A woman has gone viral on TikTok after sharing how a man sent her a drink at the bar. But this wasn’t any ordinary drink: it was a “sip” of another patron’s order.
The TikTok, which has amassed 547,300 views, consists of a photo of a reddish liquid in a shot glass with on-screen text reading: “This is a first: a man had the bartender send me a sip of his drink instead of buying me one.”
TikToker Ansa Edim (@ansa_____) then added in the description: “Times are tough. It made me low key smile/chuckle though so good for him I guess?”
Commenters couldn’t believe it
In the comments, viewers couldn’t get over the bartender actually agreeing to do this. “And the bartender did it?!” one asked. “As a bartender that is WILD,” another added. While a third wrote, “What in the food safety violation was the bartender thinking?”
On a more general note, commenters couldn’t get over the audacity. “How does this idea even come to someone’s head?” a fourth commenter queried.
“This man will definitely be asking you what you bring to the table,” a fifth noted. Elsewhere, a sixth admitted, “With Covid, the flu, etc going on. I would of cursed the man and the bartender out politely.”
However, there was one comment that was so egregious, it caused Edim to make a follow-up video. The comment read: “I swear y’all never happy. Y’all ladies stay in our plates and drink. By giving you a sip of his drink he just told you that he sees a future with you, he’s caring, and he’s willing to share. Y’all just ungrateful.”
In response to this, Edim provided a more detailed account of what happened, noting that her main issue with this gesture is that he never asked her before doing it and didn’t take her preferences into account.
“This is the problem with men who think this way,” she told the commenter. “You gave me a sip of your drink and im supposed to be like ‘Omg thank you’.” Edim didn’t immediately respond to The Mary Sue’s request for comment via TikTok comment and contact form.
Should you share a drink with strangers?
In an article for Huffpost, Mayo Clinic pathologist and clinical microbiologist Dr Bobbi Pritt explained that sharing your drink with someone, even a “sip,” can be bad for you.
“There’s a whole bunch of different types of microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Some of them can survive in saliva,” she explained.
Some of these microbes, she said, could also be found on the surface of the cup or on a straw.
Based on her account, it seems like her drink wasn’t touched before the TikToker got her “sip,” but even so, it’s a health and safety risk that could’ve been avoided.
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