There’s the little white lie to elicit more tip money from restaurant customers. TikToker Lily (@lilylofi) planned a (possibly) less-than-ethical but legitimately funny scenario to extract more tips from her tables. The University of Kansas even supports Lily’s thesis: If people see a worker being treated poorly, the tip size increases. And he’s observed that when people see a server being treated poorly, they want to support them. “I figured that if I see someone treated poorly, I can make them feel a little better by giving them a few extra dollars.