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Dan Latu is a freelance journalist writing about the internet and culture. Previously, his work has appeared in the Real Deal and Columbia News Service.

Dan Latu

‘Normalize service industry employees matching energy’: Dunkin’ worker tells drive-thru customer to ‘pull up’ in viral TikTok

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

‘They’re counting on you not seeing it’: TikToker issues viral PSA to customers after restaurant includes ‘labor surcharge’ on receipt

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

Car with 'I just cheated on my husband' message goes through car wash

TikTok shows SUV tagged ‘I just cheated on my husband’ going through car wash in viral TikTok, sparking sexist comments

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

A man in a bathroom stall (L), cops outside a bathroom (C), and people looking into a McDonald's restaurant (R).

‘I see things like this A LOT:’ DoorDasher’s video shows medical incident that delayed McDonald’s order

‘F*ck you, Walmart’: TikToker accuses store of lying about meat expiration date

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

After a woman swipes at someone's phone, she drops her own.

‘Y’all are causing a scene right now’: Karen tries to swipe TikToker’s cellphone amid bar fight—and then drops her own

In a TikTok, a Hello Fresh subscriber said that jasmine rice from the company smelled like spoiled milk.

‘Hello Fresh is trying to kill me’: TikToker gives PSA to Hello Fresh customers after allegedly receiving ‘horrible’-smelling rice

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

Pizza Hut worker fired after asking for shift change notification

‘Y’all he fired me’: TikToker says Pizza Hut let her go after she asked to be notified about shift changes

‘This happened to me too!’: TikToker says her card got stolen twice through Chipotle app

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

‘Leave these workers alone’: Viewers plead with ‘Karen’ after she films herself yell at Jack and the Box worker over hot sauce

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

A woman delivering food (L), a woman hiding behind a bush (C), and a man shocked (R).

‘I’m so scared’: Viral TikTok claims DoorDash driver watched customer for hours—it’s staged

A woman looking into camera (L) and woman looking into camera (R).

‘It’s not a coincidence’: Black TikToker says white neighbors follow her every move

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

‘Like they didn’t just order 7 drinks’: Starbucks worker puts apologetic customers who ordered on Thanksgiving on blast

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

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TikToker says Olive Garden accidentally gave her husband who’s a recovering alcoholic an alcoholic beverage

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

White woman and son call police on Black man working in parking garage.

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