Over the past year, you've likely noticed that the service industry (and particularly the food service industry) has been at the center of a lot of public discourse.
This is partially because it's largely considered the epicenter of the labor shortage affecting the United States, but there's also the fact that renewed discussions about tipping culture are obviously going to heavily involve the plights of servers.
And when we get down to a more granular level, we can get a sense of why so many restaurant employees are quitting from their tales of exploitative tip-splitting practices and other questionable requirements.
But of course, in the midst of all of this high-level discussion, one former Hooters server's story does a lot to remind us that all of these others problems are only made worse by the customers treating wait staff like garbage.
Be advised that the video featured in this article contains explicit language.