June 9, 2025 at 8:49 am

Restaurant Customer Got Bad Service So He Tried Getting His Server’s Attention In An Unusual Way

by Matthew Gilligan

man sitting at a bar

TikTok/@heelsandcars

What’s the best way to get the attention of a server who is ignoring you at a bar or a restaurant?

Snap your fingers?

Yell at them?

Well, everyone has to make their own decision about that, but a woman named Brooke showed TikTok viewers a pretty unusual method that she saw a man employ while sitting at the bar at a restaurant.

man at a bar

TikTok/@heelsandcars

The video showed a man sitting at the bar, staring straight ahead and holding up his phone horizontally.

man holding up his phone

TikTok/@heelsandcars

The man’s phone shows the scrolling letters, CHECK PLS.

Well, I guess he felt like he’d been ignored for too long!

man holding up his phone at a bar

TikTok/@heelsandcars

Take a look at the video.

@heelsandcars

#newport #checkplease

♬ original sound – brookegubala

And here’s what viewers had to say.

This TikTokker shared their thoughts.

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Another individual spoke up.

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And this viewer weighed in.

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Well, whatever works, I guess…

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