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The Daily Dot

<p>Lauren Castro is a reporter based in Austin, Texas.</p>


Lauren Castro

woman holding bin at TJ Maxx caption "When the line is too long at TJ Maxx" (l) TJ Maxx sign on building (c) woman putting items inside of black bin at TJ Maxx with caption "When the line is too long at TJ Maxx" (r)

when the line is too long tj maxx tiktok

‘As a TJ Maxx employee, we absolutely hate when people do this’: T.J. Maxx customer hides items in storage bin when lines are long so she can come back to purchase later

woman speaking in car holding Ross Dress For Less bag caption "the guy checked me out and so it was like this is 10 or whatever" (l) Ross Dress Fir Less sign on building with parking lot (c) woman speaking in car holing bag caption "he gave me the 55 plus Tuesday discount 10%" (r)

ross 55 plus discount tiktok

‘He didn’t ask me my age’: Customer says she automatically received a senior discount at Ross Dress for Less

Amazon driver speaking with hands out (l) Amazon driver in delivery truck (c) Amazon driver speaking with hand up (r)

amazon driver psa tiktok

‘If you order from Amazon, this message is for you’: Amazon driver issues PSA on how to make receiving packages easier

restaurant instacart no tip

‘That’s not worth a tip to you?’: Instacart shopper says restaurant ordered over 200 items and left no tip

cfa employee explains the lemonade recipe tiktok

cfa-lemonade-recipe

‘Man I ain’t never ordering lemonade again’: Chick-Fil-A worker shares restaurant’s lemonade recipe, sparking debate

woman speaking in front of gray wall (l) Health care clothing on hangers (c) woman speaking in front of gray wall (r)

bad review tiktok

‘You’re lucky that I need scrubs today’: Retail worker says customer left a bad review, requesting she be fired, after staying past closing time

woman speaking in car finger up (l) Mop on light blue background (c) woman speaking in car hand up (r)

accused of mopping the table tops tiktok

‘I don’t understand how that customer even came up with that’: Subway worker says ‘Karen’ accused her of mopping tabletops with dirty mop water

Starbucks barista scooping roam out of latte (l) Starbucks barista speaking holding spoon next to latte (c) Starbucks barista scooping foam out of latte (r)

stop ordering starbucks lattes with no foam

‘You got some Karen’s in ur area’: Coffee shop customer orders latte with no foam, sparking debate

woman standing at bank machine outside yelling with arms up (l) woman leaning against bank machine outside speaking (c) woman standing next to bank machine outside yelling (r)

bank karen tiktok

‘Not her saying it’s probably bc you don’t have money’: Woman films ‘Karen’ at bank drive-thru, sparking debate

Bartender hand on hip behind bar caption "Him: Tequila for her" (l) Bartender standing behind bar hand out speaking caption "Him: Yea fill her up" "Him: Double shot" (c) Bartender standing behind bar handing customer drink caption "*Gives her water*" (r)

bartender water instead of tequila tiktok

‘Fill her up’: Bartender gives woman a glass of water when the man she’s with orders tequila shots

fast food worker holding metal sheet out the window caption "Fast Food Question Remember this?" (l) man speaking in car (c) fast food worker holding metal sheet out window caption "1 year later: Still at it." (r)

metal sheet drive thru tiktok

‘I didn’t realize you guys were timed’: Here’s why fast food drive-thru workers put a metal sheet outside their window after a customer drives away

Starbucks Accountability Allergies

‘Your laziness could have cost me my life’: Customer calls out Starbucks barista for making ‘unsanitized’ drink and lying about honoring allergy requests

HR-admin

‘Someone pls hire me to do this’: Despite days where they ‘can’t catch a break,’ TikTok’s hottest job is payroll administrator

Target Employee standing alone in stock room caption "when the 40 year old has been working here for 2 seconds and is already bossing you around" (l) Target stock room worker gone caption "when the 40 year old has been working here for 2 seconds and is already bossing you around" (c) Two Target employees standing in stock room caption "when the 40 year old has been working here for 2 seconds and is already bossing you around" (r)

older co worker bossy tiktok

‘Literally every job when someone is older than you’: Target workers say new, older employee immediately bossed them around

adult bullying

‘Mean girls will always be mean girls’: TikToker claims her former high school bully has a Facebook group dedicated to reporting her account