Source: BroBible
Summary
A bev cart girl named Sydney Tolzman went viral after sharing her frustration with golf tournaments that offer free drinks. She said it hurt her ability to make tips. Tolzman posted two videos with a combined viewership of over 2.5 million. In the videos, she expressed disappointment when golfers chose free drinks over her offerings. Some viewers criticized her attitude, while others suggested she should be more friendly. A Reddit discussion questioned whether bev cart girls are becoming obsolete due to free drink sponsors and changing hiring practices.
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The habit gets a new name.
Free drinks at golf tournaments. Cart girls struggle. Tips drop. Customers prefer free stuff. Attitude matters.
Some say it’s not about the drinks. It’s about the vibe.
Cart girls are now in a race against freebies.
Free drinks? More like free drama.
Author: Evan Null
What’s A Bev Cart Girl’s ‘Worst Nightmare’? Free Drinks!
In the next video, it is more of the same. “Today is the type of day that’s every cart girl’s worst nightmare,” Tolzman says. “There’s a golf tournament going on, and all the drinks are free. So let’s see if I can sell anything today because almost every hole has a free drink sponsor on it just handing out free stuff all day, so let’s hope some people actually want to support me today.”
One golfer asks her what she has, but Tolzman clarifies that she isn’t part of the free drinks initiative, noting, “I actually work here to make money.” She adds that she has stuff the sponsors don’t have, but the golfers say that they’re good.
A second customer asks if this is the “hospitality cart” or if they’d have to pay. Again, the TikToker explains that she is working and she doesn’t have “free stuff.” This makes the golfer drive on. At that point, she dejectedly rests her arm on the steering wheel.
But her fortune changes with a third customer. “There’s so many drinks sponsors out right now, so I’m just trying to make sure people know that I’m not affiliated with them,” Tolzman says. The golfer replies, “Well, we want to support you, too. How’s that?” Gratefully, the TikToker thanks them.
BroBible reached out to the TikToker via email.
Viewers Are Unimpressed
Across the two videos, commenters weren’t happy with the TikToker’s response, with many accusing her of having an “attitude.” “How are you not fired this is horrible behavior?” one wrote. “As a cart girl…what are you doing girl?” a second asked. A third said, “Don’t be rude to them. It makes sense that they go for free drinks. You would do that too.”
Meanwhile, a fellow cart girl remarked, “Weird because when I worked at a golf course I made the most money off of tournaments by being nice, I made 500$ in like 5 hours it was the best.” And a fourth noted, “Girl it’s your attitude and vibe. Be pleasant and even if they don’t buy then and there, they’ll remember you for next time. You go in defeated and upset and it’s uncomfy.”
In response, the TikToker said, “I agree my attitude should’ve been better. I should’ve been like how I usually am in all my other bev cart videos.”
Are Bev Cart Girls Going Extinct?
With drink sponsors and the tendency to bring your own food to golf courses, some may argue that beverage cart girls as we know them are going “extinct”—even though, arguably, it benefits golf courses to have one.
In a Reddit post, one user said, “Over the last two years, I would say more than 50% of my rounds there is no cart girl on the course. I’d argue that I’d spend at least $10-$20 a round if they had one. A busy public course would have 200 golfers on a busy weekend, so I don’t think it’s crazy to say they’re foregoing $1k-$2k of daily sales by not having one.”
“Am I losing my mind, or is it really that hard to hire a cart girl?” they added. In response, users discussed the gendered position and brought up examples on non-traditional beverage cart servers.
“S—, I’ll do it for free golf,” one wrote. “Why does it have to be a pretty girl? Just throw some dude out there to drive around beers and water for the players.” “The best cart girl I’ve ever had was a retired old man at Indian Wells,” another shared. “He said ‘I’ll see you every four holes, no matter what’ and sure enough we saw him every four holes like clockwork.”
Similarly, a third said, “We had a guy do the cart 2 days a week. He was this hilarious dude from Boston (we were in MD) and he would bust balls and give tips and was just fun af and made as much if not more than the hot girls.” So, ultimately, while the demand might be there for cart servers, the rise of ‘cart guys’ suggests that ‘cart girls’ as we know it might be becoming rarer.
