About
The Olive Garden Waitress Throwing Breadsticks Video Rumor, also known as the Olive Garden Waitress Video or Olive Garden Waitress Meltdown Video, refers to a rumored viral video[1] of a 26-year-old Olive Garden waitress in St. Louis, Missouri, having a public freakout[2] over a “gratuity dispute that got out of control,” resulting in her throwing breadsticks and being arrested by the police. The rumor spread on Facebook[3], Twitter / X[4] and TikTok[5] in early October 2025. However, the claim made by the accounts was not substantiated. Also, the mugshot of a young blonde woman crying used in the viral posts was of a different 23-year-old woman named Megan Ashlee Davis, who was arrested in Brazos County, Texas, for public intoxication in late August 2025.
Origin
On October 1st, 2025, the Facebook[6] page TheDailymemefeed shared an infographic, showing a blonde woman’s mugshot with the caption, “St. Louis – a 26-year-old Olive Garden waitress was arrested Saturday evening after what police described as a ‘gratuity dispute that got out of control.'”
The post’s main caption continued by claiming, “Police say she then grabbed a basket of breadsticks and hurled it at the couple, striking the man in the chest… The incident drew so much attention that a customer in the dining room started a livestream — and within hours, clips of the breadstick-throwing meltdown had racked up millions of views.”
Over a week, the post received roughly 1,500 reactions. Its claim was not substantiated and the mugshot of the woman was sourced from an arrest that occurred in Brazos County, Texas.
Spread
On October 6th, 2025, the Facebook page pureviralvideos echoed the claims made in the abovementioned post, using an almost identical infographic with a new watermark for the page posting it. Over two days, the post received over 77,000 reactions.
On October 7th, X user @NetAxisGroup posted a tweet that spread the rumor to the new platform, gaining over 1.1 million views and 6,400 likes in a day. The tweet also received a Community Note[7] that noted that the woman’s mugshot was unrelated to the Olive Garden Waitress rumor.
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- ^ viral video (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ public freakout (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Facebook (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Twitter / X (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ TikTok (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Facebook (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ Community Note (knowyourmeme.com)