TikToker Sparks Online Debate After Posting A Viral Video Of How "Younger Vs. Older" Generations Act At Restaurants
The generational war has probably caught your attention if you've spent a good amount of time online. The war is specifically between boomers and millennials, while Gen Z occasionally joins in as well.
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Do you think you could tell which generation someone belongs to just by looking at how they leave their table at a restaurant, despite the fact that there are significant variances between the generations? For instance, when you finish eating, do you neatly arrange your dishes and clear the table, or do you just leave a mess for the staff to clean up?
Do you believe an entire generation can be reduced to stereotypes? Nowadays, Generation X and Gen Z like to pretend there are no older people using social media, so most of the fighting is between Millennials and Boomers.
According to one customer, you can tell how old a table of customers is based on how they leave behind their dishes. TikToker @sallymander_ seems to believe that when things are neatly organized, it usually signifies that an older generation member was present, and when things are messy, it must be a younger generation member.
More than 900,000 people have liked the video; more than a million people have viewed it, and thousands have commented on the video.
This TikToker believes that when things are tidied up, it typically means someone of an older generation was sitting there and when there’s a mess, it must be someone of a younger generation
Many of their responses suggested that rather than where a person was born, the observation could be more accurately attributed to their upbringing. The now-viral video has sparked some lively discussion among commenters who are voicing their thoughts.
Many reviewers believe that this behavior speaks more to the customer's upbringing than it does to their age. A commenter went on to leave this reply:
“Literally stop blaming generations and blame the way someone was raised. I’m 28 and clean up and so does my 17-year-old brother.”
Some restaurant employees claim that cleaning up and stacking dishes makes little or no difference.
“As a busser, I kinda don’t like when people stack ’cause it ruins my flow and the way I do it. Best to just tidy it up instead.”
Another waitress voiced her opinion over dish stacking by guests.
“I worked as a server and didn’t like people stacking their plates. It messed with my way of doing things.”
Here is the viral video posted by the TikToker
This is certainly a good topic that is debatable. And I totally agree with the commenter who said that it's more about the upbringing than it is about the generations.
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