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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

Walmart customer slams secret shoppers for following the 'wrong people' around the store

‘Who takes their time to steal clearance items?’: Walmart customer slams secret shoppers for following the ‘wrong people’ around store

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Sobey's customer can't believe how much store is charging for single slice of chicken

‘But I can’t have a plastic straw….’: Sobey’s customer can’t believe how much store is charging for single slice of chicken

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Target shopper calls out store for locking only some Cetaphil products and leaving others out

‘They said y’all can steal some of it’: Shopper mocks Target for locking up only half of Cetaphil products

Kroger Store Shelves now are packed with images only.

‘We are definitely living in The Hunger Games’: Kroger shopper shows apple juice, Cheez-It shelves replaced by product photos

Tangie Mitchell is a creative writer, journalist, and editor based in New York. Her interests include pop culture and entertainment, poetry, and morning cups of herbal tea.

Tangie Mitchell

Shopper catches Old Navy pricing items in-store higher

‘I think I’ve been getting scammed’: Old Navy shopper visits store to take advantage of sale items. It backfires

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

Braden Bjella

Walmart shopper catches store tricking customers on Herbal Essences 'combo deal'

‘The math wasn’t mathing’: Walmart shopper catches store tricking customers on Herbal Essences bundle ‘deal’

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Aldi customer warns of cashback button trick at checkout

‘Yep she was about to get that money but had to hand it over since you noticed’: Aldi customer warns of cashback button trick at checkout

Walmart storefront(l), Woman talking(c), Items in a box(r)

‘We have to take the little box … to get unlocked again’: Walmart shopper says worker unlocked item just to put it in another locked case

Home Depot worker checking out item(l), Home Depot sign(c), Work putting bagged items in cart(r)

‘Same thing happened to me at Lowe’s’: Black woman says Home Depot worker refused to let her ring up own goods at self-checkout, took over

Walmart storefront(l), man talking(c), Plastic bags in boxes on shelf(r)

‘Banned single use plastics and now making a profit off of it’: Walmart customer finds pack of Great Value plastic grocery bags for sale in the store

self-checkout customers get it to say ‘move your yams’

‘I would never use a self check if it always announced to me what I was scanning’: Stop & Shop self-checkout customers get it to say ‘move your yams’

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

Mall shopper stops at beauty kiosk to test curling iron

‘This why ignore em n keep walking’: Mall shopper stops at beauty kiosk to test curling iron. It backfires

Rue21 worker learns that all stores closing in the next 4-6 weeks

‘Girl some people don’t know until the day before’: Rue21 worker learns that all stores closing in the next 4-6 weeks

Costco shopper warns you should always crack eggs in a separate bowl after finding something strange

‘Didn’t know that could happen’: Costco shopper warns you should always crack eggs in a separate bowl after finding something strange

woman in car with caption "Dollar Tree Employees & Managers are not putting popular items out on the floor to be sold!!!" (l&r) Dollar Tree sign (c)

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