Bartender Reveals How Customers Treat Her Differently since Gaining Weight

A bartender has emotionally shared the difference in reactions she gets from customers at work since gaining weight.

Cassidy Lane shared her story in a "stitch" with another video, requesting people who have "had pretty privilege your whole life," to stitch the video and "tell me what your worldview is."

The original video, by TikTok user @lizagnabathwater, continued to explain her own experience with gaining "pretty privilege" and how objectively nicer people now treat her compared to before when her appearance was different.

"I just recently got a degree of pretty privilege and it has been insane how kind people are when they find you attractive. People who wouldn't even look at me before, they go out of their way to be kind to me," she continued, before adding that it's likely a subconscious decision by other people to treat her differently.

Lane replied to the video, agreeing with it before adding her own reverse anecdote on "pretty privilege": "So I work in the service industry, I'm a bartender and, if you were unaware, the way you look influence a lot, whether that's tips or how people treat you, it just does."

As she explained her experience, Lane began to become emotional, saying: "When I tell you my whole life changed when I started getting help from my eating disorder which resulted in weight gain after the pandemic. People don't even look you in the eye anymore, they're not nice to you, especially men."

"I would walk up and say, 'hey how's it going?' and I used to get, 'I'm doing really great honey, how are you?' Now it's a little more like, 'hey how's it going, what can I get you?' [and they reply] 'two Coors Light and a Bud Light,' and for people saying that doesn't actually happen, please raise your hand if you would willingly like to live as a fat person, and the fact no one raises their hand makes the point," said Lane.

"It just makes you feel hopeless, like am I ever going to be worth more than my looks," she finished the video.

After being posted just 14 hours ago, Lane's TikTok video has gained over 500,000 likes and two million views, and the comments have been flooded with support and those who also relate.

"My weight has fluctuated all my life. I am 100% treated nicer when I weigh less," commented one user, gaining over 42,000 likes.

"I've worked retail forever and just those days I'd go without makeup vs with, I noticed such a difference in the way people treat me," added another. "My tips are dramatically different without makeup. Also more 'smile more' comments on those days," related one viewer on days without makeup.

Newsweek contacted Cassidy Lane for comment.