Dr. Clay Moss bought a $6.49 bottle of water at a self-service CIBO Express store in Terminal C of Newark Liberty International Airport, and the checkout screen prompted him to add an 18% tip of $1.17. His TikTok about it has been viewed millions of times, TODAY.com reported Oct. 26, 2026.
Moss was the only person in the store, scanned the bottle himself and tapped past the tip. His question to viewers, now widely shared, was who exactly the tip was for.
A $6.49 Bottle and an 18% Prompt
According to TODAY.com, Moss posted the video on Oct. 16 after trying to buy the water. The tip screen appeared even though he was the only one in the store. He removed it.
The Daily Dot, which covered the clip on Oct. 19, said the video had drawn 208,800 views as of its publication. It also noted that it could not independently verify details in the video, including the location, the business, the price or Moss’s identity, and that its account reflected what Moss showed in the TikTok…