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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 woman with domino's shirt and caption "Come with me to work 1:00pm" (l) Domino's storefront (c) same young woman with red eyes and caption "Never mind I got fired 1:15pm"

Domino’s worker tries to take viewers to work with her—she says she got fired instead

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

Laiken Neumann

Chili's restaurant sign on building at night (l) woman in car finger up caption "Chili's is stealing from us" (r)

‘I am finally gonna quit’: Chili’s worker says restaurant is ‘stealing’ from her and customers in viral TikTok

Starbucks barista with apron on making drink (l) Starbucks barista finger on screen caption "me calculating why a grown white man told me he wanted his iced chai tea latte the same color as my skin" (r)

‘Excuse me what’: Starbucks barista says customer asked for their drink to match the worker’s skin color￼

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

Cecilia Lenzen

happy couple smiling white woman african american man (l) Walmart employee talking rubbing hands scared caption "This customer told me I was too pretty to be with a black man and was holding the" (r)

‘I’m too pretty to finish this conversation’: Man tells Walmart worker she’s ‘too pretty to be with a Black man’ in viral TikTok

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

‘It’s the blatant lack of accountability’: Anti-misogyny TikTok influencer accused of hypocrisy over Shein partnership

Denny's Diner building with sign (l) Older karen freaking out at dennys man drinking behind her (r)

‘Karen’ goes off in Denny’s after allegedly getting called out for leaving dogs in the car￼

Man in line at Walmart with shopping cart lots of items (l) cameraman cart and other mans cart with caption "20 items or less dude!!" (c) Man at Walmart shopping cart full on phone while pointing to cart (r)

Shopper tries to call out fellow customer for allegedly having more than 20 items in Walmart’s self-checkout—it backfires

‘Def would have u over to play tho’: Man tells Tinder match she’s ‘not hot enough’ to take on a date

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

Braden Bjella

Starbucks Drive Thru sign with sky behind (l) Starbucks drive thru window worker holding out stirring stick as a wand at customer at window in car caption "when customers place their mobile order as they pull up to the drive thru"

‘Just order at the window’: Starbucks worker roasts customers who mobile order while in the drive-thru line

man dancing with caption "Me, doing Uber Eats, and following the instructions to 'leave the food at the back door'" (l) Uber Eats logo (c) man with hand on forehead with caption "Then getting handcuffed and arrested for 'trespassing'" (r)

Black Uber Eats driver says he was arrested for trespassing after following customer’s directions to ‘leave the food at the back door’

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

‘What in the gentrification is going on?’: TikTok of white boys in durags in yogurt shop goes viral

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

Man with hand up caption "my landlord broke into my apartment without any notice and demanded the keys. I still have a month left on our rental agreement." (l) Woman with marks all over her face and neck caption "When I refused to give him y keys he put his hand around my neck, slammed me on my bed, and strangled me" "I couldn't scream or breath when he did this. He continued for over a minute, I began to lose vision and hearing" (c) Man yelling mouth open with other man behind caption "my landlord broke into my apartment without any notice and demanded the keys. I still have a month left on our rental agreement." (r)

Woman claims landlord strangled her after she refused to move out early

Grace Stanley was the Deputy Editor of Passionfruit, a site for creators, covering the latest creator news, labor issues, tools, and community resources. Grace’s work has been seen by millions on the Daily Dot. Starting as a reporter covering trending internet culture stories, they have become a go-to resource on all things related to the creator economy.

Grace Stanley

computer screen (l) video chat meeting (r)

‘He cussed me out and tried to belittle me’: CEO berates, fires unpaid intern during Zoom call in viral TikTok

Gisselle Hernandez is a freelance journalist based in Belize, where she writes travel and internet culture pieces. She enjoys watching anime, playing video games, and covering all things TikTok.

Gisselle Hernandez

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‘What stage of capitalism is this?’: Apple Store genius gives coding class to no one in viral TikTok (updated)

black woman looking at camera (l) (r) hooters restaurant (m)

‘Imagine having a racial preference for who brings you your food’: Black Hooters waitress says one of her tables asked for blonde server instead of her

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