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

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‘I am a server, not a servant’: Server calls out her ‘worst table ever’ who insisted their daughter be served alcohol with no ID

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

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‘There’s no accountability’: TikToker claims 2 DoorDash drivers canceled after learning she’s blind

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

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‘I am not their customer, and they need to take it down’: Woman puts cafe on blast for using video of her for free marketing

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.

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‘They don’t care at all about their customers’: TikToker says her Airbnb was dirty—and customer service responded too late for her to get a refund

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

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‘He just started yesterday’: Man yells, cusses at Disney World worker over parking

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

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‘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

Lauren Castro is a reporter based in Austin, Texas.

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‘You scam bare minimum wage workers to get some free food’: Customer brags that they scam DoorDash to get ‘free food’ in viral TikTok, sparking debate

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

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‘Public humiliation button’: TikToker pushes help button to unlock allergy meds at CVS and triggers store announcement

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‘Run. Run fast’: TikToker sparks debate about worst Walmart department in viral TikTok

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‘Wait until district headquarters hears about this’: CVS customer berates worker over donation button, refuses to press red button to cancel in viral TikTok

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‘Over a drink ?!? Wow. Girl that was a blessing in disguise’: Walmart worker accused of stealing drinks gets fired in viral TikTok

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‘You’re entitled af’: TikToker says Chipotle locked its doors before closing time, sparking debate

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‘No. Immediately no’: Starbucks customer asks barista for 40 pumps of classic syrup in viral TikTok

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