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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. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor

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‘I know that Omicron is here’: Viral TikTok shows how Starbucks sold out of medicine ball teas

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

A Staarbucks employee orders a drink on his day off, and his manager asks him to come into work.

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‘Come clock in?’: Viral TikTok of Starbucks worker being asked to work on day off sparks debate

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

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Starbucks worker's TikTok about customers who order caramel syrup in caramel macchiatos sparks debate. Employee sings along to audio in green Starbucks apron.

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‘It’s not caramel karens’: Starbucks worker’s TikTok about customers who order caramel syrup in caramel macchiatos sparks debate

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

Braden Bjella

A Starbucks sign (L) and a Starbucks drink (R).

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‘This just feels wrong’: Viral TikTok reviewing Starbucks ‘coffee popping pearls’ sparks debate (updated)

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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‘Quitting right there’: Viral TikTok showing mountain of receipts at Starbucks sparks debate over mobile ordering

In a TikTok, a barista criticizes a customer for coming into a store while sick.

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‘I’m a barista not a pharmacist’: TikToker calls out sick customer for coughing on merch, ordering ‘medicine ball’ at Starbucks (updated)

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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‘So cheap and so good’: Starbucks worker shares 60-cent drink in viral TikTok, sparking debate

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‘That’s when I quit’: Starbucks worker reveals customer’s 52K order in viral TikTok

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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‘How to ruin a barista‘s day 101’: TikToker’s $50 single drink order at Starbucks sparks debate

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‘That’s a cloud Frappuccino’: People are dragging this Starbucks order of water with whipped cream

‘Me explaining to my manager why my friends paid 30cents for 8 frappucino’s’: Starbucks workers reveal how they hook up their friends at work

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‘Buy one drink and get 2’: TikToker maximizes Starbucks order by getting ice separately, sparking debate

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.

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Former 10-year Starbucks employee reveals secret on TikTok

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‘They do everything as a publicity stunt’: Former Starbucks worker says employees donated their free coffee bags to the troops—and Starbucks took credit

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

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‘Like they didn’t just order 7 drinks’: Starbucks worker puts apologetic customers who ordered on Thanksgiving on blast

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‘Shhh we don’t need customers asking for this’: Starbucks worker allegedly reveals customers can modify any breakfast sandwich in viral TikTok, dividing viewers

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