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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

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‘I’m eating pasta for breakfast lunch and dinner’: Olive Garden customers stop by the Dollar Tree for container before never-ending pasta

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

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‘They charge us more for it being thawed out’: Walmart customer catches worker cutting open bag of frozen shrimp with scissors—and putting the shrimp in display case

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

Melody Heald

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‘It is on every single piece’: Woman buys huge pack of Great Value deluxe singles cheese. Then she notices something unusual

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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‘This is the nastiest thing I’ve ever seen’: Shopper says people are being scammed by Kraft mac and cheese

Vladimir Supica is a Serbia-based freelance writer. He enjoys traveling through Europe, reading non-fiction books, and playing with his dog Max.

Vladimir Supica

Woman can’t believe the cake she gets at the Walmart bakery for $17

‘Lmao I paid $125 I could’ve just went to Walmart?????’: Woman can’t believe the cake she gets at the Walmart bakery for $17

Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

Tangie Mitchell

Woman accuses Kraft of 'gaslighting' customers after seeing new mac and cheese size

‘Soon we’re gonna have to eat 2 boxes’: Woman accuses Kraft of ‘gaslighting’ customers after seeing new mac and cheese serving size

Mars Ramos is a museum educator and freelance writer. She loves long walks in nature, doing yoga, and baking brownies.

Mars Ramos

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‘I’m at Nobu for the FIRST and LAST time…’: Nobu customer orders 2 tacos. He can’t believe what he gets

Woman says she was charged a ‘prep fee’ for bartenders to shake her margarita

‘How did we get to $530?’: Woman says she was charged a ‘prep fee’ for bartenders to shake her margarita

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

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‘I don’t drink’: Circle K customer says they took out all of the slushie machines to make room for more alcohol

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‘No better nachos than concession stand nachos’: Woman shares how to make concession stand nacho cheese. There’s a secret ingredient

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

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‘We’re not Walmart’: Target bakery worker shares PSA for customers who buy baked goods in the store

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‘But Great Value lemon pepper is so good’: Woman warns against buying McCormick, other big-name seasonings at the grocery store

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

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‘The pieces used to be huge!’: Woman says Raising Cane’s chicken strips are now just chicken nuggets. Did they change anything?

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