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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.

Brooke Sjoberg

domino's pizza back line (l&r) two workers (c) all with caption "closed dominos mid dinner rush and quit our jobs last saturday"

‘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)

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

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

Braden Bjella

Burger King drive thru worker handing customer cup (l) Burger King building with sign (c) Worker smiling hand on hip (r)

‘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

starbucks cup on wooden table with gray background (l) starbucks employee putting straw in cup caption "when their card declines" (r)

‘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

man walking into a building (l) shouting and grunting ®

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

woman holding up delivery bag (l) starbucks logo (m) woman holding up card (r)

‘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

cookies in box cut up (l) Cookies cut open to reveal they are raw caption " the cookies " (r)

‘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

person pulling off label on ribeye food product

‘Gotta compensate for them gas prices’: TikToker swaps Walmart steak sticker for lower price, sparking debate in viral TikTok

Dan Latu is a freelance journalist writing about the internet and culture. Previously, his work has appeared in the Real Deal and Columbia News Service.

Dan Latu

doordash logo on phone on red background (l) Chick-Fil-A food seen with ashes all over them in bag caption " Door dash really emptied their ash tray in my food and ate half of it cause I didn't tip wtf" (r)

‘Was it illegal? Yes. Did you deserve it? Also yes’: TikToker says Chick-fil-A DoorDash order was destroyed after they didn’t leave tip, sparking debate

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

Audra Schroeder

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‘They’re just waiting for us to open the door’: Dunkin’ workers get trapped in store after cars seemingly wait for them at front and back entrances

Man with sunglasses caption " When you find out that Amy's Kitchen is recalling 15,626 cases of Vegan Mac and Cheese after discovering it could have trace amounts of milk that is not listed. And they were exploiting the workers in the facilities. Goodbye" (l) Amy's Kitchen frozen dinners (c) Man with hat talking (r)

‘Don’t eat their food’: TikToker says he used to work at Amy’s Kitchen, warns against eating the food

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

Cecilia Lenzen

dunkin donuts worker pouring medium into large cup and adding ice with caption "when she wanted a large and not a medium"

Dunkin’ worker reveals what they do when customer changes mind on drink size

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

Tricia Crimmins

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‘You’re going to come in here being racist, too? Over some vegetables?’: Jersey Mike’s worker says customer berated her over sandwich toppings

Wingstop workers making food one flipping camera off caption " Pov: You order at Wingstop when we are almost done closing hand on face emoji flip off emoji" (l) Wingstop shutterstock image (c) Fryer with chicken caption " blank your chicken we burning this blank hands up emoji flip off emoji" (r)

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