Moises Mendez II
Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.
‘Normalize matching the customer’s energy’: Viral TikTok shows customer throwing drink at Whataburger worker in drive-thru
The worker dodges the drink and throws the bag of food at the customer.
On Dec 9, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
‘They do everything as a publicity stunt’: Former Starbucks worker says employees donated their free coffee bags to the troops—and Starbucks took credit
‘Starbucks partners get one free bag a week as part of our benefits, and what we did was, we donated our weekly coffee mark out to the troops.’
On Dec 3, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
‘Y’all he fired me’: TikToker says Pizza Hut let her go after she asked to be notified about shift changes
She says the manager told her to ‘shut the f*ck up.’
On Dec 1, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
‘I know you think you’re helping when you do this’: Restaurant worker shares what ‘helpful’ customers are doing wrong
‘Please f*cking stop doing this.’
‘Your order just sits there’: DoorDasher claims to show ‘whole section dedicated to people who don’t tip’ at McDonald’s, sparking debate (updated)
‘You don’t have to tip; you’re not obligated to tip. We are also not obligated to take your order.’
On Nov 30, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
‘My boss was telling us to get excited over a 75-cent raise’: Amazon driver says new hires are making $5 more an hour in viral TikTok (updated)
‘I’m pissed, bro. … That is so unfair.’
On Nov 18, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
Video shows former New York Jets player Zac Stacy attacking ex-girlfriend in front of baby
‘Her calmness is the scariest part.’
‘Chick-Fil-A being extremely nice to everyone except its employees’: Worker says she quit after 3 days because of poor treatment
‘I worked the top of my damn wig off.’
‘She’s doing a public service’: Bath & Body Works employees allegedly blocked woman from dumpster-diving, sparking debate
‘They act like they’re getting paid above minimum wage.’
On Nov 17, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
‘Baristas have no power over it’: TikToker tries to put Starbucks workers on blast for bugs in food display case, sparking debate
‘Most food places have fruit flies in their display cases.’
On Nov 12, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
‘If I saw this at a local Subway, I would not be bothered’: Subway worker makes sandwiches with baby strapped to chest in viral TikTok (updated)
‘Can we normalize this?’
On Nov 10, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
‘Chicken shortage so real’: TikTok appears to show Chinese restaurant using Dino nuggets
‘Are y’all seeing what I’m seeing?’
‘We used software to enhance his visibility’: Travis Scott’s former manager claims rapper faked streams to launch career (updated)
He emphasized that Scott was not alone in inflating streams.
On Nov 8, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
Starbucks worker puts store on blast for allegedly lifting lockdown after learning it was ‘just a bomb threat’ (updated)
‘wth starbucks … can literally hear sirens outside.’
‘Treating local politics as a joke’: Influencer receives backlash for claiming she’s running for local office in viral TikTok
‘Ah yes, treating elections that change peoples lives like a joke for content.’
On Nov 4, 2021 by Moises Mendez II
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