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

Braden Bjella

‘Enjoy your new and improved salad experience’: Ex-Olive Garden server reveals tricks the restaurant doesn’t want you to know about

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Home Depot worker checking out item(l), Home Depot sign(c), Work putting bagged items in cart(r)

‘Same thing happened to me at Lowe’s’: Black woman says Home Depot worker refused to let her ring up own goods at self-checkout, took over

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Walmart storefront(l), man talking(c), Plastic bags in boxes on shelf(r)

‘Banned single use plastics and now making a profit off of it’: Walmart customer finds pack of Great Value plastic grocery bags for sale in the store

‘I hated robbing people‘: Chipotle worker speaks out after customer walks out mid-order because worker gave him ‘half’ scoops

self-checkout customers get it to say ‘move your yams’

‘I would never use a self check if it always announced to me what I was scanning’: Stop & Shop self-checkout customers get it to say ‘move your yams’

Car buyer catches Dodge dealership tacking-on thousands of dollars in random fees

‘This is just ridiculous’: Car buyer catches Chevrolet dealership tacking on thousands of dollars in random fees on Dodge

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

Brooke Sjoberg

woman with caption "what happened to canned tuna?" (l&r) canned tuna (c)

‘It doesn’t taste good’: Woman says Chicken Of the Sea and Bumble Bee Tuna have gone down in quality

woman with insurance document, caption "our vehicle was stolen" (l) Geico gecko (c) woman with caption "so now I have to pay Chrysler Capital $28,000" (r)

‘We will be taking legal action’: Geico customer says she got bamboozled after her car was stolen—all over a form

man picking moldy fruit from containers with gloves caption "okay so this is part two of exposing grocery stores" (l) and "this is no good" (r)

‘This is called not wasting’: Grocery store worker says he has to do ‘reworking’ of moldy strawberries

Panera customer reveals trick to get free full-size sandwich

‘Usually with the You Pick 2 you only get a half-sandwich’: Panera customer reveals trick to get ‘free’ full-size sandwich

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

Taco Bell worker gets fired after customer shot out their drive-thru window

‘Wait You got fired????’: Taco Bell worker gets fired after customer shot out their drive-thru window

Chipotle customer walks out mid-order after worker gives him ‘half’ scoops

‘She knew it was wrong’: Chipotle customer walks out mid-order after worker gives him ‘half’ scoops

DoorDasher calls out customer for ordering twice in one day

‘This would have definitely fixed my doordash spending habits’: DoorDasher calls out customer for ordering twice in one day

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

Customer says restaurant owner wants to fight him for leaving a bad review

‘He sent me a Google Calendar invite’: Customer says restaurant owner wants to fight him for leaving a bad review

Man talking(l), Barber cutting hair(c), Second man talking(r)

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