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Cecilia Lenzen


Cecilia Lenzen is a freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

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Uber customer says she paid driver extra for the toll road. He refused to take toll road

'He is probably getting money for the toll lane but doing the regular lane and pocketing it.'

On Jan 23, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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‘I just wanted to know what stage of capitalism it is where you have to f*cking finance your dinner?’: Customer calls out Afterpay option on $50 pizza order

'I don’t wanna live in a world where Pizza is more than $20.'

On Jan 23, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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McDonald's worker taking spicy McChicken patty out of fryer (l) McDonald's order screen with order '1 Hot&Spicy McC Cook To Order' with caption 'When they want there food cooked fresh & we close in 30 minutes' with McDonald's 'm' logo at bottom (c) McDonald's employee assembling Spicy McChicken (r)

McDonald’s worker shares what they do when a customer wants ‘fresh’ food, comes in 30 minutes before close

'Worked at McDonald’s for 6 years. I can tell when they do this… I send it right back.'

On Jan 19, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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Olive Garden employee speaking in car (l) Olive Garden sign outside (c) Olive Garden employee speaking in car with thumb pointing left (r)

‘It’s just water’: Manager says Olive Garden customer didn’t want to pay for club soda, tried to make case it was ‘just water’

'if it was 'just water,' you would have ordered 'just water' and not club soda.'

On Jan 19, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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man speaking with caption 'The truth about bi-weekly Paychecks' (l) 16 on calendar circled in red ink with handwritten reminder 'Payday!' and marker sitting above (c) man speaking with fingers on head (r)

‘Bi-weekly paychecks should be illegal’: Worker says bi-weekly check was designed to trick workers into thinking they are making more

'They want you to hire on at hourly and then collect your money bi-weekly.'

On Jan 18, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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customer speaking to Whataburger manager with caption 'except he wouldn't let me pay for it because he was so worried about my health' (l) customer speaking with caption 'we got good kids out there' (c) customer speaking to Whataburger manager with caption 'because my blood sugar was low' (r)

‘Plot twist you just got that kid fired’: Customer praises Whataburger worker to manager, sparking debate

'Now he's in trouble cause he's giving away stuff.'

On Jan 18, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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Woman says hotel she is staying at tried to steal her Grubhub McDonald's order

‘They took the bags out of my hands’: Woman says hotel she is staying at tried to steal her Grubhub McDonald’s order

'I worked hotel front desk for years and would NEVER.'

On Jan 17, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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woman speaking in Walmart with caption 'Walmarts policy says they can't ask for a receipt! They got mad quiet! TIKTOK TAUGHT ME!' (l) Walmart checkout with workers and customers (c) woman speaking with caption 'Walmarts policy says they can't ask for a receipt! They got mad quiet! TIKTOK TAUGHT ME!' (r)

‘In your policy, it says you guys don’t have to look at my receipt’: Walmart customer refuses to show employee receipt, cites store policy

'They got mad quiet!'

On Jan 17, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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Applebee's employee with caption 'I was telling you that I wasn't gonna do your job for you' (l) Applebee's employee with caption 'because your section is not clean' (c) Applebee's employee greenscreen TikTok over Applebee's interior with table and caption 'this you yeah' (r)

‘You left your job for me to do’: Applebee’s employee calls out co-worker who made a TikTok about her

'It's time to grow up. You got a big girl job.'

On Jan 16, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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Job hunter shares hack for whenever you don’t hear back from hiring manager for desired job

'Called them and said I spoke with a gentleman about setting up an interview and was told to call today and boom job mine now.'

On Jan 16, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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Desk with laptops and monitor with caption 'When you realize the TikTok girlys weren't lying about having multiple wfh jobs and now you get 3 full time paychecks every other Friday' (l) Desk with laptops and monitor with caption 'When you realize the TikTok girlys weren't lying about having multiple wfh jobs and now you get 3 full time paychecks every other Friday' (c) Desk with laptops and monitor with caption 'When you realize the TikTok girlys weren't lying about having multiple wfh jobs and now you get 3 full time paychecks every other Friday' (r)

‘The TikTok girlys weren’t lying’: Remote worker says she has 3 work-from-home jobs, gets 3 full-time paychecks every other Friday

'How y'all got three and I can’t even get one!'

On Jan 13, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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DoorDash driver speaking in car with caption 'Non Tipper Orders' (l) DoorDash food on shelf with caption 'DoorDash This is Your Food NonTippers NoTipNoTrip' (c) woman with hand out over counter (r)

‘You ever heard of no tip no trip?’: DoorDash driver confronts customers who don’t tip

'How much did you tip on this order? Yeah, that ain't enough.'

On Jan 12, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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person looking up at camera in car with caption 'POV you worked at sally beauty in 2020 and the managers forced you to open a credit card. One year later you try buying nail polish and your card declines. So you stop using that card. Turns out the purchase went through and has been accumulating debt for years. And no one will help you... even after driving to the headquarters in Denton TX... 20 phone calls..' (l) Sally Beauty building with sign (c) view of Sally Beauty headquarters from car windshield with caption 'POV you worked at sally beauty in 2020 and the managers forced you to open a credit card. One year later you try buying nail polish and your card declines. So you stop using that card. Turns out the purchase went through and has been accumulating debt for years. And no one will help you... even after driving to the headquarters in Denton TX... 20 phone calls..' (r)

Worker says they were forced to open credit card at Sally Beauty and it ruined their credit after they tried buying 1 nail polish

'The credit card is now in collections.'

On Jan 12, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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woman with caption 'Did you know if you call AT&T and ask for the loyalty department and threaten to leave you can get up to 25% discount on your same plan... just add automatic, paperless billing? I just saved $40 a month off my bill. Dial 611' (l) AT&T sign on building (c) woman with caption 'Did you know if you call AT&T and ask for the loyalty department and threaten to leave you can get up to 25% discount on your same plan... just add automatic, paperless billing? I just saved $40 a month off my bill. Dial 611' (r)

‘I just shaved $40 a month off my bill’: AT&T customer shares hack to getting 25% discount on same plan

'I did this yesterday and they lowered my bill $50 per month.'

On Jan 11, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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Culver's employee speaking to customer at counter caption 'Part 2 on the rudest culvers employee part 2?' 'Him: 'are you gonna make your order or are you just gonna stand there tryna catch up on nothing?' (l) Culver's employee with hand on hat at counter caption 'Part 2 on the rudest culvers employee part 2?' (c) Culver's employee speaking to customer at counter caption 'Part 2 on the rudest culvers employee part 2?' 'Him: 'then get out of line until you figure out what you want' (r)

‘Siding w the cashier on this one’: Culver’s worker asks customer to ‘get out of line’ until he figures out what he wants to order

'How do you not know what you want before going up to the counter?'

On Jan 11, 2023 by Cecilia Lenzen

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