August 10, 2023 at 4:53 pm

‘Say 5. please.’ A Restaurant Employee Said a Customer Referred to Their Toddler as “Half a Person”

by Matthew Gilligan

TikTokHalfaHuman Say 5. please. A Restaurant Employee Said a Customer Referred to Their Toddler as “Half a Person”

Is there such thing as half a person?

Well, I guess it depends on who you ask…

Because a woman named Katlyn who works at a restaurant has heard parents refer to their kids as half a person and she addressed her annoyance with it in a viral TikTok video.

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Her text overlay in her TikTok video reads, “How I react when I’m 6 hours into my shift and someone says ‘4 and a half’ referring to their toddler when I ask them their party size.”

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And the video’s caption says, “Say 5. please.”

You can tell she probably has to deal with this all the time!

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Check out her video.

@katlynnnnnn16say 5. please.♬ Cartoon Eye Blinking Sound – Anna

Here’s what folks had to say about this.

This person asked why they have to do math when they wait tables.

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Another TikTokker shared another pet peeve they have as a server.

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And one person shared the proper way to do this.

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To me, this isn’t THAT big of a deal.