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Linda Hamilton has words published at ORANGE Magazine and appeared on Texas Student Television.

Linda Hamilton

Walmart manager appears to fire employees on sales floor

‘We’re working!’: Manager appears to fire Walmart employees on the sales floor in viral TikTok

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

Tricia Crimmins

‘Milk is 69 cents here and it’s $3.51 at our Walmart’: Milk prices at 2 nearby stores spark outrage in viral TikTok

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

‘This is so unsanitary and so disgusting’: TikToker says DoorDasher ate half of her McDonald’s fries

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

‘What’s with the need to publicly shame her online?’: TikToker blasts Subway worker for wearing bracelet while making sandwich, sparking debate

Students lift person at dance (l & r) young woman with caption "Y'all saying the black people were ok with it... how do u know? Like I'm confused how do y'all know they were ok with it??" (c)

‘This was an incredibly insensitive event’: TikToker accuses white students of mocking song from movie about Harriet Tubman at school dance

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

A stroller with person (L), a waiter taking an order (C), and a person being fed chicken (R).

Unclick

TikToker disguises self as baby to get free kids meal at IHOP in viral video

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

Laiken Neumann

young man working in McDonald's (l & r) finger touching screen that reads "cannot substitute that item with another that costs more!" (c)

‘If you’re broke just say so’: Burger King worker films woman berating him in drive-thru over 2 for $4 deal

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

nypd officers with seized pampers and toiletries

‘This is cruelty on display’: Cops roasted for ‘bragging’ about arresting people who allegedly stole things like diapers

man making lewd faces at women in drive-thru with caption "my bestie and i were just tryna get milkshakes before bed but instead we got harassed and witnessed a hit and run" (l) mcdonald's drive thru sign (c) car runs into bumper of truck in drive-thru lane (r)

TikToker films man making inappropriate facial gestures, growling at her in McDonald’s drive-thru before cutting her in line and hitting truck in front of him

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

Brooke Sjoberg

person writing $1000 on a tip with caption "best believe this will decline but it's the thought that counts"

‘This will decline but it’s the thought that counts’: TikToker jokes about tipping $1,000 knowing it won’t go through, sparking debate

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

‘Caught this guy filming me lowkey’: Woman catches older man allegedly following her at Goodwill in viral TikTok, sparking debate

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

woman holding cup (l) store owner looking at camera (m) woman looking frazzled (r)

‘It’s literally a cup, calm down’: Starbucks workers refuse to sell woman cups as store closes, sparking debate

burger king receipt (l) (r) burger king logo (m)

‘Always ask for your receipt’: Customer says Burger King worker secretly charged her extra to pocket some money

restaurant order tablet (l) showing digital tip (m) waiter looking happy and giving a thumbs up (r)

‘You didn’t need to repeat it 4 times at the table like you are gods or something’: TikToker films self giving waiter 200% tip for ‘Valentine’s Day,’ sparking debate

amazon worker scanning and sorting items (l) (r) amazon logo (m)

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