Jack Alban

Jack Alban is a freelance journalist for the Daily Dot covering trending human interest/social media stories and the reactions real people have to them. He always seeks to incorporate evidence-based studies, current events, and facts pertinent to these stories to create your not-so-average viral post.

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‘Told my manager there was an active shooter on my block. There was no shooter’: Worker shares all the excuses she’s used to get out of shifts

'Not my proudest moments.'

On May 29, 2023 by Jack Alban

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‘Told my manager there was an active shooter on my block. There was no shooter’: Worker shares all the excuses she’s used to get out of shifts

‘Please don’t do that’: Gas station worker issues PSA about the water buckets used to clean windows

‘I know damn well they don’t wash these’: Former housekeeper shares what she does as soon as she gets to hotel

‘I can’t change the world in 30 mins’: Worker reveals he unplugs phone 30 minutes before his shift ends so he gets some ‘peace and quiet’

‘I don’t know what is in there. I ain’t never seen water do that’: Woman warns against touch-screen soda machines after Wendy’s water grows something unusual

‘I could not believe that what they had us doing was legal’: Police station hosts controversial ‘sobriety test’ party

‘I have a feeling this will end quick’: McDonald’s app customer shows how to get 6 Happy Meals for $9

‘She wanted to speak to a male’: Female butcher says customer didn’t want her help because she was ‘too pretty to work here’

‘I had a working interview elsewhere the day before’: Viewers defend manager let go for not saying that her employee took another job interview

‘Thank GAWD you’re not a recruiter anymore’: Viewers criticize ‘interview expert’ for saying ‘nobody likes job hoppers’

‘I was just trying to show my mom my new trick’: McDonald’s customer orders 3 Big Macs for $1 a piece on app

‘Wait they have macadamia syrup now’: Starbucks iced coffees reportedly cost only 100 points now, but people are more excited about this drink remix

‘How it be sometimes’: Customer puts 76 cents worth of gas

‘Thank god you got help. You can NEVER be too safe’: Woman records man following her into restaurant

‘I feel like the universe keeps trying to tell me something’: Coolworks job provides her housing, 3 meals a day, and Wi-Fi. There’s just one catch