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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

Target customer buys dinnerware set, realizes she got bamboozled

‘This happen to me with a Nespresso’: Target customer buys dinnerware set, realizes she got bamboozled

Parks Kugle is a writer and reporter based in San Antonio. His work has appeared in Lumina Literary Journal, Wicked Local Newspapers, and various publications across the U.S. He enjoys comics and gardening.

Parks Kugle

Ex-dealership worker says watch for this trick when you trade in a Toyota

‘The dealership will try to pretend that they don’t know anything about it’: Ex-dealership worker says watch for this trick when you trade in a Toyota

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

Aldi customer warns of cashback button trick at checkout

‘Yep she was about to get that money but had to hand it over since you noticed’: Aldi customer warns of cashback button trick at checkout

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

Pool balls in rack with handwritten note that reads "Pool is £5 per day - you can pay via PayPal or leave the cash in the lockbox." (l) Woman with caption "Host charges me £740 extra fees for this" (c) television with handwritten note that reads "To use the TV pay extra £5 a day and I will send you the access code" (r)

‘You used the pool table twice’: Airbnb customer says host charged $924 extra for using things like TV, Wi-Fi

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

Woman says you can become a certified nursing assistant without taking any classes

‘I did this…I am now an RN’: Woman says you can become a certified nursing assistant without taking any classes

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

‘Subway gonna make us start prepaying’: Woman walks out of Subway mid-order after having worker make sandwich with all the meats

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

Braden Bjella

EVgo charging station (l) man outside car (c) battery charging indicator reads "remaining time 44 mins (100%), a rectangle with 68% inside it, 13 mins (80%) 49kW (r)

‘It seems like a … scam to me‘: Man warns against getting an electric car as a ‘rent-a-car’ after his experience

Woman talks(l+r), Balenciaga store front(c)

‘Check your clothing’: Ex-Balenciaga worker warns against buying the brand from stores like Macy’s, Neiman Marcus

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

‘I’ve stopped going to restaurants that do this’: Travis Barker-backed restaurant criticized for adding service fee to bill to pay cooks

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

Melody Heald

Woman eating burger(l), Chili's sign(c), Woman showing off burger(r)

‘McDonald’s could never’: Woman tries the new smashburger from Chili’s. Is it really cheaper than McDonald’s?

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

Beau Paul

Man talking(l+r), Grocery market shelves(c)

‘Still on the shelves’: Catastrophic injury lawyer reveals the one home product that he’d never buy

Walmart storefront(l), Woman talking(c), Items in a box(r)

‘We have to take the little box … to get unlocked again’: Walmart shopper says worker unlocked item just to put it in another locked case

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

Nina Hernandez

Man talking(l), Mechanic check documents in from of open front hood(r)

‘That’ll be $200’: Mechanic slams customer for coming in with this 1 problem

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

Woman talking(l+r), Gloved hands giving a foot a pedicure(c)

‘That happens too often at salons’: Customer says nail salon gave her a toenail infection, tried to pass it off as a ‘bruise’

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

Brooke Sjoberg

Woman showing off pigtails(l+r), Dollar bills left as tip(c)

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