Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr.
We crawled the web for you today, and our top stories are about: Florida Republicans being called hypocrites online in the wake of Hurricane Ian, a look at a rare book change that is better for a House of the Dragon character, a viral video about Alexa exposing a cheating boyfriend, and a life coach going viral for sharing why you should lie when asked a specific question during a job interview.
After that, our IRL Reporter Tricia has her weekly “Problematic on TikTok” column.
See you tomorrow!
— A.W.
⚡ Today’s top stories
🌀 POLITICS
‘Voting against your own interests just to own the libs can be tragic’: Florida Republicans beg for hurricane relief after voting against it
The internet is reverberating with accusations that they’re all hypocrites.
📽️ CULTURE
‘House of the Dragon’ episode 7 ends with a welcome book departure
It is a rare book change that gives a character a better fate.
👂 VIRAL
‘I didn’t even know Alexa stored this shizzz’: Woman’s Amazon ‘Alexa’ exposes her cheating boyfriend via its dialogue transcripts
Amazon’s Alexa is always listening, even when you don’t want her to be.
💼 WORK DYSTOPIA
Life coach shares why you should lie when asked this question in a job interview, sparking debate
A woman went viral on TikTok after encouraging people to lie about a certain question during a job interview.
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🌎 IRL
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😬 Problematic on TikTok
A blatantly racist TikTok sound is getting called out
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🕸️ Crawling the web
Here is what else is happening across the ‘net.
🍴 A P.F. Chang’s worker posted a viral video on TikTok explaining how she quit after a rude customer put their hands on her and her manager didn’t stick up for her.
📱 A work-from-home employee shared a relatable message about adult loneliness that has sparked a ton of interest online.
☕ You hear about food “hacks” all the time, and this Starbucks barista called out a 5-cent mobile order one that doesn’t work.
🩺 In a viral video, a TikToker shared an interaction with a rude customer at the retail scrub store she works at.
📅 A creator shared a series of videos after her former employer didn’t allow her to work her final two weeks—even with a notice.
⌛ A Best Buy employee’s video calling out patrons who wait at the door before the store she works at has opened for the day has been viewed more than 169,000 times.
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👋 Before you go
TikToker Trey Knotts uploaded a viral interaction between him and a customer he says treated him disrespectfully. As a result, Knotts denied the woman service at the Enterprise Rent-A-Car location he works at.
He kept the camera on him during their conversation, but the woman’s voice could be heard off-screen, and folks who saw Knotts’ video thought that the woman was self-victimizing as she accused the man of discriminating against her for being white.
Knotts begins the video with a text overlay that reads: “Karen came into my job today and this is how it went…please watch til the end.”
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