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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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‘We all need to start sending these responses’: Job candidate shares how to respond to company asking for free work as part of interview process

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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‘3 hours of time? What was that? $30’: Woman says she was fired for ‘time theft’ after making an HR report

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‘This sounds fishy’: Viewers defend Best Buy worker who refused to give customer a $3,000 cash refund

‘We definitely wouldn’t leave your bag there’: Traveler says airline worker gaslit passenger who put an AirTag in their lost bag

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

‘We’re gonna go to the front office’: Police bust tenant for stealing neighbor’s packages. Then they threaten to evict her

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

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‘No more membership sharing’: Costco is now requiring customers to scan membership cards at the door, man claims

‘I would’ve never gotten on that table’: Viewers divided after woman shares why she regrets LASIK

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.

Charlotte Colombo

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‘I hated every moment’: Bride-to-be says she’s excited to get married—but will not have a wedding. She’s part of a growing trend

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

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‘This whole incident was avoidable’: Woman calls out Alaska Airlines, Boeing for knowing there was an issue with plug door, flying plane anyway

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‘I paid $6 for this’: Woman shows the ‘crazy’ amount of donuts she nabbed after downloading the Too Good to Go app. But is it available in your area?

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‘Grubgate’: Texas congressional candidate caught stealing food pics and passing them off as her own

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

‘I don’t want to get your waitstaff sick’: Woman says restaurant demanded $100 fee to cancel reservation after she found out her roommate has COVID

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

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‘Now go rob men’: Bottle girl shows what you need in order to work bottle service—including fanny pack, pepper spray, and flashlight

Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

Tangie Mitchell

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‘Everything you need to make all your coffee at home’: Former worker reveals the Dutch Bros ingredients you can buy on Amazon

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

Melody Heald

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