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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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‘When a customer asks us why things are turned off on the app’: Starbucks workers joke about making items ‘sold out’ on app

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

Braden Bjella

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‘This is low to play with someone like this’: TikToker hits on Burger King worker, makes promise of high-paying job in video, sparking debate

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‘Y’all really buy Walmart vests on eBay to steal’: Worker puts ‘new horrid vests’ on blast in viral TikTok

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested. Follow her on Twitter: @Hello_Tailor

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

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‘Anyone know if an NDA still holds up if the company no longer exists?’: TikToker speaks out about allegedly working at Theranos

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‘I’d complain that they’re constantly stalking me instead of working’: TikToker puts ‘work snitch’ on blast in viral video

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

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‘Companies will give karens gift cards and sh*t for being nasty, I did the opposite’: TikToker says she gave father, son discount after overhearing them

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

Audra Schroeder

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‘They’re just waiting for us to open the door’: Dunkin’ workers get trapped in store after cars seemingly wait for them at front and back entrances

Man with sunglasses caption " When you find out that Amy's Kitchen is recalling 15,626 cases of Vegan Mac and Cheese after discovering it could have trace amounts of milk that is not listed. And they were exploiting the workers in the facilities. Goodbye" (l) Amy's Kitchen frozen dinners (c) Man with hat talking (r)

‘Don’t eat their food’: TikToker says he used to work at Amy’s Kitchen, warns against eating the food

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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‘This is why drivers are quitting Dollar General’: Viral TikTok shows truck packed to brim with store items

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‘People that live in apartments should pay more for deliveries’: Worker shares things he wishes he knew before working at Amazon

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‘Treating y’all like students’: Viral TikTok allegedly shows Amazon workers waiting it out in chairs to avoid using unpaid time off

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Dunkin’ worker reveals what they do when customer changes mind on drink size

‘You in a Black woman’s business?’: Red Lobster worker says she was fired after shutting down customer

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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‘As a server… this is kinda humiliating’: Customers make server play game for tip money, sparking debate

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