June 7, 2025 at 6:48 am

The “Squirrel Smile” Has Officially Found Its Way Into The Workplace, And Customers Are Worried

by Ben Auxier

A fast food drive through window

TikTok/kaylaandtrev

If you haven’t heard of the Squirrel Smile yet, lucky you.

It’s an inexplicable trend in which everyone gets video of themselves making a toothy, curled-lip, squirrel-like expression to see how people react.

In this video from TikTok user @kaylaandtrev, you don’t actually see the smile, but the reaction.

A fast food drive through window

TikTok/kaylaandtrev

“Doing my squirrel smile on the customers,” reads the caption with the view out a fast food drive through window.

A fast food drive through window

TikTok/kaylaandtrev

The look on this man’s face says it all.

A fast food drive through window

TikTok/kaylaandtrev

He even seems hesitant to hand over his money.

@kaylaandtrev

#smile #trending #fyp

♬ original sound – Tk

Come on man, he didn’t need this.

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He’s lost his appetite.

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This is why I don’t go anywhere.

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Ice cold reaction.

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This is why everybody orders delivery now.

One reason, anyway.

Now that you’ve read that story, check out this one about a delivery driver who took a $400 grocery order back because she wasn’t given a tip.