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A dedicated Swiftie recently went viral on TikTok after sharing a video of her during labor listening to the “surprise song” played in Chicago on the Eras Tour.

In 2022, word that Walmart was taking stronger stances against self-checkout theft began circulating the internet. Shoppers have purportedly been arrested for putting items in their bags after failing to scan them at self-checkout, and one woman successfully sued the chain for $2.1 million after being wrongfully accused of stealing from the retailer after an error occurred at the cash register.

A TikToker has called out Men’s Warehouse employees for ignoring their boyfriend because he’s transgender. 

Food inflation is only getting worse as 2023 progresses, leaving a lot of Americans clutching their wallets tightly whenever they enter a grocery store or restaurant.

A restaurant server revealed in a viral TikTok how she and her co-workers were trying to deal with a flooded kitchen during working hours.

One woman says that Trader Joe's really fumbled the bag after her package of Super Sour Scandinavian Swimmers only contained one blue dolphin candy.

Last weekend, a section of I-95 collapsed in Philadelphia, after a truck carrying gasoline caught fire. Yesterday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced a 24-7 livestream of the rebuild, which will be ongoing, likely for months.

In a TikTok, a Starbucks barista called out customers who place mobile orders at the drive-thru and explained how it slows down the system.

A TikToker who says she has an “almond mom” showed that her mother’s pantry includes chips with electric clips meant to shame snackers. A clip in the shape of a pig oinks whenever someone removes it from a bag. 

The concept of a secret admirer can be pretty creepy. An unknown person watching you and appreciating you from afar sounds like it's ripped straight from the first act of a thriller, where the protagonist is subjected to more and more danger as the film progresses.

In a viral TikTok, a Walmart worker explained why the store's work environment led her to quit her job after just two weeks.

A worker seemingly ended their job on a memorable note by submitting training materials that revealed they didn't really know what they were doing at their job.

This story was originally published on Passionfruit.

During the pandemic, TikTok skyrocketed in popularity. People flocked to the app to watch entertaining videos and participate in catchy dance trends. Creators posted video after video, hoping to gain popularity and become well-known influencers on the platform. TikTok content creator Stephanee Beggs downloaded the app in June of 2022 because she had spare time during the pandemic.

She posted two quick videos just for fun. Читать дальше...

Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today's edition of web_crawlr. 

A video showing the reusable spoon some McDonald's locations use to now stir and mix McFlurry desserts has some viewers cringing.

In a sense, Break the Game isn’t telling us what we don’t already know about some of the pitfalls of the internet’s cesspool. With a sensitive (and sometimes creative) touch from director Jane M. Wagner, it’s an exploration of the isolation, loneliness, and cruelty that living almost every component of your life online can affect a person and how it can also reverberate in the real world.

There are plenty of tales from Instacart customers where they've castigated shoppers for either blatantly disregarding their order instructions or making substitutions that could be defined as bizarre at best.

If you’ve ever worked in retail, you’re familiar with a certain type of person who always pays in large bills. No matter how small the total, some people will decide to address their total with a $50 or $100 bill, emptying your register before the day’s even started.

Recently, TikTok user Maisie traded in her Audi A1 to buy a Hyundai Tucson—or so she thought.

Homeowner Associations, or HOAs, get a pretty bad rep. Some of that is understandable, as a recent Vox article notes.

Analysis

Moms for Liberty channeled anger about COVID-19 restrictions to become a right-wing political juggernaut.

The far-right group was founded in late 2020 by current and former school board members in Florida who were pissed off about masks and vaccines for kids.

The anger that forged Moms for Liberty has grown, as the organization expanded to become an overtly political operation. It even has multiple political action committees.

Moms for Liberty’s online presence is set to seethe. Читать дальше...

A TikTok hit can be a godsend for indie musicians, but you just can't predict how a song will go viral on the app. This week's sound is a great example of how exposure and virality can be filtered through unconventional—and unsettling—means.

A student is putting their student housing facility on blast for dumping her belongings without notifying her after she left for a week.

A trip to Burlington Coat Factory became an unpleasant shopping experience for one woman after she found trouble traversing the store’s disorganized shoe and clothing sections.

Nothing is more expensive than being alive— but maybe except being alive with a car, one man found out.