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

Laiken Neumann

Woman greebscreen tiktok caption "You need to knock it off before I have you terminated. It's very unprofessional and immature. Thank you." (l) Chili's restaurant (c) Woman greenscreen video caption "I think she stated all her info and useded the photo from her linkedin to intimidate me and prove that what she was saying was true" "actually i think she might get fired because she is talking on behalf of the company" (r)

chilis manager tiktok

Person pretending to be a Chili’s manager gets exposed after threatening to get TikToker fired for ‘bad-mouthing’ restaurant

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 with caption "The barista looking into my soul as I look at 3 inflated tip options on their filthy iPad and choose no tip" (l&r) empty tip jar (c)

no tips tiktok

‘Would you like to tip 25%, 35%, or 50%?’: TikToker puts ‘inflated tip options’ on iPads blast in viral video, sparking debate

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walmart greeter tiktok

‘Did I care? No, because I was making $11.50’: Former Walmart door greeter says he would ignore customers who stole baby formula, Pampers (updated)

Cecilia Lenzen is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

Hooters employees dancing in tiktok (l) Hooters sign and building (c) Hooters worker caption "They all got fired" (r)

hooters

Unclick

‘I feel like they have rules like high schools do’: Hooters worker shares reasons why her co-workers got fired in viral TikTok, sparking debate

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

starbucks_favorite_drink_tiktok

‘Don’t think I’m gonna make you something f*cking extravagant’: Starbucks worker puts customers who ask for the barista’s ‘favorite drink’ on blast, sparking debate

man drinking starbucks coffee (l) starbucks logo (m) man laughing (r)

starbucks tiktok fire

‘HE JUST SHOWED HIS LOVE FOR THE COMPANY!’: Starbucks worker says he was fired over his TikToks

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.

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Charlotte Colombo

stewarts shops

‘For those who have disabilities or anxiety, this is not OK’: Worker refuses to serve customer who doesn’t greet her, sparking debate

woman in AT&T store putting phone in the face of an employee

att karen

‘Normalize standing up for ourselves’: Viral TikTok shows Karen harassing AT&T employee, sparking debate￼

domino's pizza back line (l&r) two workers (c) all with caption "closed dominos mid dinner rush and quit our jobs last saturday"

quit dominos

‘We were never going to catch up’: Domino’s managers quit ‘mid-dinner rush’ in viral TikTok

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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dunkin donuts first week alone

‘Can someone please f*cking help me? Like, I’m crying right now’: Dunkin’ worker says she’s all alone a week into job, sparking debate

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employer pay dispute tiktok

‘Decided a day before payday that they didn’t want to pay me’: TikToker says job falsely accused her of stealing day before payday

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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starbucks app

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

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pay promise

‘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

young woman working in walmart with caption "Y'all really buy Walmart vests on eBay to steal so they made us get new horrid vests" (l) walmart logo (c) two employees in yellow walmart vests (r)

walmart vests

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

young woman with caption "my career journey as someone who worked at Theranos" (l) Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes (c) same young woman with caption "What was your first red flag?" (r)

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