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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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‘This is what happens’: Target worker issues warning for customers who decide they no longer want items in their cart

Angela Shanice Littlefield is a freelance writer with a focus on pop culture and tech news. She&#8217;s a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). She has written and worked for entertainment figures such as Sirius XM Radio Personality Sway Calloway, and published work for Grammy U, the NAACP&#8217;s Crisis magazine, and Austin Monthly magazine.

Angela Littlefield

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‘Now THIS is customer service’: Dunkin’ worker receives shipment from Heinz. She can’t believe she has to do this to every ketchup packet

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.

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Charlotte Colombo

Two panel design with a woman who is on her lunch break holds up an items for the camera to see, next to an image of construction workers having lunch

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‘$160 for the battery’: Blue-collar woman eats pizza on break thanks to this Crock-pot and Milwaukee lunch tool combo. Not everyone’s on board

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

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‘How are people so ungrateful?’: Retail worker begs customers to stop making returns

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

Melody Heald

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‘She just couldn’t finish it’: Server calls out customers who are ‘comfortable’ asking for this special accommodation at restaurants

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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‘But when it’s time to pay…’: IHOP worker gives poor service. Then the customers start a timer

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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‘Him waiting out there is scary’: Crumbl Cookies worker closes store. But there’s an angry DoorDash driver outside

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‘Can they do that?’: Man makes viral video about his job, doesn’t mention where he works. Then he gets called into the boss’ office

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

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‘I’ll be honest with you…’: Walmart customer is chatting with customer service. Then the worker breaks character

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‘I accidentally did this once and I felt so bad’: Target worker scolds customers who do this common pick-up order

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

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Expert says Carhartt quality has gone downhill

‘They’ve completely lost focus’: Expert says Carhartt quality has gone downhill. Then he shows the real reason why

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‘Scammers bro’: Bath & Body Works worker ‘wins’ contest for getting customers to make additional purchases. Then he sees his reward

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

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‘I just had to look at her and walk away’: Woman walks into Foot Locker. Then a customer approaches her

Amara Thomas is a freelance writer and cultural worker. She has written for the FADER, the Village Voice, Gothamist, and Highsnobiety.

Amara Thomas

2 panel image: on the left is a restaurant receipt turned face down on a table, on the right a person explains.

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‘I’m gonna start doing this’: Server shares what it really means if you leave check face-down

3 panel Image: on the sides a person explains, in the middle a restaurant worker prepares a salad while wearing gloves.

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