A Firehouse Subs location in Canada is generating laughs online for its pointed joke about employees who show up to work on their days off to socialize with co-workers.
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There hasn’t been a pop culture meme that has taken over the internet quite like Barbenheimer. As staff writer Michelle Jaworski chronicled in her feature on the phenomenon this week, the word “Barbenheimer,” a blend of the movie titles Barbie and Oppenheimer, was created around 15 months ago. And then the memes started. They haven’t slowed down in the run-up to the release of both movies, which share a July 21 release date.
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A Taco Bell drive-thru worker recently went viral when he posted a video of a customer cursing and yelling about the wait time.
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In the name of science, an enterprising young researcher took samples from containers of gummy bears at a candy store to see how clean or dirty they might be.
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Imagine doing the job of three people but only getting paid for one. A McDonald's worker says they face the risk of being fired because they only performed their closing job when the store was understaffed.
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The first 70mm IMAX screenings of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer are taking place, and considering how involved the process was of creating, programming, and housing the film, there are going to be some snags.
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To play the part, you gotta look the part. It's an ideology that a restaurant guest embraced wholeheartedly when she dressed in all black, pretending she was an employee of the establishment.
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Earlier this week, fans were shocked to learn Ariana Grande and husband Dalton Gomez had reportedly separated. She was then misreported as being in a relationship with Jonathan Bailey. Then came another twist: On Thursday, it was reported she and Wicked co-star Ethan Slater are together.
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Being stressed at work is almost assuredly a universal experience. A Walmart employee's video sharing that they were hiding in the bathroom at work because they were stressed is resonating with viewers on TikTok.
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Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Andrew here. Welcome to today's edition of web_crawlr.
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Picture it—you worked a double shift in Walmart to cover for a co-worker who called out. You've been on your feet all day, unpacking boxes, organizing shelves, and working with loss prevention to help keep an eye on someone trying to slide a bargain bin DVD of The Ghost and the Darkness down their tie-dye Champion sweatpants. You've had to dodge TikTokers performing dance routines in the lingerie aisle and cleared out shopping carts filled with items left abandoned in the store.
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Sometimes, relying on co-workers to watch your back can end up not working in your favor, something that this Twin Peaks waitress realized when she paid her co-worker $100 to cover her shift. The only problem is, her co-worker never showed up—and still pocketed the money.
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Users on TikTok love sharing peculiar drive-thru experiences.
Whether it’s seeing a robot drive-thru attendant, getting stuck behind a Tesla in which the battery has died, or seeing a drive-thru operated by a dumbwaiter, it’s no secret among TikTokers that drive-thrus can provide fertile ground for content.
Now, another drive-thru experience has gone viral and sparked discussion, this time posted by prominent TikTok user Quentin Blackwell (@quensadillareturns).
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It’s an experience almost every kid is familiar with: Sitting down with your classmates and opening your lunchbox to food your parents packed.
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Mom and influencer Shawniece Shepard came under fire in February for advertising a meet-and-greet where her 231,000 followers could pay to see her 3-year-old daughter.
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Amid rising moral panic over people of color’s history and anti-LGBTQ legislation, right-wing media has garnered massive audiences on fabricated outrage and prompted waves of harassment.
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The first time Riley Jay Davis heard a snippet of Tank and the Bangas’ “DM Pretty,” they didn’t relate to the song.
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When Mia first heard about the Ordinary’s niacinamide serum, she was intrigued. Like many others, she had seen glowing reviews for the cult-favorite product all over TikTok.
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A user's clip on TikTok went viral after claiming they did not know how to stop a gas pump from pumping gas. As a result, they must fill their car up completely every time.
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When working in the service industry, there are many little things that can get on your nerves over time.
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Sometimes a creator's mashup can truly find its groove, and open people up to new music. Here's how a TikTok about a "Corolla full of girls" became one of the summer's most popular sounds.
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Analysis
James A. Lindsay is on a crusade to destroy everything he considers woke.
Lindsay is the Kraft Single of intellectuals. He pretends to be real cheese, but we all know he’s actually pasteurized processed American cheese food.
His schtick is stringing academic sounding terms together to make a point about wokeness, equality, and his other pet peeves. But if you pay attention it’s mostly just “fashionable jargon to argue for ridiculous conclusions,” as the Atlanticdescribed... Читать дальше...
A pet owner tried out a "hack" she says she saw on TikTok in an effort to cool down her dog in 90-degree weather. Some pet owners are advising against it.
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A restaurant waitress went viral on TikTok for sharing “waitressing bits” she uses while waiting tables at work. The bits she tells, "dad jokes," are jokes that are normally predictable or corny and are most commonly told by fathers.
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