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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

jetblue employee with caption "we have been stuck in the airport for the second day now.. No accurate updates! People have been sleeping in the floor! And we are yet to know when we will be home!" (l) jetBlue logo on plane (c) woman with caption "do not fly on JetBlue! Please help us! Repost! Tag JetBlue! We have been waiting for two days in the airport! Kids are sleeping in the floor!"

‘We have kids, we have jobs, and this is ridiculous’: TikToker says JetBlue left passengers stranded in airport for two days

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

Woman climbing rock with caption "this is the most sexist thing that has ever happened while climbing. Don't be that guy."

‘Don’t be that guy’: Rock climber catches man making sexist comments about her strength in viral TikTok

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

doordash logo in window (l) man in car with "watch out for scammers on doordash" caption (r)

‘We’re tired of it’: DoorDash driver warns restaurants about screenshot scam in viral TikTok (updated)

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

Cecilia Lenzen

woman parked sideways blocking gas pump with caption "what video deserves to go viral?"

‘The position of her car says everything’: Karen seemingly creates traffic jam after cutting TikToker off at gas station

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

Braden Bjella

target worker (l) hands holding Dave's Killer Bread (c) handheld device showing Dave's Killer Bread at -1379 inventory (r)

‘We really don’t have it’: Target worker asks customers to stop asking for Dave’s Killer Bread in viral TikTok

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

Tricia Crimmins

man in driver's seat with lights in rear window with caption "turn off orders when y'all close @wendys - they didn't believe DoorDash operated this late... not to mention I got $0 from DoorDash after all this - Hella cops pulled up on me at Wendy's, I tripped the alarm trying to pick up a DoorDash order" (l) wendy's sign (r)

‘I got $0 from DoorDash after all this’: DoorDash driver says cops thought he was trying to break into a Wendy’s

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

young woman with caption "On my first date with this guy... He took me bowling" (l) young man at ball return with caption "he brought his own bowling ball and his own ball cleaner" (c) young man bowling with caption "someone send help im ab to leave. this is sad" (r)

‘I’m ab to leave. This is sad’: TikToker says man brought own bowling ball on date, sparking debate

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

Laiken Neumann

woman handing coffees back into drive-thru window

‘Dunkin coffee either tastes like crack or river water’: Dunkin’ worker posts video of a ‘Karen’ unhappy with her drinks in the drive-thru, sparking debate

young woman in corner of frame with background of young woman in car with hair gelled to forehead

‘What was the joke?’: White TikToker under fire for laying hair like edges, jokingly naming them ‘sticky bangs’

subway worker making sandwich (l & r) subway sandwich wrap (c)

‘That’s when they get the smaller half’: Subway worker roasts customers who complain before she has chance to cut foot-long bread for 6-inch sub

starbucks worker holding cup with "grande cinnamon dolce latte, no cinnamon dolce syrup, almond milk, add whipped cream, extra cinnamon dolce topping, two pumps vanilla, two pumps peppermint, light foam, in a venti cup, vanilla sweet cream cold foam" over coffee bean background

‘Imagine ordering ur drink and the barista takes it to the back to do this’: Starbucks worker turns customer’s long order into poem (updated)

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

Brooke Sjoberg

man lifting in gym with caption "this ego lifter at golds kept going infront of me just to do these half ass reps" (l and r) man wearing hat backwards (c)

TikToker tries to roast ‘ego-lifter’ at Gold’s Gym—it backfires

young woman in mask giving thumbs up with caption "POV: you're ordering and think you're only talking to me" (l) starbucks drive thru sign (c) same young woman pointing with four people standing behind her and same caption (r)

Starbucks worker shares how drive-thru customers are heard by whole team of workers in viral TikTok

woman explaining doordash new policy (l) (r) doordash logo (m)

‘Trying to get their drivers robbed and scammed’: TikToker says DoorDash’s new cash policy puts drivers at risk (updated)

Lauren Castro is a reporter based in Austin, Texas.

Lauren Castro

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