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Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

car entering car wash (l) employee pointing at screen (r) both with caption "when the couple in the carwash hop in the back seat"

car wash sex

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‘There’s cameras?’: Workers reveal they can allegedly see customers having sex while going through car wash

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

Brooke Sjoberg

young man in orange work vest holding up phone with caption "third day here and I already see I don't have to interact with people" (l) warehouse with caption "big and clean warehouse" (c) same young man with caption "I think it's overall a good job let's see if it lasts" (r)

amazon job review

‘Bro a paid actor’: TikToker’s video about working at Amazon is so positive that people think he must be a plant

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

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tiktokers reveal how the dominos pizza tracker works

TikToker explains how the Domino’s Pizza tracker works in viral video (updated)

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

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an hour at minimum wage can’t buy a combo

‘Working an hour minimum wage can’t even buy you a combo’: TikToker shows how workers can’t afford a McDonald’s combo on an hour of minimum wage in viral TikTok

walmart employee with caption "when a customer with a full cart of groceries tries to check out at electronics" (l) same employee pointing with caption "gonna have to go the front" (r)

walmart electronics groceries

‘They be acting like it’s completely normal too’: Walmart worker puts customers who try to check out their groceries at electronics section on blast, sparking debate

woman walking dog, holding phone and pointing with caption "she's mad about my Tiktok videos" (l) a hole in the ground with people dancing inside with balloons and strobe lights with caption "this is what she's mad about" (c) a man pointing with caption "what the closest neighbor had to say:" (r)

street hole tiktok

‘I think she’s correct tho’: TikToker tries to blast ‘Karen’ for complaining about his content—but viewers are on her side (updated)

Elizabeth Rose started her career chasing celebrities around New York City. Now she gets the inside scoop on TikTok stars and trends. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School, and her work has appeared on ETOnline, the New York Daily News, and InTouch Magazine.

Elizabeth Rose

feet walking with captions "Our Airpods got stolen at planet fitness and we tracked the location" (l) "it was a older lady so I started to doubt myself" (c) "then she started talking to Her son and I saw him earlier at the gym so I knew we had the right house" (r)

stolen airpods

‘I could imagine how embarrassed the mom was’: TikToker says his AirPods were stolen from Planet Fitness—so he tracks them to house (updated)

half-price-books-dumpster-books

‘Could have been used or donated’: TikToker finds ‘massive amount’ of books thrown out while dumpster-diving at Half Price Books in viral video

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

Laiken Neumann

doordash employee delivers food with caption "tell me i didn't just get the cutest doordasher"

elderly doordasher

‘That’s sad that someone his age has to work at all’: Viral TikTok shows elderly DoorDash driver, sparking debate

carvana-damage

‘They are selling you guys cars with unreported accidents’: Former worker exposes Carvana for allegedly not inspecting damage in viral TikTok

man writing on receipt with caption "when your table only signs the credit card recipt and leaves the tip and total lines empty"

writing in a tip tiktok

‘For legal reasons, this is a joke’: Viral TikTok sparks debate about servers filling out tip section on receipt when customers leave it blank

Chick-fil-A employees wearing portable rainproof units in drive-thru

chick-fil-a employees

‘They care about iPads with employees’: Customer claims Chick-fil-A cares about its workers because they are given weather pods, sparking debate (updated)

chick-fil-a-secrets

‘Chick-fil-A come get me’: Worker shares 3 menu secrets after quitting in viral TikTok

young man in room on teleconference software with caption "watch me absolutely destroy this misogynist in my women in music class"

beyonce dork

‘Not the teacher smiling the whole time while you casually annihilate the misogynist’: TikToker shuts down classmate who says that Beyoncé is not a good role model in ‘women in music’ class

Three photos of pantry food strewn about in a kitchen

taking all food out to prank child protective services

‘Girl CPS does not have a sense of humor’: TikToker claims they took food out of cabinets and fridge to ‘prank’ CPS, sparking debate

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