Thelife- A TikTok which showed an anonymous hand serving a glass of Champagne through a wall went viral.
- The upload received over 2.1 million views and 400 comments who debated the concept.
A TikTok of a unique wedding service where drinks were handed anonymously through a wall stirred up a conversation about the treatment of bar staff.
On June 5, a TikToker who goes by @littlewhitetees posted a video with an on-screen caption that said the wedding she was attending had a Champagne wall. She could be seen approaching a grass-like backdrop with a sign that said guests had to "ring" to get their drink.
@littlewhitetees I want this in my kitchen
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In the short clip, the TikToker proceeded to ring the bell attached to the wall, before a white-gloved hand holding a Champagne glass appeared through the glass, handed a beverage to the guest, then disappeared again.
The video received over 2.1 million views and over 400 comments, many of which wrote how cool the concept was and how easy it must be if you were a member of staff who wanted minimal contact with other people.
"Great for bartenders that are introverts," one viewer wrote in a top comment that received over 3,500 likes. A further comment which received 119 likes read, "i'd love that job, no interactions, no heavy lifting. just handing a glass of Champange thru a wall,"
However, others suggested if the bar staff were introverts they had picked the wrong profession, and being hidden behind a wall was in fact dehumanizing for those who had turned up to work and serve at the event.
"Why does anyone ever think this is a good idea? This feels so dystopian... So unmoored from reality," a popular comment with 475 likes read.
Variations of the concept have been around since 2021 at least, when a similar clip of a TikToker approaching an anonymous Champagne wall also went viral on the app with 1.8 million views.
A more recent video posted in February of this year which again featured the wedding wall blew up with over 7.4 million views and 600 comments on the app, who were also split on the concept, with some questioning how staff could accurately assess the legal drinking age of patrons if they couldn't see their faces.
@riasdesigns Champagne Wall… yes or no ? #fyp ##foryoupage #weddings #weddinggoals #luxuryweddings #weddingdayvibes #weddingfyp #weddinginspo #weddingtiktok #torontowedding #torontoweddingplanner ♬ original sound - smelliot’s priv
TikToker @littlewhitetees has over 685 followers on the app where she describes herself as a "fashion & lifestyle blogger" in her bio, and posts outfit reveals.
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