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

Tricia Crimmins

‘What if they’re short staff because of COVID’: TikToker on blast after posting apologetic voicemail from Dunkin’ manager who saw her leave when line was long

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

‘The crazy bread order really pushed him’: TikToker pranks uncle who’s a Little Caesars worker with huge drive-thru order in viral video

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

woman with caption "me swiping through tinder on a casual day" (l) tinder profile man with arms crossed and face digitally altered into a mosaic and bio WHITE LADIES ONLY (c) same man with "It's a match!" overlay

‘My 13th reason’: Black TikToker accidentally matches with guy whose bio says ‘WHITE LADIES ONLY’

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

Cecilia Lenzen

Man being escorted out of a Marshalls by police.

‘I’ll beat the f*ck out of you’: Man threatens Marshalls workers, customers in viral TikTok

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

Three photos of pantry food strewn about in a kitchen

‘Girl CPS does not have a sense of humor’: TikToker claims they took food out of cabinets and fridge to ‘prank’ CPS, sparking debate

Three photos of a woman pouring lemonade mix into a vat and stirring it

‘I thought it was fresh’: Chick-fil-A worker shows how they make lemonade in viral TikTok

chipotle employee with caption "one guy handling 5 customers" (l) chipotle employee on break with caption "4 employees on break" (r)

‘Bad management. Someone didn’t properly schedule breaks for employees’: Viral TikTok of all but one Chipotle employee on break sparks debate

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

Brooke Sjoberg

three photos of a customer dipping ramen noodles into a restaurant hot pot

‘Just eat at home’: Diners take own ramen noodles to hot pot restaurant in viral TikTok, sparking debate

A TikToker said her apartment management company wouldn't help her relocate after her apartment flooded.

‘This is still deemed inhabitable’: TikToker claims apartment management refused to relocate her after unit flooded

A TikTok states that heterosexual couples act like mother and son.

‘Freud would have a field day with this’: Viral TikTok saying women act like mothers, men act like children when in love sparks debate

‘Since when can you rent a church for a birthday party’: ‘Karen’ crashes private party at church, sparking debate

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

photo of a woman wearing a mask (l) photo of a man exclaiming at the camera (m) photo of two men standing and looking shocked (r)

‘You expect me to put up with your sh*t?’: Woman shows how she gets relentlessly hit on while riding public transportation in viral TikTok

selfie of an Asian man (l) his hand moving a fancy ornate china plate (m) closeup of the plate (r)

‘Why did you guys bring the only Asian guy in the restaurant a fine China plate’: TikToker says he was profiled at Cracker Barrel in viral video

photo of a car pulling up to starbucks (l) closeup of a coffee drink (m) photo of a hand holding the coffee drink (r)

‘They tried to set me up’: Man breaks ‘pay it forward’ streak at Starbucks drive-thru in viral TikTok, sparking debate

three photos of a woman working at mcdonalds and telling customers that it's cash-only

‘Don’t care if y’all do this, as long as I get what I ordered’: Former McDonald’s worker says she told customers it was cash-only, then pocketed the money

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