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

Melody Heald

Customer can’t believe how much Subway is charging for footlongs

Subway Prices

‘Anyone remember the $5 footlong song?’: Customer can’t believe how much Subway is charging for footlongs

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

Man says to wear old company shirt and act belligerent in bars to get revenge on former workplace

Work Shirt Fired Trick

‘Talk to my manager over at Subway’: Man says to wear old company shirt and act belligerent in bars to get revenge on former workplace

subway-olive-sandwich

‘We are only supposed to put 6’: Subway customer asks for as many olives as possible on sandwich. She gets more than she bargained for

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

Subway customer insists there was a fingernail in her sandwich and demands a refund

Subway Nail

‘I had to FaceTime my manager’: Subway customer insists there was a fingernail in her sandwich and demands a refund. There’s just one problem

Subway customer reveals you can buy the bread for $1

Subway loaf of Bread

‘Ring it up as a cookie’: Subway customer reveals you can buy the bread for $1. Should you?

Maya Wray was a Fall 2022 FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. She is currently a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, where she studies journalism in the Moody College Honors Program. She has written for the Daily Texan and the Austin Chronicle.

Maya Wray

Subway customer tries to order $5 footlong

Five Dollar Foot Long

‘WTF do you mean it’s $16 for a footlong now’: Subway customer tries to order $5 footlong

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

Braden Bjella

woman dressed as Domino's worker dancing caption "Being sent home from subway cause I showed up as a dominos worker for halloween even after I was told by 2 managers that it was ok" (l) Subway restaurant exterior with sign (c) woman dressed as Domino's worker dancing caption "Being sent home from subway cause I showed up as a dominos worker for halloween even after I was told by 2 managers that it was ok" (r)

showed up as dominos worker subway tiktok

‘I was told by 2 managers that it was OK’: Subway worker gets sent home after showing up as Domino’s worker for Halloween

Allyson Waller is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and has written for other publications such as the New York Times and the Miami Herald. Outside of the journalism world, some of her joys include delving into book recommendations from TikTok, listening to pop culture podcasts, and playing with her dog, Theo.

Allyson Waller

Subway employee speaking in front of white wall and wooden doorway with hand up pinched fingers together (l) Subway employee with clear gloves preparing sandwich (c) Subway employee speaking in front of white wall and doorway with hand up in front of neck (r)

you are not going to get me a raise subway tiktok

‘Do not tell my boss that I deserve a raise’: Subway worker shares PSA to customers who try to advocate for him in front of his boss

Lauren Castro is a reporter based in Austin, Texas.

Lauren Castro

woman speaking in car finger up (l) Mop on light blue background (c) woman speaking in car hand up (r)

accused of mopping the table tops tiktok

‘I don’t understand how that customer even came up with that’: Subway worker says ‘Karen’ accused her of mopping tabletops with dirty mop water

woman speaking in car (l) Subway sandwich with napkin and drink branded (c) woman speaking in car holding hand up (r)

subway feces sandwich tiktok

‘In between the two wrappers on the sandwich is literal sh*t’: Subway customer claims they found feces in their sandwich

Woman standing in Subway caption "I told these Subway people it was my first day and they just let me work... i'm not even on the schedule i'm not evan an EMPLOYEE I DIDNT EVEN DO AN INTERVIEW i just came in and told them I was a new hire and didn't need training and they just let me alone in this restaurant" (l) woman working at Subway creating sandwich (c) Woman standing in Subway caption "I told these Subway people it was my first day and they just let me work... i'm not even on the schedule i'm not evan an EMPLOYEE I DIDNT EVEN DO AN INTERVIEW i just came in and told them I was a new hire and didn't need training and they just let me alone in this restaurant" (r)

subway tiktok

‘I’m not even an EMPLOYEE I DIDN’T DO AN INTERVIEW’: Woman shows up to Subway and claims to be a new hire—they left her to man the store alone without training

You can find her byline in Vice, Teen Vogue, Epic, and the Independent, among other publications. You can find her on Twitter @GagliardoSilver.

Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

woman with hijab and brown coat and glasses (l) Subway man standing with cart caption " When a blk man throws a chicken at a Muslim woman with a hijab and didn't know I'm bout that life." (r)

hajab chicken

‘Standing up for our sisters’: Black woman protects Muslim women from man who threw chicken at them on subway in viral TikTok

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

manager tries to put subway worker on blast

‘Seems like he’s working and you’re on TikTok’: Manager tries to put Subway worker on blast for allegedly not working—it backfires

subway worker making sandwich (l & r) subway sandwich wrap (c)

‘That’s when they get the smaller half’: Subway worker roasts customers who complain before she has chance to cut foot-long bread for 6-inch sub

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

Recycling and trash bin (L,R) Subway sandwich (M)

Subway