Back before capitalism was quite so unchecked, bartering was fairly common. Someone has something you want, you can offer them something they want, and bypass the need to hand over cold hard cash entirely. In the spirit of this, one nail tech is offering potential customers a discount if they’re willing to share some hot gossip with her.


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More specifically, New York-based Keyrii is willing to offer $10 off customers’ next set if they tell her why they broke up with their ex. The comments on the original TikTok, which hasn’t gone viral on the platform the way it has on Twitter, feature women offering to tell her for free, including one woman who started sharing right in the comments section itself (“He didn’t like women and [I] found out he was making out with my guy best friend at the time” — incredible tea FWIW).



The response on Twitter was similarly enthusiastic, with many people joking that their stories were so good, they’d be getting a full set for free. A fellow nail tech shared that the best part of the job was “hearing all the juicy stories from my clients,” a feeling Keyrii obviously shares.


Others aren’t quite embracing the spirit of honesty and sharing that Keyrii is trying to foster, however, with several people joking about making up a story just to get the discount. It won’t work, though; your (broken) heart has to be in it.


It remains to be seen whether customers will take Keyrii up on her offer, but I hope they do, even if I won’t get to hear all the salacious details. And who knows? Maybe this will become a trend, and we can all start being rewarded for gossiping, as we should’ve been from the beginning.