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

Laiken Neumann

Denny's Diner building with sign (l) Older karen freaking out at dennys man drinking behind her (r)

‘Karen’ goes off in Denny’s after allegedly getting called out for leaving dogs in the car￼

Man in line at Walmart with shopping cart lots of items (l) cameraman cart and other mans cart with caption "20 items or less dude!!" (c) Man at Walmart shopping cart full on phone while pointing to cart (r)

Shopper tries to call out fellow customer for allegedly having more than 20 items in Walmart’s self-checkout—it backfires

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

Brooke Sjoberg

‘Def would have u over to play tho’: Man tells Tinder match she’s ‘not hot enough’ to take on a date

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

Braden Bjella

Starbucks Drive Thru sign with sky behind (l) Starbucks drive thru window worker holding out stirring stick as a wand at customer at window in car caption "when customers place their mobile order as they pull up to the drive thru"

‘Just order at the window’: Starbucks worker roasts customers who mobile order while in the drive-thru line

man dancing with caption "Me, doing Uber Eats, and following the instructions to 'leave the food at the back door'" (l) Uber Eats logo (c) man with hand on forehead with caption "Then getting handcuffed and arrested for 'trespassing'" (r)

Black Uber Eats driver says he was arrested for trespassing after following customer’s directions to ‘leave the food at the back door’

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

‘What in the gentrification is going on?’: TikTok of white boys in durags in yogurt shop goes viral

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

Man with hand up caption "my landlord broke into my apartment without any notice and demanded the keys. I still have a month left on our rental agreement." (l) Woman with marks all over her face and neck caption "When I refused to give him y keys he put his hand around my neck, slammed me on my bed, and strangled me" "I couldn't scream or breath when he did this. He continued for over a minute, I began to lose vision and hearing" (c) Man yelling mouth open with other man behind caption "my landlord broke into my apartment without any notice and demanded the keys. I still have a month left on our rental agreement." (r)

Woman claims landlord strangled her after she refused to move out early

Grace Stanley was the Deputy Editor of Passionfruit, a site for creators, covering the latest creator news, labor issues, tools, and community resources. Grace’s work has been seen by millions on the Daily Dot. Starting as a reporter covering trending internet culture stories, they have become a go-to resource on all things related to the creator economy.

Grace Stanley

computer screen (l) video chat meeting (r)

‘He cussed me out and tried to belittle me’: CEO berates, fires unpaid intern during Zoom call in viral TikTok

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

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‘What stage of capitalism is this?’: Apple Store genius gives coding class to no one in viral TikTok (updated)

black woman looking at camera (l) (r) hooters restaurant (m)

‘Imagine having a racial preference for who brings you your food’: Black Hooters waitress says one of her tables asked for blonde server instead of her

man opening bottle of alcohol (l) chilis logo (m) man pouring alcohol in sink (r)

‘So why did PAM get kicked out for LIFE!?!? She was setup’: Chili’s worker shows how much alcohol goes into the margaritas

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

Workers left with messy kitchen (l) Closed sign on window saying " closed no employees to open, we quit" (c) Two workers in kitchen female worker holding sign (r)os

‘Walked out of the most toxic job’: Workers say they left juice bar job after owners left them with messy store in viral TikTok

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

Man in car with karen pointing finger at them through window (l) Car interior caption "That time I made a Karen cry respectfully" (c) Karen with phone up for protection (r)

‘White woman tears’: ‘Karen’ chokes up after berating Black driver and passengers, accusing them of littering in viral TikTok

Mcdonald's sign with sky (l) McDonald's worker holding drinks at window drive through (r)

‘Rude people shouldn’t be allowed to order’: McDonald’s customer takes forever to grab drinks from worker in drive-thru, sparking debate over viral TikTok

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

Cecilia Lenzen

Woman and toddler on couch caption " hey marten, you want leche? yeah ok, where do your hands go? which one? that one! this one?" (l) Woman and toddler on couch caption "breastfeeding my toddler: a boundaries conversation" " hey marten, you want leche?" "is this "gross" to you?" (c) Woman and toddler on couch caption " honestly I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people but I ALMOST quit because this was so hard to accomplish without any good extended breastfeeding models" (r)

Culture

‘Karen’ goes off in Denny’s after allegedly getting called out for leaving dogs in the car

Shopper tries to call out fellow customer for allegedly having more than 20 items in Walmart’s self-checkout—it backfires

‘Def would have u over to play tho’: Man tells Tinder match she’s ‘not hot enough’ to take on a date

‘Just order at the window’: Starbucks worker roasts customers who mobile order while in the drive-thru line

Black Uber Eats driver says he was arrested for trespassing after following customer’s directions to ‘leave the food at the back door’

‘What in the gentrification is going on?’: TikTok of white boys in durags in yogurt shop goes viral

Woman claims landlord strangled her after she refused to move out early

‘He cussed me out and tried to belittle me’: CEO berates, fires unpaid intern during Zoom call in viral TikTok

‘What stage of capitalism is this?’: Apple Store genius gives coding class to no one in viral TikTok (updated)

‘Imagine having a racial preference for who brings you your food’: Black Hooters waitress says one of her tables asked for blonde server instead of her

‘So why did PAM get kicked out for LIFE!?!? She was setup’: Chili’s worker shows how much alcohol goes into the margaritas

‘Walked out of the most toxic job’: Workers say they left juice bar job after owners left them with messy store in viral TikTok

‘White woman tears’: ‘Karen’ chokes up after berating Black driver and passengers, accusing them of littering in viral TikTok

‘Rude people shouldn’t be allowed to order’: McDonald’s customer takes forever to grab drinks from worker in drive-thru, sparking debate over viral TikTok

‘I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people’: Viral TikTok shows mother breastfeeding her toddler, sparking debate

Culture

‘Karen’ goes off in Denny’s after allegedly getting called out for leaving dogs in the car￼

Shopper tries to call out fellow customer for allegedly having more than 20 items in Walmart’s self-checkout—it backfires

‘Def would have u over to play tho’: Man tells Tinder match she’s ‘not hot enough’ to take on a date

‘Just order at the window’: Starbucks worker roasts customers who mobile order while in the drive-thru line

Black Uber Eats driver says he was arrested for trespassing after following customer’s directions to ‘leave the food at the back door’

‘What in the gentrification is going on?’: TikTok of white boys in durags in yogurt shop goes viral

Woman claims landlord strangled her after she refused to move out early

‘He cussed me out and tried to belittle me’: CEO berates, fires unpaid intern during Zoom call in viral TikTok

‘What stage of capitalism is this?’: Apple Store genius gives coding class to no one in viral TikTok (updated)

‘Imagine having a racial preference for who brings you your food’: Black Hooters waitress says one of her tables asked for blonde server instead of her

‘So why did PAM get kicked out for LIFE!?!? She was setup’: Chili’s worker shows how much alcohol goes into the margaritas

‘Walked out of the most toxic job’: Workers say they left juice bar job after owners left them with messy store in viral TikTok

‘White woman tears’: ‘Karen’ chokes up after berating Black driver and passengers, accusing them of littering in viral TikTok

‘Rude people shouldn’t be allowed to order’: McDonald’s customer takes forever to grab drinks from worker in drive-thru, sparking debate over viral TikTok

‘I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people’: Viral TikTok shows mother breastfeeding her toddler, sparking debate

‘Karen’ goes off in Denny’s after allegedly getting called out for leaving dogs in the car