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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

Chick-Fil-A server robot with caption "World's first and only Chick Fil A chicken serving robot" (l) Chick-Fil-A building with sign (c) Chick-Fil-A server robot with caption "World's first and only Chick Fil A chicken serving robot" (r)

chick fil a server bot tiktok

‘It even says my pleasure’: Customers claim to be served by ‘first and only’ Chick-fil-A robot

free birthday food

‘This is impressive’: Customer snags birthday freebies from 29 spots, including Taco Bell, Panera, Jersey Mike’s, Crumbl, Olive Garden, and more

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

Beau Paul

Black woman wearing burger king uniform inside of vehicle; Burger King Logo Sign

Burger King Stepping Stone

‘I need to stop working so hard’: Burger King worker says she is being asked to be manager even though she doesn’t want the position

Sonic customer in car with mermaid drink with caption "Can confirm that Sonic mermaid water is THE drink of the summer. 44oz of water with sugar free raspberry and peach syrup with cut up lemons and strawberries. Catch me drinking this everyday" (l) Sonic sign on building (c) Sonic customer in car with mermaid drink with caption "Can confirm that Sonic mermaid water is THE drink of the summer. 44oz of water with sugar free raspberry and peach syrup with cut up lemons and strawberries. Catch me drinking this everyday" (r)

sonic mermaid drink tiktok

‘When I say I RAN TO SONIC’: Sonic customer declares Mermaid Water the drink of the summer. Here’s what’s in it

Maya Wray was a Fall 2022 FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. She is currently a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, where she studies journalism in the Moody College Honors Program. She has written for the Daily Texan and the Austin Chronicle.

Maya Wray

Subway customer tries to order $5 footlong

Five Dollar Foot Long

‘WTF do you mean it’s $16 for a footlong now’: Subway customer tries to order $5 footlong

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

Grimace Birthday Meal on platter on Grimace's head in front of purple background with confetti

grimace birthday meal explained

Unclick

“Don’t drink the Grimace shake”: Grimace’s ‘birthday’ drew out filthy memes and unsettling lore

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

Domino's employee prepping roasted red peppers with caption "and then next we are doing the roasted red peppers" (l) Domino's employee prepping roasted red peppers with caption "I cut them in the can" with Domino's logo at bottom (c) Domino's employee prepping roasted red peppers with caption "this is by far the most time consuming thing to prep at domino's" (r)

dominos prep tiktok

‘This is by far the most time-consuming thing to prep’: Domino’s worker rates all the things she has to prep

Brooke Park is a former reporting fellow with the Daily Dot and a journalism senior at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has appeared in Texas Monthly, The Dallas Morning News and The Texas Tribune.

Brooke Park

Five Guys employee reaching out for potatoes with caption "why do you keep the potatoes in the lobby?" (l) Five Guys building with sign (c) Five Guys employee carrying potatoes with caption "it shows our customers we have the freshest products and we cut them daily!" (r)

five guys potatoes in lobby tiktok

‘That’ll be $600.16’: Five Guys shares why it keeps the potatoes in the lobby. It backfires

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

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qdoba nose ring

‘Damn I guess they were right telling us we can’t have piercings at work’: Qdoba customer says she found a nose ring in her burrito

Luna Danielle

Sonic employee with headset on with caption "Total: 23.72 "Ma'am I only have 20 on cash app and rest in cash"" (l) Sonic drive thru at night with car pulled up (c) Sonic employee with headset on with caption "Total: 23.72 "Ma'am I only have 20 on cash app and rest in cash"" (r)

sonic partial payments tiktok

‘I only have $20 on CashApp’: Sonic customer tries to pay for order in partial payments

Carl's JR drive thru speaker with sign "Hi, I'm Tori A New Drive-Thru Experience" (l) Carl's Jr building with sign (c) Carl's JR drive thru menu (r)

carls jr ai drive thru tiktok

‘They asked for $20 an hour and Carl’s Jr said bet’: Carl’s Jr. customer orders meal via A.I. assistant in drive-thru

tim hortons rude drive thru

‘I can’t believe what just happened’: Customer says Tim Hortons worker called her ‘heartless’ after she didn’t donate $2

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burger king employee shows how whopper patties are cooked tiktok

‘I don’t know why, but I’m so surprised by this’: Burger King employee reveals how Whopper patties are cooked

McDonald's drive thru at night with caption "couldn't get McDonald's bc the person in front of us ordered 45 items at 3am" (l) car pulled up to McDonald's drive thru window (c) McDonald's drive thru at night with caption "couldn't get McDonald's bc the person in front of us ordered 45 items at 3am" "poor guy :( "(r)

person in front ordered 45 items at mcdonalds tiktok

‘I wish I would have said no’: McDonald’s worker has to turn customer away after accepting another customer’s 45-item order at 3am

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