for-keeping-customers-change-as-a-tip-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/gas-station-worker-sparks-outrage-for-keeping-customers-change-as-a-tip-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas station worker sparks outrage for keeping customers\u2019 change as a \u2018tip\u2019 &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gas station worker sparks outrage for keeping customers\u2019 change as a \u2018tip\u2019 TikTok: @strawberry.shortcak33In a video posted on TikTok, a woman revealed that she keeps customers\u2019 change as a \u2018tip,\u2019 sparking outrage on the platform. Gas prices have seen an exponential rise in 2023, soaring to their highest seasonal level in a decade. This is hitting many people\u2019s pockets hard. A gas station worker caused some controversy on TikTok, after she revealed what she does with customers\u2019 money after they\u2019ve paid for their gas. She explains that she\u2019ll often have customers put a certain amount of money on gas, for example, $20, but they won\u2019t actually pump the full amount into their cars. \u201cDo y\u2019all know so many people be leaving\u2014like, they put gas on their pump, and they don\u2019t come back for the extra money? Like this person, it was $9.98. I was going to give them a $10 (bill), but there\u2019s no one here. So, I guess it\u2019s mine.\u201d TikTok outraged by worker keeping customers\u2019 money The video, which has gone viral, sparked a debate on the platform. One user commented that the reason why she left money behind after paying for gas was because she didn\u2019t know she could get it back: \u201cI didn\u2019t know I could get that back.\u201d \u201cdid until I just started refusing to get gas unless I can pay at the pump with my card,\u201d another replied. \u201cWe can\u2019t do that at Chevron,\u201d another gas station worker commented, to which the TikToker replied, \u201c\u2019I\u2019m prob not supposed to either, shhhhhh,\u201d However, a few agreed with the video\u2019s poster, stating: \u201cYup, if by the end of my shift you don\u2019t come back\u2026 that\u2019s on you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas station worker sparks outrage for keeping customers\u2019 change as a \u2018tip\u2019 TikTok: @strawberry.shortcak33In a video posted on TikTok, a woman revealed that she keeps customers\u2019 change as a \u2018tip,\u2019 sparking outrage on the platform. Gas prices have seen an exponential rise in 2023, soaring to their highest seasonal level in a decade. This is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}