If it weren’t for TikTok, we probably wouldn’t know so much about a golf cart girl’s day-to-day work.
Recently, though, the content genre has gotten extremely popular on the platform, where these workers, often officially called golf course beverage cart attendants, share details about what the job is actually like.
Sometimes, the stories are concerning, especially when workers talk about golfers behaving inappropriately or crossing into harassment. Other times, they show how lucrative the job can be, with one golf cart girl on TikTok previously saying she made $1,080 in tips during an eight-hour shift.
Recently, one Houston golf cart girl shared a more lighthearted fact: the most common thing she hears from golfers while on the job.
TikTok creator Elizabeth (@makeupby.elizabeth) shared in a video that got over 105,400 views the question she says she gets asked all the time.
What’s The No. 1 Question Golf Cart Girl Gets Asked?
“OK, No. 1 question I get asked as a cart girl,” Elizabeth says at the start of the video.
According to her, it is not an occasional thing, either.
“Guaranteed to get asked at least one time every time I work,” she says.
Then she reveals the question.
“Oh, do you want to take a shot with us?” she says, imitating golfers. “Oh, let us buy you a shot. Take a shot with us.”
Elizabeth says she always has to turn them down for one obvious reason: she is still at work.
“And I’m like, ‘I have to be here all day and I’ll get fired,’” she says. “Like, no.”
But according to her, that usually does not stop golfers from trying to convince her.
“And they’re like, ‘Oh, it’s fine. No one will know,'” she says.
Elizabeth seems to take the question in stride.
“So that’s the No. 1 question I get asked as a cart girl,” she says. “But I love my job.”
Other Cart Girls Knew Exactly What She Meant
In the comments section, other viewers who work or have worked on golf courses seemed very familiar with the situation.
“#2 can you come home with us?” one user wrote, claiming that’s the next most common thing you hear.
Another admitted they did not always say no.
“I always say yes then i’m cooked by 9am,” they said.
One former cart girl shared the workaround she used when golfers offered to buy her a drink during a shift.
“Yep been there done that,” they wrote. “I use to say sure, can I save it till after my shift?”
Can You Drink While Driving A Golf Cart?
Elizabeth’s answer also makes sense for safety and legal reasons. While golfers often drink on the course, that does not mean driving a golf cart after drinking excessively is legal.
According to Texas DWI attorney Doug Murphy, Texas DWI law still applies to someone who is intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle in a public place. The legal intoxication limit is still a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08, the same as with a car or truck.
He notes that golf carts can qualify because they are used to transport people and can be driven on or across roads near golf courses.
He also explains that golf cart DWI cases may become more serious when carts are driven on streets, highways, parking lots, or other areas the public can access. These cases are not usually pursued when they happen on a golf course, where there is little chance of injury, however.
So, even aside from possibly getting fired, a cart girl taking shots while driving around all day could create obvious safety, legal, and liability issues.
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BroBible has reached out to Elizabeth via TikTok messages for comment.