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Adrienne Hunter


Adrienne Hunter is a writer and researcher based in Austin, Texas. She's written for the Daily Dot, the Austin Chronicle, the Smithsonian, and more.

Worker says she now has to wake up 3 hours earlier after workplace returns to office

‘All for my meetings to still be on Teams’: Worker says she now has to wake up 3 hours earlier after workplace returns to office

‘WE COULD BE DOING THE SAME THING AT HOME.’

On May 30, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

hand holding phone on Uber update message (l) hand holding phone with Uber on screen (c) hand holding phone on Uber update price message (r)

‘This happened to me last month too’: Passenger says Uber changed total from $28 to $73 after her trip was completed

'Keep a close eye on those credit card statements.'

On May 26, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

United Airlines customer with caption 'My flight was delayed overnight and United Airlines gave me a cot instead of hotel accommodations' (l) United Airlines sign inside on wall (c) United Airlines cots lined up with caption 'My flight was delayed overnight and United Airlines gave me a cot instead of hotel accommodations' (r)

‘Spent the night at the airport with no bag’: Traveler says United Airlines made her sleep on cot instead of giving her accommodations after flight was delayed

'I would have cried.'

On May 24, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

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‘You don’t realize these are literally my legs’: United passenger says airline wouldn’t properly accommodate her wheelchair

'Wheelchairs aren't a new thing. Why don't they have this figured out yet???'

On May 19, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

job hunter speaking (l) woman interviewing for job with interviewer holding paper in front of laptop on table (c) job hunter speaking (r)

‘I wanna be fully transparent with you’: Interviewer tells candidate company only budgeted for lower end of salary range

'What in the world is going on with the job market??'

On May 18, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

Woman says car was leaking carbon monoxide into the cabin

‘This entire time I thought I was just a sleepy girl’: Driver says car was leaking carbon monoxide into the cabin

'I was slurring sentences and forgetting words.’

On May 16, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

Aldi customer holding $9.37 in front of cart of groceries (l) Aldi building with sign (c) Aldi customer holding receipt for $13.26 in front of shopping cart of groceries (r)

‘$5 is the new 99 cents’: Aldi shopper compares current prices to 2020 prices. It’s a 41% difference

'My salary ain’t gone up 41%.'

On May 12, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

worker speaking with caption 'look up HUD housing in your city' (l) worker speaking with caption 'print it out and highlight whatever the average worker' (c) worker speaking with caption 'I think you should really consider how much you're paying your employees' (r)

‘Look up HUD housing in your city and what the income limits are’: Worker shares how nonprofit workers can negotiate higher salaries

‘I did that. Resulted in a raise.’

On May 10, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

woman with caption 'When you help a friend go through her itemized hospital bill and see they charged her for TWO rooms when she had her bay because they counted the baby's bassinet as a room' (l) baby in bassinet at hospital (c) woman with caption 'When you help a friend go through her itemized hospital bill and see they charged her for TWO rooms when she had her bay because they counted the baby's bassinet as a room' (r)

‘We are told not to question charges put in by the floor’: Woman’s friend was charged an extra room for newborn’s bassinet

'Asking for an itemized bill often lowers costs.'

On Apr 28, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

finger pointing to job listing highlighted text 'Must be 'on call' 24 hours a day / 7 days a week' (l) angry office woman holding phone in front of laptop (c) job listing's salary range '$20-$25/hr.' (r)

‘Get somebody else to do it’: Job listing asks workers to be ‘on-call 24/7,’ pays $20-$25 per hour

'These companies are getting wild. No wonder they can’t find workers.'

On Apr 27, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

Target Starbucks employee speaking pointing right (l) Starbucks Stanley collab cup Target Starbucks employee greenscreen TikTok (c) Target Starbucks employee in car with caption 'Nah target I'll forever shop with you it's just the fact you you fired me over a tik tok when other employees have millions of followers that just threw me off...' (r)

‘I wasn’t the first one to post about it’: Target Starbucks employee fired over sharing Stanley cup collab on TikTok

'I was at Target for almost five years...'

On Apr 26, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

A lit sign with the Starbucks siren logo

‘I have 2 weeks left…everything is a nightmare’: Barista working in a ‘busy, short-staffed’ Starbucks warns against working for the company

“I got so tired of being the only person on the floor for hours on end.”

On Apr 21, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

a nun in a blue outfit walking quickly in the tv show mrs. davis

‘Mrs. Davis’ embraces the episodic format—making for a ridiculously fun take on AI

Damon Lindelof’s trademark ponderance of God remains present—despite stepping back as showrunner.

On Apr 20, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

job hunter speaking with caption 'Job interviews that ask for too much for too little' 'and in the 3rd round is I have to do a whole presentation' (l) job hunter speaking with caption 'Job interviews that ask for too much for too little' 'based off the blank case study that they send me' (c) job hunter speaking with caption 'Job interviews that ask for too much for too little' 'like I'm about to watermark the blank out of my presentation' (r)

‘For that amount of money?’: Job hunter says he had to do whole presentation for third-round interview

'I’m about to watermark the f*ck out of my presentation so y’all can't steal my ideas.'

On Apr 18, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter

photo with mouse highlighting shirt with caption 'they have this magic edit button that you can literally highlight' (l) Canva description box with caption 'so all you have to do is describe what you wanna generate and it'll replace uh' (c) photo with new shirt and caption 'but this one is the one I went with and it's crazy' (r)

‘Not everyone can afford $300-500 headshots’: Worker uses Canva AI to change casual photo into professional headshot

'Another reason to love canva.'

On Apr 13, 2023 by Adrienne Hunter