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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

Card, Uber Eats driver, bag of masks and candy.

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‘His actions are appreciated’: Uber Eats driver gives TikToker handwritten card and poem alongside food delivery

Cecilia Lenzen is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

tip baiting

‘It leaves a big opportunity to screw over the driver’: Delivery driver explains ‘tip baiting’ in viral TikTok, sparking debate

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

An Amazon truck (L), a guy smiling into camera (C), and an organized truck (R).

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‘Unionize son’: Amazon delivery driver brags about promotion in viral TikTok, sparking debate

A full delivery truck (L), a delivery person (C), and an empty delivery truck (R).

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‘People just don’t understand our job’: UPS driver shows just how many boxes he has to deliver during his morning shift in viral TikTok

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

In a TikTok, a UPS driver says she was racially profiled.

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‘I am a UPS driver in full brown, delivering packages’: Black UPS worker says cops racially profiled her in viral TikTok

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TikToker raises concerns after neighbors leave Uber Eats order untouched on doorstep overnight

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Unclick

‘You’re going to jail’: Karen grabs delivery man, blocks him from finishing order in viral TikTok

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

grubhub flood delivery

‘Nice dystopia you got there’: Grubhub worker spotted delivering food amid NYC floods sparks outrage

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Video: Uber Eats driver caught stealing portion of customer’s food and putting it in his own container (updated)

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

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Dashers call for DoorDash boycott on July 31 to protest low base pay on deliveries

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TikToker jokes about sabotaging customer’s DoorDash order after they don’t tip, dividing viewers (updated)

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

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Rachel Kiley

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door dash delivery driver does dinner dirty

DoorDash driver caught taking photo of customer’s order to prove it was delivered—before taking off with the food (updated)

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

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TikToker catches Amazon driver taking photo to prove package was delivered—and then leaving with it

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

Kahron Spearman

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CVS manager tells Doordash driver to ‘get the f*ck out’ when confronted for marking her food as not delivered

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

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FedEx workers say they were fired for posting video of racist customer (updated)

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