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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

Uber Eats logo on black background (l) Starbucks cup empty in hand caption "You guys literally again Starbucks sends me a empty cup with a man and Uber eats didn't even notify nothing why is my luck so bad" (r)

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TikToker says she was delivered empty Starbucks cup when ordering through Uber Eats

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Starbucks workers roast customers who ask for pastries warmed up

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

Audra Schroeder

Woman making peace sign caption "Me excited to host my friends and cook for them" (l) MiYKO'S butter with red circle highlighting cashews (treenuts) csption "What are your allergies again" "Just tree nuts" (c) Girls in hospital bed caption "Somehow we made it to an ER She survived I simply cannot make this up"(r)

‘I hope you’re paying for her er visit lmaoo’: TikToker shares story of how she accidentally fed nuts to her friend with allergy, sparking debate

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

‘Don’t think I’m gonna make you something f*cking extravagant’: Starbucks worker puts customers who ask for the barista’s ‘favorite drink’ on blast, sparking debate

Grace Stanley was the Deputy Editor of Passionfruit, a site for creators, covering the latest creator news, labor issues, tools, and community resources. Grace’s work has been seen by millions on the Daily Dot. Starting as a reporter covering trending internet culture stories, they have become a go-to resource on all things related to the creator economy.

Grace Stanley

‘Water is life. How are you gonna deny me life Chipotle?’: TikToker blasts Chipotle for allegedly not giving him a water cup

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

Cecilia Lenzen

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‘Wouldn’t be the first time’: TikToker allegedly finds maggot in their meal at Chili’s

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

Brooke Sjoberg

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‘We were never going to catch up’: Domino’s managers quit ‘mid-dinner rush’ 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.

Moises Mendez II

starbucks cup on green background (l) Two starbucks workers caption "when a customer asks us why things are turned off on the app when we have them in store" (r)

‘When a customer asks us why things are turned off on the app’: Starbucks workers joke about making items ‘sold out’ on app

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‘This is low to play with someone like this’: TikToker hits on Burger King worker, makes promise of high-paying job in video, sparking debate

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

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‘I still give the drinks to them if they’re nice and this lady wasn’t’: Starbucks worker drinks customer’s drink after their card declined

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‘We’re just understaffed’: Restaurant worker praises tables that don’t order salad or soup in viral TikTok

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‘I just spent $20 to get this delivered, and I have no coffee’: TikToker says her Uber Eats Starbucks order was delivered with refund note instead of coffee

burger king drive thru (l) "Coochieman B" doordash order page (c) drive thru window from car (r) all with caption "why are men like this? i work in mental health but also doordash"

‘Not delivering to you at night bro’: DoorDash driver refuses to deliver to customer who calls himself ‘coochieman,’ sparking debate

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.

Kathleen Wong

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‘When you get raw cookies once you don’t want to get them again’: TikToker says she received undercooked Crumbl cookies

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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Food