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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

woman bartender holds mixing cup with cocktail and pours it into old-fashioned transparent glass with ice cube and blueberries

‘You made so much money off me’: Bartender films man persistently hitting on her while she is trying to work

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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‘If my table did this, I’d probably quit’: Men flamed for pretending to take nap to get waitress’ attention in viral TikTok

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

Planet Fitness worker says she was fired after joking about letting people walk into the gym without checking in on TikTok (updated)

Liza Bautista is a former reporting intern at the Daily Dot. She is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and is based in NYC. Her work has appeared in i-D, Decider, and the Interlude.

Liza Bautista

woman puts race as hispanic and white on trader joe's application and the white application gets an interview

‘I wonder why they want to meet me now’: Hispanic TikToker only secured interviews at Trader Joe’s when she applied as a white person, viral TikTok shows (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

Karen calls worker ‘worthless,’ is shocked when they refuse her service

Former Starbucks worker says customer threw a Frappuccino at her in drive-thru because there wasn’t a cherry on top

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

Burger King employee pointing to exit (l) woman at counter yelling (center and right) all with caption "Customer gone wild"

Karen harasses Burger King workers, tries to get into the kitchen in viral TikTok

Customer smacks food out of worker’s hand in viral TikTok

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.

Nahila Bonfiglio

‘I’m going as fast as I humanly can’: Starbucks worker breaks down over mistreatment in viral TikTok

‘I will not deliver your sh*t’: FedEx driver says he refuses to deliver packages to homes with Biden flags in viral TikTok

‘YOU’RE the Karen’: TikToker films Whole Foods employee while working and refers to her as a ‘Karen,’ sparking debate

table with dishes collected at the end (l) table with dishes at seats (r)

Viral TikTok claims to show difference in ‘younger generation vs. older generation’ at restaurants, sparking debate

‘Trust me, there’s worse than that’: TikToker finds bug floating in soup at Olive Garden, and workers chime in

Jennifer Xia is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She has interned previously at Austin Monthly and Austin Woman magazines.

Jennifer Xia

Two panel image. Left panel shows text over a car door that says, "Door dash driver pitching a fit because he had to wait 20 min for his order." Right panel says, "The man beside me went over to check on him because he was screaming (at no one)."

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